Ilhan Omar: Endorsement of Black-Jewish Caucus 'isn't an...
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) said Thursday her endorsement of the newly formed bipartisan Congressional Black-Jewish Caucus is not an endorsement of a Republican congressman's "bigotry." "Just to be...
View ArticleLee Zeldin responds to Ilhan Omar accusing him of 'bigotry'
Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.) accused Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn) of trying to "poison" a newly formed caucus after she accused him of "bigotry" in an endorsement of the caucus.Zeldin announced the newly...
View ArticleDOJ rejects call for census docs, teeing up contempt vote
The Department of Justice (DOJ) informed Democrats on the House Oversight and Reform Committee that it would not be meeting their request for additional documents regarding the administration's push to...
View ArticleOcasio-Cortez: I never thought one of my first legislative pushes would be...
Freshman Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) joked on Thursday that she never thought one of her first legislative pushes would be alongside Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas). “It’s super bizarre, really...
View ArticleOmar violated Minnesota state campaign finance rules, board says
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) violated state campaign finance rules when she used funds from her congressional campaign for personal travel expenses, Minnesota campaign finance officials ruled Thursday.The...
View ArticleCummings to move forward with contempt votes for Barr, Ross over census question
House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) on Friday indicated that he would formally move forward with contempt votes for Attorney General William Barr and Commerce...
View ArticleDemocrats set to use McConnell's legislative graveyard against him
House Democrats are hoping to use Sen. Mitch McConnell's “legislative graveyard” as a messaging tool to topple GOP candidates in 2020.McConnell (R-Ky.), the Senate majority leader, is embracing his...
View ArticleHouse Democrats considering probe into Giuliani's overseas political...
Top Democrats in the House are reportedly discussing plans to investigate the president's lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, for his overseas political work.A source familiar with the discussions told The Daily...
View ArticleTrump calls Pelosi a 'disgrace' after she says he should be...
President Trump on Friday lashed out at Speaker Nancy Pelosi, calling her “a disgrace" after the California Democrat privately told lawmakers she wants to see the president “in prison.”“Nervous Nancy...
View ArticleLawmakers push to block pay raises for members of Congress
Lawmakers in both parties, including multiple House Democratic freshman in swing districts, unveiled measures Friday to prevent the first pay raise for members of Congress in a decade from going into...
View ArticleWhite House sought to assert executive privilege in Kobach interview on...
House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) accused the White House on Friday of seeking to assert executive privilege in an interview that committee staff had with former...
View ArticleTop Judiciary Republican: Mueller hearing could violate 'decency and...
House Judiciary Committee ranking Republican Doug Collins (Ga.) is warning Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) that the panel’s hearing on special counsel Robert Mueller’s report scheduled for Monday may...
View ArticleAmash hits Trump and his allies: They are 'trying to excuse' his...
Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.) blasted President Trump and his allies on Friday, asserting they are "trying to excuse" the president’s efforts to potentially obstruct special counsel Robert Mueller’s...
View ArticleCriticism punctuates Nadler's leadership of Trump probe
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler is pressing forward Monday with the first of several hearings into the Mueller report. But that’s done little to appease a small faction of fellow...
View ArticleGOP group urges Republicans to speak out on obstruction claims against Trump...
A Republican group is urging GOP members of Congress to take seriously allegations of obstruction of justice made against President Trump in a new ad released Monday.Republicans for the Rule of Law is...
View ArticleDemocratic leaders 'unlikely' to allow vote on reversing Hyde...
House Democratic leaders are unlikely to allow a floor vote on a measure that would lift a ban on federal funding for abortions, dealing a major blow to progressive lawmakers who want to strip the Hyde...
View ArticlePaul Ryan laments 'unfinished business' of immigration reform
Former Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) said Monday that the lack of progress on spending cuts and immigration reform was the predominant “unfinished business” of his time leading the House."One thing I...
View ArticleHouse passes bipartisan IRS reform bill without 'Free File' provision
The House on Monday easily passed a new version of a bipartisan IRS reform bill after lawmakers removed a controversial provision that would have codified a program in which the agency partners with...
View ArticleHouse Democrats push to raise intern pay to $15 per hour
A pair of House Democrats is pushing for a spending package coming to the House floor this week to include funding so lawmakers can pay their interns a minimum wage of $15 per hour.Rep. Adam Smith...
View ArticleWatergate figure John Dean earns laughter for responses to GOP lawmakers
Exchanges between Watergate figure John Dean and House Judiciary Committee Republicans drew laughs several times during his testimony Monday.In one such instance, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) asked Dean to...
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