House Republicans prepare to wield new power to investigate Biden – live
New GOP in House of Representatives expected to make good on threats to hold president to account for various alleged misdeeds
Good morning, US politics blog readers. Even before he won the White House, Republicans were accusing Joe Biden of committing all kinds of nefarious deeds, and the accusations have only increased since he took office. Today, they’ll finally get the chance to make good on threats to hold him to account, when the GOP-controlled House of Representatives votes to lay the groundwork for the first of what are expected to be several investigations into his policies. With the Senate still under the control of Democrats, who are unlikely to entertain anything but the most crucial of legislation coming from the House, expect these inquiries to be a major focus of Republican lawmakers over the coming months, if not years.
Here’s what else is going on today:
Biden continues his trip in Mexico, where he’s scheduled to speak alongside its president Andrés Manuel López Obrador and Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau at 4.45pm eastern time.
The House Republican leadership will give a press conference at 10am eastern time.
The supreme court will hear Glacier Northwest v International Brotherhood of Teamsters, a case in which conservative justices could roll back protections for unions.
