“A heated confrontation between Reps. Madison Cawthorn and David McKinley over cosponsorship of a bill has escalated to a McKinley staffer filing an ethics complaint against Cawthorn,” Politico reports.

“The spat began Thursday afternoon when the freshman Cawthorn (R-NC) went to find McKinley (R-WV) in his office to discuss what Cawthorn said was his mistaken addition to a bill that he didn’t want his name attached to. But when Cawthorn found McKinley out of the office, the youngest member of Congress instead got into a back-and-forth with the West Virginian’s staff.”

“The exchange was witnessed by multiple McKinley aides, who saw Cawthorn as raising his voice and dressing down their colleague. At one point, he told the legislative staffer to lower her voice because she was speaking to a member of Congress.”

“House Democratic leaders failed to round up enough votes on Friday to pass legislation extending the federal ban on evictions just two days before it is set to expire,” The Hill reports.

“Two Democratic lawmakers said that a possible House floor vote on Friday was ultimately scrapped after leadership struggled all day to round up enough support.”

Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) attempted to bring a handgun through security at the Asheville airport in February, the Raleigh News & Observer reports.

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) said on Tuesday afternoon: “The vaccination rate for the members of Congress is over 85%.”

With every Congressional Democrat vaccinated, and nearly every Senate Republican vaccinated, that would leave around 80 GOP House members that aren’t vaccinated.

Rep. Pete DeFazio (D-OR), chairman of House Transportation and Infrastructure, trashed Senate’s bipartisan infrastructure bill in a CNN interview and said it needs to be “substantially changed.”

Said DeFazio: “This was written by three people who have no knowledge of or expertise in transportation infrastructure.”

He was referring to Sean. Rob Portman (R-OH), Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) and Susan Collins (R-ME).

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) nervously tried to dodge a question about when he talked to President Donald Trump on January 6 — something he has already grudgingly admitted.

Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) confronted House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) about a new Capitol Police bulletin that suggests congressional staffers and visitors could be arrested if they fail to heed the chamber’s new mask mandate, Politico reports.

Said Roy: “This is bullshit. We need to lead.”

Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA) has apparently found a way to evade the House’s mask fines, CNN reports.

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), who is suing Speaker Nancy Pelosi over the chamber’s mask penalties, said Clyde changed his tax withholding in a way that makes it nearly impossible for the House to collect the thousands of dollars in fines Clyde has racked up for refusing to mask up on the House floor.

Normally fines are taken out of a member’s congressional salary, but Clyde “went to payroll and had his federal withholding raised to $11,284 a month. So he only gets $1 of pay.”

Republican House members and their staff are not happy with new Capitol Police memo on wearing face masks, Politico reports.

It states: “If a visitor or staff member fails to wear a mask… the visitor or staff shall be denied entry to House and if they keep trying, could be subject to an arrest for unlawful entry.”

Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) told Slate he had been wearing body armor at the “Save America” rally before the Capitol attack on January 6, where he gave a speech in which he encouraged rally attendees to “start taking down names and kicking ass.”

Said Brooks: “I was warned on Monday that there might be risks associated with the next few days. And as a consequence of those warnings, I did not go to my condo. Instead, I slept on the floor of my office. And when I gave my speech at the Ellipse, I was wearing body armor.”

He added: “That’s why I was wearing that nice little windbreaker. To cover up the body armor.”

“He’s such a moron.”

— Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), quoted by The Hill, on Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) saying the mask mandate in the House isn’t based on science.

“House Transportation Committee Chair Peter DeFazio is on the verge of getting rolled. And he’s not going quietly. After a 34-year congressional career devoted to transportation and environment issues, the Oregon Democrat could soon be forced to watch his life’s work shunted to the side if Senate negotiators secure a deal this week on a massive $1.2 trillion infrastructure package — largely without House input,” Politico reports.

“In a fiery tirade to fellow Democrats during a closed-door meeting Tuesday, DeFazio called the bill ‘crap.’”

Said DeFazio: “I could give a damn about the White House. We’re an independent branch of government. They cut this deal. I didn’t sign off on it.”

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“The Justice Department concluded late Tuesday that Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) did not warrant exclusion from a Capitol riot lawsuit that claims that the congressman, former President Donald Trump, Trump’s eldest son Donald Trump Jr., and personal attorney Rudy Giuliani helped instigate the deadly assault,” USA Today reports.

“The Justice filing in a lawsuit brought by Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) found that Brooks failed to establish that he was acting ‘within the scope of his office’ when he participated in a rally prior to the Capitol siege.”