House passes $4.5B border funding bill
The House passed a $4.5 billion border funding bill in a 230-195 vote on Tuesday after last-minute changes were made to the legislation to sway progressive and Latino lawmakers who previously weren’t...
View ArticleThe four House Democrats who voted against the border funding bill
Four House Democrats on Tuesday evening bucked party leadership and voted against a bill to provide $4.5 billion in emergency border funding.The Democrats who voted against the bill were Reps....
View ArticleDemocrats already jockeying for House leadership posts
Ambitious House Democrats have already begun jockeying behind the scenes for leadership spots, anticipating that Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) and Majority Whip...
View ArticleHouse panel votes to subpoena Kellyanne Conway over Hatch Act testimony
The House Oversight and Reform Committee on Wednesday voted to subpoena White House counselor Kellyanne Conway after she did not appear voluntarily at a hearing focused on her repeated alleged...
View ArticleCummings on Conway Hatch Act violations: 'This is about right and...
House Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) on Wednesday said that subpoenaing Kellyanne Conway over the White House counselor's alleged Hatch Act violations is not a partisan...
View ArticleHouse approves bill increasing federal worker pay
The House on Wednesday approved the $24.6 billion financial services and general government bill, the 10th of 12 appropriations bills, which included a provision to raise federal pay by 3.1 percent.The...
View ArticleBipartisan Judiciary members request probe into gender discrimination...
Lawmakers from both parties on the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday requested that the Department of Justice's (DOJ) inspector general probe gender discrimination allegations at the FBI's...
View ArticleAmash: Public views on impeachment 'will really depend' on what...
Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.) said Wednesday that the public's view on impeachment “will really depend” on special counsel Robert Mueller’s congressional testimony scheduled for next month.Amash, the...
View ArticleTech giants pressed in House hearing on policing extremist content
Facebook, Twitter and Google defended their efforts to combat extremist content and misinformation online before House lawmakers on Wednesday, but lawmakers walked away complaining that they aren’t...
View ArticleTransportation lawmakers race scooters in House office building
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee members Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) and Tom Malinowski (D-N.J.) raced electric scooters in a congressional office building according to a video posted on...
View ArticleGOP scores procedural win by securing more funding to enforce Iran sanctions
House Republicans on Wednesday scored a procedural victory by successfully amending a spending bill to include language that would increase funding to strengthen Iran sanctions.Thirty-seven Democrats...
View ArticleAndrew Cuomo: Ocasio-Cortez's concentration camp remarks 'wholly...
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) called New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D) characterization of detention facilities for migrants as concentration camps “wholly inappropriate” Wednesday, The New...
View ArticleExport-Import Bank deal in peril amid Democratic backlash
A bipartisan deal to reauthorize and overhaul the Export-Import Bank is in peril after a House committee was forced to delay action on the measure amid backlash from Democrats.The House Financial...
View ArticleHouse Democrats to take up changes to Senate border funding bill
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), under pressure from progressives, announced Wednesday evening that the House will vote to amend a Senate-passed bipartisan bill to provide $4.5 billion in resources for...
View ArticleSchiff calls viral photo of drowned immigrants product of Trump's policies
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) criticized President Trump after a photo showing a father and young daughter who drowned trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border went viral, saying the situation is a...
View ArticleFormer staffer accuses Duncan Hunter of groping her at 2014 party
A former congressional staffer alleged Wednesday that Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) groped her at a party in 2014, according to CNN.Rory Riley-Topping, who was previously a subcommittee staff director...
View ArticlePro-impeachment Democrats say Mueller testimony could be 'turning...
Democrats leading the charge to impeach President Trump say special counsel Robert Mueller’s highly anticipated testimony before Congress could mark a turning point in the push to open an impeachment...
View ArticleBattle lines drawn for Mueller testimony
The sudden announcement that special counsel Robert Mueller will testify publicly before Congress is setting the stage for an explosive mid-July on Capitol Hill.Lawmakers are eager to grill Mueller for...
View ArticleTrump, Congress set for new showdown on Saudi Arabia
Lawmakers and President Trump are laying the groundwork for a new showdown over Saudi Arabia, underscoring deep frustrations on Capitol Hill.With Trump expected to veto resolutions blocking his arms...
View ArticlePelosi calls on Senate, White House to confer with House Democrats on border...
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday called on the Senate and Trump administration to meet with House Democrats to hash out their differences on an emergency border aid deal after the Senate...
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