Ocasio-Cortez to Crenshaw: 'Why on earth' would you lend your...
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday lashed out at Republican colleague Rep. Dan Crenshaw (Texas) after he complained that universal background checks would prevent him from lending his...
View ArticleKansas Republican dropping Senate bid to challenge GOP rep
Kansas State Treasurer Jake LaTurner (R) announced Wednesday that he will drop his Senate bid to launch a primary challenge against freshman Rep. Steve Watkins (R-Kan.) for the state’s 2nd...
View ArticleCentrist House Democrats press for committees to follow pay-go rule
A group of freshman House Democrats — most of whom represent districts that are expected to be competitive in 2020 — on Wednesday urged committee chairs to abide by the House's pay-as-you-go rules to...
View ArticleHouse Democrat calls it 'unconstitutional' to cite God in hearing...
Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) said this week that requiring witnesses testifying before Congress to affirm an oath to God is “unconstitutional.”“It’s unconstitutional to require a witness in...
View ArticleFeds formally drop charges against former Rep. Aaron Schock
Federal prosecutors this week officially dropped charges against former Rep. