Greene Files Motion to Vacate Speaker’s Chair
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Greene Files Motion to Vacate Speaker’s Chair
2024-03-22 20:53:42
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — For the second time in five months, a member of the Republican Conference in the House has filed a motion to vacate the chair of the party’s speaker. But this time, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., says the... Read More

House GOP Seeks to Regroup After Continuing Resolution, DoD Bill Fizzle
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House GOP Seeks to Regroup After Continuing Resolution, DoD Bill Fizzle
2023-09-22 21:25:28
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — You could tell Capitol Hill was bristling Thursday morning, even before you got within 100 yards of the Capitol building itself. Walking up First Street SE, past Bullfeathers, the popular Capitol Hill eatery, an indistinct conversation between passersby... Read More

Marjorie Taylor Greene Ousted From Freedom Caucus
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Marjorie Taylor Greene Ousted From Freedom Caucus
2023-07-06 21:23:11
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., a firebrand whose scorched-earth, Trump-supporting rhetoric made her a favorite of the far right wing of the Republican Party, has been ousted by the House Freedom Caucus. The stunning vote actually occurred last... Read More

Greene, Gosar Get Committee Assignments
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Greene, Gosar Get Committee Assignments
2023-01-17 21:34:13
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., and Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., are getting committee assignments in the new Congress, two years after being booted from similar positions for incendiary statements. In a pair of unanimous votes, the House GOP Steering... Read More

Notice of Appeal Filed in Marjorie Taylor Greene Ballot Case
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Notice of Appeal Filed in Marjorie Taylor Greene Ballot Case
2022-07-28 20:15:57
by Dan McCue

ATLANTA — The epic and so far wholly unsuccessful battle to keep Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., off the November ballot took another turn Thursday afternoon as the plaintiffs in the case filed a notice of appeal to the Georgia... Read More

Judge Rules Marjorie Taylor Greene Will Stay on Ballot
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Judge Rules Marjorie Taylor Greene Will Stay on Ballot
2022-07-26 22:55:22
by Dan McCue

ATLANTA — A superior court judge in Atlanta has ruled Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., is eligible to run for reelection to Congress. The ruling by Chief Judge Christopher Brasher of the Fulton County Superior Court was a blow to... Read More

4th Circuit Rules Civil War Era Amnesty Rule Does Not Apply to Later Insurrectionists
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4th Circuit Rules Civil War Era Amnesty Rule Does Not Apply to Later Insurrectionists
2022-05-25 16:48:00
by Dan McCue

RICHMOND, Va. — A federal appeals court has ruled that the protections inscribed in an amnesty law passed in the aftermath of the Civil War do not apply to other insurrectionists. Tuesday’s ruling by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of... Read More

Marjorie Taylor Greene Deemed Qualified to Seek Reelection
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Marjorie Taylor Greene Deemed Qualified to Seek Reelection
2022-05-06 20:56:42
by Dan McCue

ATLANTA — Georgia's secretary of state on Friday evening accepted an administrative law judge’s finding that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., is qualified to run for reelection. Earlier in day, Administrative Law Judge Charles Beaudrot held that Greene is qualified... Read More

Voters Say Greene Texted Meadows About Imposing Martial Law
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Voters Say Greene Texted Meadows About Imposing Martial Law
2022-04-27 14:22:35
by Dan McCue

ATLANTA — A group of Georgia voters challenging Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s fitness to run for reelection has given an administrative law judge a text message in which the congresswoman asks White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows to... Read More

Judge: Georgia Voters Can Challenge Greene’s Reelection Run
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Judge: Georgia Voters Can Challenge Greene's Reelection Run

ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge on Monday ruled that a group of Georgia voters can proceed with legal efforts seeking to disqualify U.S Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene from running for reelection to Congress, citing her role in the deadly... Read More

Rep. Greene Sues Georgia Secretary of State to Block Candidacy Review
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Rep. Greene Sues Georgia Secretary of State to Block Candidacy Review
2022-04-02 00:09:23
by Dan McCue

ATLANTA — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., sued Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on Friday to block his review of eligibility to run for Congress in light of her alleged involvement and support of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot... Read More

Georgia Voters File Complaint in Bid to Toss Marjorie Taylor Greene From Ballot
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Georgia Voters File Complaint in Bid to Toss Marjorie Taylor Greene From Ballot
2022-03-25 21:19:30
by Dan McCue

