Save for laterMaria Christina Martinez was 18 years old when nine Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents rolled up in black SUVs outside her family’s Newburgh, New York, apartment at 6 a.m.
They were looking for her father, Martin Martinez.
Sean Patrick Maloney
Maria Martinez’s family immigration story ended in tragedy
Maria Martinez, second from right, with, from left, her father Martin Martinez, her brother Martin Martinez Jr. and her mother Julia Ochoa. (Courtesy Maria Martinez)
Ohio special election candidate takes on Republican Troy Balderson next month
If Democrat Danny O'Connor wins a special election in Ohio, he may get drafted for congressional baseball. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)
A House hopeful made an appearance at votes Tuesday, shaking hands with a group of young Democratic lawmakers outside the House chamber. They weren’t talking campaign strategy; instead, the chatter focused instead on congressional baseball.
Danny O’Connor is the Democrat running in Ohio’s 12 district for a seat vacated when Rep. Pat Tiberi left Congress to take a job back in Ohio. He had a home state ambassador in Rep. Tim Ryan, who was scooting in and out of the chamber during the vote series to fetch a rotating cast of House Democrats to meet O’Connor. Rep. Joe Kennedy III was also searching for colleagues to meet the candidate, who connected with Sean Patrick Maloney, Linda T. Sánchez and others.
Six individuals send 500 to New York Democrat’s Capitol Hill office
Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, D-N.Y., is happy to provide tampons to other offices. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)
After Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney demanded the House of Representatives provide feminine hygiene products, his office received 500 tampons from six private individuals located across the U.S.
The New York Democrat is offering the tampons to fellow congressional offices through an email he will be sending to all House offices.
Says one of the law firms investigating allegations is tied to Democrats
Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, talks with President Donald Trump after the State of the Union address in the House chamber in January. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)
Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert defended fellow Republican Rep. Jim Jordan from accusations that he knew about sexual abuse, praising Jordan’s character compared to that of his accusers.
Seven former wrestlers are accusing Jordan of having known about sexual abuse from Ohio State University team physician Dr. Richard Strauss, who committed suicide in 2005.
Democrats say they should be able to use office allowance to purchase feminine hygiene products
Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney teamed up with Rep. Grace Meng to write a letter to Speaker Paul D. Ryan. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)
The tampon controversy in the House has been escalated to the Speaker’s office.
Rep. Grace Meng teamed up with Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, who raised the issue last week when he claimed he was asked to pay back money he used to buy tampons for his office, to write a letter to Speaker Paul D. Ryan asking for offices to be able to be reimbursed for feminine hygiene products.
But House Administration Committee says it “did not provide any guidance”
Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, D-N.Y., says the House Administration Committee told his office it may not purchase tampons out of MRA funds, but the panel denies it offered any guidance. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)
Updated 9:57 p.m. | New York Democratic Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney said he tried to buy tampons for his office but was denied permission by the House Administration Committee.
But a House Administration spokeswoman said it “did not send an email or provide any guidance to Rep. Maloney’s Office.”
New York Democrat not discussing details
Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, D-N.Y., is running for state attorney general. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)
New York Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney said Wednesday that Democrats will have a plan to hold on to his House seat should he win the nomination for state attorney general. But he’s not yet saying what that plan is.
“I’ve worked my heart out to win this seat and to keep it in Democratic hands and I take that very seriously,” Maloney told Roll Call off the House floor Wednesday. “I’ve been talking to Democratic leadership and what I can tell you is we’ll have a plan in place to keep the seat if I win the attorney general nomination.”
Representative eyed position after Eric Scheniderman resigned
Rep. Kathleen Rice, D-N.Y., announced she would not run for New York Attorney General. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Democratic Rep. Kathleen Rice announced Tuesday she would pass on running to become New York’s attorney general after Eric Schneiderman resigned.
Rice was encouraged to run by others but ultimately the legal constraints prevented her from running, she said in a statement.
NY Attorney General Eric Schneiderman resigned after abuse allegations
Reps. Kathleen Rice, D-N.Y., and Sean Patrick Maloney, D-N.Y., are both considering running for New York attorney general. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)
Two House Democrats are considering running for New York attorney general following Eric Schneiderman’s swift resignation Tuesday night.
Four women came forward in a New Yorker article accusing Schneiderman of physically abusing them. He denied the allegations but resigned hours after the story published.
Members show connection to president through support or celebrity ties
President Donald Trump addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference at the Gaylord National Resort in Oxon Hill, Md. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)
President Donald Trump is bringing in big league players to his fitness council.
The president announced his intent to appoint several former major league football and baseball players, former Olympians and celebrities to the President’s Council on Sport, Fitness and Nutrition on Friday.
