Jamie Dupree

YouTube video by Joe Pags Tony Gonzales BREAKS SILENCE on Aide Suicide Scandal

"I made a mistake. I had a lapse in judgment." Rep. Tony Gonzales R-TX admits he had an affair with a female staffer who died after lighting herself on fire. Full interview at www.youtube.com/watch?v=tP9n...

The U.S. Senate has refused to take up a "War Powers" resolution to limit President Trump's military attacks on Iran. The House will vote on a similar measure on Thursday. Breaking ranks were Sen. Rand Paul R-KY (voting Yes) and Sen. John Fetterman D-PA (voting No)

🚨🚨Big surprise from the House Oversight Committee, which voted 24-19 to subpoena Attorney General Pam Bondi to testify about the Epstein Files. Dems + 5 GOP Yes votes - Boebert CO, Burchett TN, Cloud TX, Mace SC, & Perry PA.

Also headed to a May runoff in Texas is Rep. Julie Johnson D-TX. She will face an uphill fight against her predecessor, ex-Rep. Colin Allred D-TX. He originally was running for Senate, but bowed out when Jasmine Crockett got in that race.

Two incumbent Democrats will go into the May 26 runoff in TX-18. Age is the obvious difference. Al Green is 78. The newly-elected Christian Menefee is 37. One of them won't make it to November.

Along with Sen. Cornyn, four House members in Texas were also forced into a May 26 runoff (3D,1R). The Republican is Rep. Tony Gonzales R-TX, the guy who pressed his female staffer for a sexy pic (she later killed herself). Gonzales trails Brandon Herrera.

Rep. Dan Crenshaw R-TX is the first incumbent casualty in the 2026 midterms, and it wasn't close. That makes it 53 House members not returning after November - 32R/21D. Turnover for the entire 2024 election cycle was 60 members in the House.

While Cornyn and Paxton beat each other up for the next 12 weeks, Talarico can get ready for November. You'll note that slightly more people voted in the Senate Democratic primary in Texas than the GOP race (2.21 million to 2.12 million)

Sen. John Cornyn R-TX still leading as he heads to a runoff with AG Ken Paxton in Texas on May 26. This will be a bruising and expensive 12 week campaign duel for the GOP.

Rep. Dan Crenshaw R-TX is the first incumbent in Congress to be defeated in the 2026 midterms

WASHINGTON (AP) — Steve Toth wins Republican nomination for U.S. House in Texas' 2nd Congressional District, beating incumbent Dan Crenshaw. #APRaceCall

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Capitol Hill to answer questions for the first time since federal agents shot and killed two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis

White House: Israel's plan to attack Iran forced U.S. strikes Multiple incumbents could lose today in first primaries of 2026

"We knew that there was going to be an Israeli action. We knew that that would precipitate an attack against American forces, and we knew that if we didn’t preemptively go after (Iran) before they launched those attacks, we would suffer higher casualties.” jamiedupree.substack.com/p/white-hous...

Top officials basically told Congress today that the U.S. attacked Iran because Israel was about to attack Iran, and the U.S. knew Iran would retaliate against Israel and attack U.S. military facilities, so it was better to attack before being attacked.

YouTube video by GOP Oversight The Deposition of Secretary Hillary Clinton on the Epstein Probe

Hillary Clinton deposition at www.youtube.com/watch?v=siiA...

Bill Clinton deposition at www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgJr...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump says Iran operations likely to last 4 to 5 weeks, but says he's prepared 'to go far longer than that.'

Casualty update from the Pentagon

That independent number is awful

Ex-Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene R-GA blasts Trump over attack on Iran

The House GOP calendar for legislative business continues to shrink. Next week will be another 2-day work week, with votes only on Wednesday and Thursday. Then the House is out until March 16.

Active duty Coast Guard members and families are writing on social media that they got a full paycheck this week - even with the DHS shutdown. That hints at some kind of Trump Administration funding work-around.

15 House members (12D, 3R) missed every House vote this week.
✅4 were from Texas (primary on 3/3)
✅5 are retiring - Dunn, Evans, Nadler, Schakowsky, Velazquez
✅Rep. Neal Dunn R-FL said he wouldn't resign early - but that evidently doesn't mean he will always vote.

Gone for a few weeks, the Trump banner is back at the Labor Department

Rep. Al Green D-TX says he shouldn't be punished for his 'silent protest' during State of the Union: "If anybody is going to be censured, it should be the people who became so rambunctious as to create a disturbance. I didn't do that. I silently stood, and I would do it again."

This just into the newsroom

Trump touts tax cuts and tariffs in tart State of the Union Democrats heckle Trump from the House floor

It was a wild night under the big top at the Capitol for President Trump's State of the Union Address. More in today's Regular Order jamiedupree.substack.com/p/trump-tout...

For a second straight year, Rep. Al Green D-TX gets the heave-ho from the House chamber. This time, he had a sign which said, "Black People Aren't Apes." Trump didn't miss a beat while Green was being walked out

Four Supreme Court Justices are here for the Trump speech. Chief Justice Roberts, Kagan, Kavanaugh, and Barrett. Only Kavanaugh sided with Trump on his tariffs.

My first State of the Union was in 1987 with President Reagan. He spoke for 34 minutes. Some familiar faces interviewed by C-SPAN after the speech in Statuary Hall that night: Ford, Gore, Michel, Kemp.

There were 6 votes in the House on Tuesday. Rep. Tony Gonzales R-TX showed up for the first one - and then missed the next five. He told reporters, "I will not resign"