ATLANTA — A group of voters has filed a complaint with the Georgia Secretary of State’s Office arguing that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., is “constitutionally disqualified from congressional office" and must be blocked from seeking reelection due to her... Read More

Twitter Bans Rep. Greene’s Personal Account for COVID Claims
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Twitter Bans Rep. Greene's Personal Account for COVID Claims

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Twitter said Sunday it had banned the personal account of far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene for multiple violations of the platform’s COVID-19 misinformation policy, the latest strike against the firebrand whose embrace of conspiracy theories has been called “a cancer” for... Read More

House Speaker Calls for Investigations Into Gosar Over Video
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House Speaker Calls for Investigations Into Gosar Over Video
2021-11-09 20:07:53
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., on Tuesday called for multiple investigations into Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., following his tweeting of an animated video that shows him killing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and threatening President Biden. "Threats of violence... Read More

Hoyer Dismayed By Effort to Form Caucus Based on ‘Anglo-Saxon’ Values
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Hoyer Dismayed By Effort to Form Caucus Based on ‘Anglo-Saxon’ Values
2021-04-20 19:10:44
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON - House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said Tuesday that he was both “very disturbed” and “very disappointed” to learn of an effort by “a pretty significant number” of Republicans in the chamber to form a new caucus based “on... Read More

Gaetz, Greene Flaunt New Paths to Power, Testing GOP Leaders
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Gaetz, Greene Flaunt New Paths to Power, Testing GOP Leaders

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional leaders have always faced rebels in their ranks. But Reps. Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene are presenting top House Republicans with a test of how to handle a new breed of Trump-era, social media-savvy firebrands.... Read More

GOP Eyes Path to Power by Making Peace With the Far Right
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GOP Eyes Path to Power by Making Peace With the Far Right

NEW YORK (AP) — Over the course of 24 hours this week, House Republicans voted to defend a freshman conspiracy theorist with a history of violent rhetoric and a mainstream party leader who backed Donald Trump's impeachment. The seemingly conflicting... Read More

Fiercely Divided House Kicks Greene Off Both Her Committees
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Fiercely Divided House Kicks Greene Off Both Her Committees

WASHINGTON (AP) — A fiercely divided House has tossed Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene off both her committees, an unprecedented punishment that Democrats said she’d earned by spreading hateful and violent conspiracy theories. Underscoring the political vise her inflammatory commentary has clamped... Read More

McCarthy Stands by Greene, House Dems Prepare to Bounce Her From Committees
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McCarthy Stands by Greene, House Dems Prepare to Bounce Her From Committees
2021-02-04 15:32:52
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON - House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., announced Wednesday evening that he will take no disciplinary actions against Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga.,  even as House Democrats prepared for a Thursday vote to strip her of her committee assignments.... Read More

McCarthy Meets with Rep. Greene; GOP Faces Cheney Decision
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McCarthy Meets with Rep. Greene; GOP Faces Cheney Decision

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy met late Tuesday with hard-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene as Republicans wrestled over how to handle a bipartisan outcry over her endorsement of outlandish conspiracy theories and of violent, racist views. Aides... Read More

GOP’s McConnell Blasts ‘Loony Lies’ by Georgia Rep. Greene
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GOP's McConnell Blasts 'Loony Lies' by Georgia Rep. Greene

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell denounced newly elected Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Monday, calling the far-right Georgia Republican’s embrace of conspiracy theories and “loony lies” a “cancer for the Republican Party.” “Somebody who’s suggested that perhaps... Read More

New Members of Congress Begin Orientation
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New Members of Congress Begin Orientation
2020-11-13 21:25:17
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON - They came from Texas and Colorado and New York and New Mexico. Some came in family SUVs, others in taxi cabs. But what they had in common as they arrived at the Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill on a... Read More

GA-14: Marjorie Taylor Greene (R)
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GA-14: Marjorie Taylor Greene (R)
2020-11-01 06:02:54
by TWN Staff

About Greene:  Greene, who openly expressed support for QAnon conspiracy theories, has won a U.S. House seat representing northwest Georgia. Marjorie Greene has a lifetime of business experience, having grown up working in her family’s company. In 2002 Greene and... Read More

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