Nadler: 'We are now in a constitutional crisis'
After voting to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress Wednesday, House Judiciary Chair Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) declared that the nation is in a "constitutional crisis" as the Trump...
View ArticleHouse committee approves $189.8b health, education bill
The House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday approved a $189.8 billion spending bill covering Labor, Health and Human Services and Education that rejected drastic cuts proposed by President Trump....
View ArticleHouse Administration Committee to make election security a 'primary...
The secretaries of state of Michigan and Alabama went before the House Administration Committee Wednesday to advocate for more federal resources to secure election systems against cyber attacks and...
View Article38 attorneys general ask Congress to advance marijuana bill
Bipartisan attorneys general from 38 states and territories sent a letter Wednesday urging Congress to pass legislation to allow banks to work with marijuana businesses legal under state law. The House...
View ArticleBlack caucus leader Karen Bass finds herself in high demand
Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.) is finding herself in high demand heading into 2020.The new leader of the powerful Congressional Black Caucus received a phone call from Joe Biden, the former vice president...
View ArticleDems struggle to make Trump bend on probes
House Democrats are struggling to find a way to make the Trump administration pay for refusing to cooperate with their investigations.Democrats want to pursue aggressive oversight of Trump instead of...
View ArticlePelosi agrees US faces constitutional crisis
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday said she agreed with House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler's (D-N.Y.) assertion that the U.S. is currently facing a "constitutional crisis" after...
View ArticleBill allowing Congress to hire Dreamers advances
The House Appropriations Committee on Thursday advanced a spending bill that would allow recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program to work in the legislative branch. The...
View ArticleMcCarthy: GOP-led Senate Intel panel 'wrong' to subpoena Trump Jr.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Thursday doubled down on his criticism of the Senate Intelligence Committee, calling it “wrong” for the GOP-led panel to issue a subpoena for Donald...
View ArticleBooker, Ayanna Pressley introduce bill taking aim at black maternal death rates
Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) and Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), who is running for president, have introduced legislation that would take action to reduce maternal mortality rates, citing particularly...
View ArticleTop Dem on Mueller findings: 'This is bigger than Watergate was'
Rep. James Clyburn (S.C.), the third-ranking Democrat in the House, said special counsel Robert Mueller’s conclusions are “bigger than Watergate” and suggested President Trump would have been indicted...
View ArticleNew group aims to support female veteran Democratic candidates
A coalition of female freshman lawmakers aims to support female Democratic veterans running for office, according to The New York Times.The group, called the Service First Women’s Victory Fund, aims to...
View ArticleDemocratic rep introduces bill to ban cashless businesses nationwide
A Democratic congressman introduced legislation Thursday that would require businesses nationwide to accept cash.Rep. David Cicilline (D-R.I.) introduced the Cash Buyer Discrimination Act, citing...
View ArticlePelosi hits McConnell over health care in floor speech
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday took aim at Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) over health care, criticizing his opposition to House-passed bills and saying voters will reward...
View ArticleHouse votes to overturn Trump ObamaCare move
The House voted Thursday to overturn one of President Trump’s key ObamaCare moves, advancing a bill that Democrats have framed as protecting people with pre-existing conditions.Passed in a largely...
View ArticleTrump tells Congress to 'keep working' on disaster aid bill
President Trump on Thursday urged lawmakers to "keep working" on disaster aid legislation instead of voting for a bill put forth by Democrats, which he called "bad.""House Republicans should not vote...
View ArticleNew Hampshire House passes bill requiring free menstrual products in schools
The New Hampshire House passed legislation this week that would require schools to supply women's and gender-neutral bathrooms with free menstrual products, The Associated Press reports.According to...
View ArticleGOP lawmaker: Mueller should 'come to Congress'
Republican Rep. Will Hurd (Texas) on Friday said he believes special counsel Robert Mueller should testify before Congress on the findings of his investigation into Russia's 2016 election...
View ArticleSchiff says Congress weighing hefty fines for Trump officials who evade...
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said Friday that Congress is considering reviving its inherent contempt power to levy hefty fines on Trump administration officials and...
View ArticleGOP rep hits Trump over 'tit-for-tat trade war' with China
GOP Rep. Will Hurd (Texas) denounced President Trump's move on Friday to hike tariffs on Chinese goods, escalating a trade war between the world's two largest economies.Hurd, who has frequently...
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