Hawley Leads 11 Republican Colleagues in New - Senator Josh Hawley )" Hawley is Suing to Kill Protections Enshrined in the Affordable Care Act In case you missed it: in February of this year, Hawley joined. [198] In response to the allegations, Hawley tweeted, "The liberal language police have lost their minds. Military service, leadership, COVID, Josh Hawley, relief | The Kansas Hawley is next up for reelection in 2024 and serves until Jan 3, 2025. Joshua David Hawley (born December 31, 1979) is an American politician and lawyer serving as the senior United States senator from Missouri, a seat he has held since 2019. Fact check: False claim Sen. Hawley refuses to use general's pronoun "[203], On November 6, 2019, Hawley recommend that the U.S. impose sanctions and freeze assets of Mexican officials he did not feel were doing enough to address Mexican drug cartels. Hawley accused Bogren of "anti-religious animus" in a case he took as a lawyer, in which Bogren compared Catholic views on homosexuality to the Ku Klux Klan's views on interracial marriage. The Jewish News of Northern California, Donald Trump's phone call with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States (Chief Justice), List of United States senators from Missouri, "Police: Protesters outside Sen. Hawley's home were peaceful", "Josh Hawley Could Be the Face of the Post-Trump Right", "The one man most likely to turn the U.S. into a theocracy", "A GOP senator just laid out his blueprint for theocratic segregationism", "Senator Josh Hawley says he will object when Congress moves to certify the Electoral College count", "GOP Sen. Hawley Will Object To Electoral College Certification", "The Trump ally in the Senate leading the President's futile effort to challenge the Electoral College votes", "Josh Hawley, who led Senate efforts to overturn the election results, is being targeted by a super PAC", "A GOP plan to challenge election results is splintering the Republican conference", "Josh Hawley fanned the flames for diehard Trump voters. Above, Hawley speaks to the media as he arrives for a closed briefing on U.S. policy in. [193] Wojnarowski responded, "Fuck You. Hawley has made it clear that he thinks the GOP is ill-served by foreign-policy traditionalism and that the Republican voter base is on his and Trump's side. [265] Following complaints that, after becoming attorney general, he was not abiding by a statutory requirement that the attorney general must reside within the city limits of the state capital (Jefferson City), Hawley began renting an apartment there, while his family continued to live in Columbia, Missouri. [143] Hawley has since faced bipartisan calls for his resignation,[128][137][144][145] to which he has responded that he "will never apologize for giving voice to the millions of Missourians and Americans who have concerns about the integrity of our elections. [220][221] He was the sole senator to vote against the passage of an amended version of the act that would help investigate anti-Asian hate crimes, saying, "It's too broad. PolitiFact | Fact-checking Sen. Brian Schatz vs. Sen. Josh Hawley on [164] They are: For the 116th United States Congress, Hawley was named to five Senate committees. "[184][196][197] Hazony and the Republican Jewish Coalition defended Hawley's remarks. [7] His maneuver prompted bipartisan condemnation of his action as undemocratic. Austin served more than 40 years in the Army, and headed U.S. Central Command, the. [171][172], During early negotiations on COVID-19 relief spending, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell proposed a partial rebate for around 70 million households with net incomes below about $50,000. Bostic and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) had attempted to appeal his sentence to the Supreme Court, saying it violated the court's ruling in Graham v. Florida, which held that juveniles could not be sentenced to life imprisonment for charges lesser than homicide. The measure had overwhelming bipartisan approval. [122] Vienna, Virginia police said the protesters were peaceful with "no issues, no arrests" necessary; police spokesman Juan Vazquez said the police "didn't think it was that big of a deal. [40][41], Hawley determined that those who had assaulted Sanders had not intended his death, and decided not to file murder charges. [185][186], During the Biden administration, Hawley systematically blocked quick confirmation of Biden's nominees for foreign policy and intelligence posts, forcing the Senate to take extra steps to confirm nominees and delaying the filling of posts. [42] In February 2021, he chose not to do so. Where else will he take his party? Let's not forget that Josh Hawley started the year off by voting to defund the military because he was mad that the names of Confederate traitors would be taken off military bases. S.418 118th Congress (2023-2024) Justice for Jana Elementary Act of 2023 Sponsor: Hawley, Josh [Sen.-R-MO] (Introduced 02/14/2023) Cosponsors: ( 0 ) Committees: Senate - Environment and Public Works Latest Action: Senate - 02/14/2023 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. [243] His proposal faced bipartisan criticism as "poorly drafted, imprecise, and fatally vague. 'Really dumb-a**': Backlash from many fellow Republicans is swift for Awards. [179] At the time, he supported a proactive democracy promotion foreign policy. [121] Walmart deleted the tweet, apologizing to Hawley and saying it was "mistakenly posted by a member of our social media team. