Dems introduce measure to reauthorize Violence Against Women Act
House Democrats introduced a measure on Thursday to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), laying the groundwork to extend the law for another five years. The law, which was first enacted...
View ArticleGOP governor hopeful defends calling Ocasio-Cortez as 'this girl':...
Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) defended himself on Wednesday for calling first-time House candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez "this girl," saying that the self-declared Democratic socialist has previously...
View ArticleGOP rep in 2012 said 'parasites' on welfare 'substituted one...
GOP Rep. Jason Lewis (Minn.) blasted welfare recipients and made racially charged comments during his tenure as a conservative radio host, CNN reported Friday.Discussing welfare on his show in 2012,...
View ArticleHouse GOP starts summer break on a note of friction
House Republicans weren’t talking about the economy as they left Washington for the August recess before a challenging midterm.The topics dominating the halls of Congress on Thursday were Russia and...
View ArticlePelosi pledges to help speed Puerto Rico recovery during visit
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) pledged to focus on further recovery efforts for Puerto Rico during a visit to the island territory on Friday.Pelosi accused the federal government of not...
View ArticleDem lawmaker on Cohen's Trump revelations: 'Walls are closing in on...
A Democratic lawmaker predicted Friday that President Trump will take increasingly aggressive steps against the special counsel probe after his longtime attorney claimed Trump had advance knowledge of...
View ArticleMidterms likely to be most expensive ever as TV ads pass billion-dollar mark
Campaigns, political parties and outside groups have booked or aired more than $1 billion in television advertising, months before voters head to the polls in November in what is likely to become the...
View ArticleGOP lawmaker: 'Nobody’s going to be surprised' if Trump approved...
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) on Saturday downplayed renewed scrutiny over whether President Trump knew in advance about his son's meeting with a Russian lawyer offering dirt on Hillary Clinton before...
View ArticleHannity renews support for Jim Jordan's House speaker bid
Fox News host Sean Hannity renewed his support on Friday for GOP Rep. Jim Jordan's (Ohio) bid for House Speaker.Hannity, who had previously endorsed Jordan in May, told the House Freedom Caucus's...
View ArticleHouse passes 'menstrual equality' measure to allow tampon, pad...
The House on Friday passed a bill allowing women to buy menstrual hygiene products with pre-tax money from health flexible spending accounts.Rep. Grace Meng (D-N.Y.) pushed for the legislation as part...
View ArticleTrump grabs midterm spotlight
He may not be on the ballot in November, but with 100 days to go before the midterms, the critical race for control of Congress has become all about President Trump.Midterms have traditionally been...
View ArticleJordan: If Rosenstein doesn’t deliver, Meadows and I will force impeachment vote
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) said on Sunday that if the Department of Justice doesn’t hand over documents that Congress has requested, he and other lawmakers will force a vote on the impeachment of Deputy...
View ArticleCivil rights icon John Lewis hospitalized
Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) was hospitalized Saturday after becoming ill on a plane, according to Atlanta’s Channel 2 Action News.Sources told Channel 2 that the 78-year-old civil rights icon fell ill on a...
View ArticleMcCarthy's path to Speaker gets more complicated
Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) path to the Speakership just got a little more complicated.Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), a founding member of the House Freedom Caucus, threw his hat into the...
View ArticleGOP rep: ‘Things are moving our way’ ahead of midterms
The chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee said Sunday that he’s confident the GOP will hold its majority in the House, adding that “things are moving our way.”“Our message is...
View ArticleNunes suggests possible legal action against Twitter for...
Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) suggested on Sunday that Twitter had censored conservative users and said that he and other lawmakers were considering possible legal action against the social media...
View ArticleJohn Lewis released from hospital
Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) was released from the hospital on Sunday with a "clean bill of health," according to a statement from his chief of staff. "Rep. John Lewis has been released from the hospital...
View ArticleDems court conservative firebrand in Medicare drug fight
Democrats pushing to lower drug prices for seniors have found an unusual proponent in the fight: Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows.The North Carolina Republican, a conservative firebrand and close...
View ArticleDemocratic Indiana congressional candidate won't support Pelosi
Democrat Liz Watson, who is challenging incumbent Rep. Trey Hollingsworth (R-Ind.), said on Sunday that she won't back House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) if she's elected in November.Watson...
View ArticleMichigan Dem mulls leadership bid in House
Rep. Dan Kildee (D-Mich.) is mulling a bid for a leadership position in the House Democratic Caucus, according to The Detroit News. Kildee, whose district includes Flint, Mich., said he does not have a...
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