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) [98][99][100], During the Hong Kong protests in October 2019, Hawley and Senator Ted Cruz visited Hong Kong and spoke in favor of the protests. Greitens' use of secret texting app", "New lawsuit seeks to stop Missouri governor from using secretive phone app", "Report: No laws broken for secret messaging app use in Greitens' office", "St. Louis circuit attorney launches investigation into Gov. [151] On January 11, several companies, including Airbnb, American Express, AT&T, Best Buy, Dow Inc., and Mastercard, announced they would end fundraising for all Republicans who objected to Biden's victory, including Hawley; Hallmark Cards, based in Kansas City, said it had asked Hawley and Senator Roger Marshall of Kansas to return all contributions. [140][168] He voted to acquit Trump during his first Senate impeachment trial[247] and accused Democrats of having abused the Constitution by starting the impeachment inquiry, declaring that it was "the first purely partisan impeachment in our history". Josh Hawley - Wikipedia The Jewish News of Northern California that Hawley was using his connections with Jewish people as a way to dodge allegations of antisemitism. Trump endorsed Hawley in November 2017. [135] Danforth said Hawley was directly responsible for the riot. He'll have to be removed", "Editorial: Hawley should resign. Joshua "Josh" Hawley, Senator for Missouri - GovTrack.us [139], In the wake of the riot, other Republican lawmakers tried to persuade Hawley to abandon his objections to Biden's win,[140] but he voted in support of the objections to the electoral votes for Arizona and Pennsylvania, making baseless claims that Pennsylvania election officials violated state election laws. [87] During the general election campaign, Obamacare was a key issue, with both candidates pledging to ensure protections for preexisting conditions. [27] In September 2018, he fully supported Trump's trade actions, saying, "It's a trade war that China started. [55] His investigation found that no laws had been broken. Women have served in and alongside the Armed Forces since our nation's founding. His political beliefs have been described as strongly socially conservative. He has made that case on Tucker. 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[232], In June 2020, after the Supreme Court ruled that federal law prohibits workplace discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, Hawley criticized the decision, saying it "represents the end of the conservative legal movement". Republican Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri memorably held up a raised fist in support of insurrectionists shortly before they attacked democracy at the Capitol on January 6. [81][82] In October 2017, he declared his candidacy for the Republican nomination in Missouri's 2018 U.S. Senate election for the seat held by Democrat Claire McCaskill. [108], On February 8, 2021, after he voted against the nomination of Denis McDonough for Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Hawley became the only senator to vote against all of President Joe Biden's cabinet nominees[109] except Cecilia Rouse, whom he voted to confirm as chair of the Council of Economic Advisers. It was not Hawley's first technology-related bill; he had also introduced proposals to ban loot boxes in gaming and to restrict social network features "deemed addictive", among others. Hawley served as the attorney general of Missouri from 2017 to 2019. . [141] Both senators from Pennsylvania rejected his objections, and the Senate rejected his objections by votes of 693 and 792, respectively. [142] Some political commentators and Democratic lawmakers dubbed Hawley and other senators who sought to overturn the election the Sedition Caucus. [216] The bill would provide $200 million in aid for Venezuela, $200 million in aid for neighboring countries accepting Venezuelan refugees, revoke U.S. visas from sanctioned Venezuelan officials, and remove sanctions on officials not accused of human rights abuses who recognized Guaid. Joshua Hawley was 13 years old, living comfortably as the son of a bank president, when his parents gave him a book about political conservatism for Christmas. "[27], In his 2018 Senate campaign, Hawley did not take a firm position on right-to-work legislation that was subject to a referendum by Missouri voters at the time. This record made him a standout among senators. [184] Andrew Silow-Carroll wrote for J. Political scientist Wendy Schiller compared Hawley to "senators who have basically made it their career to stop the Senate in its tracks." Greitens' social media accounts", "Gov. Jan. 6 clip of Josh Hawley fleeing from Capitol rioters proves that he He has no history of joining the military but wrote columns for his hometown newspaper The Lexington News while in high school which covered topics such as the American militia movement in the aftermath of the Oklahoma City bombing, media coverage of Los Angeles Police Department detective Mark Fuhrman, and affirmative action. [153] A group of former McCaskill staffers created a political action committee aimed at unseating Hawley with the backronym JOSH PAC (Just Oust Seditious Hacks). [28] While a 25-year-old law student at Yale University, he wrote supportive blog posts of the war in 2005, as well as nation-building in Iraq. Until it isn't", "Former Sen. John Danforth calls supporting Josh Hawley's senate campaign 'the worst mistake I ever made in my life', "Opinion | Trump, Hawley and Cruz will each wear the scarlet 'S' of a seditionist", "Sen. Josh Hawley becomes public enemy No. [32] At Becket, he wrote briefs and gave legal advice in the Supreme Court cases Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church & School v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, decided in 2012, and Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, decided in 2014. [78] Hawley promised that he would investigate any crimes, publish a report for the public, and refer potential cases to local law enforcement officials.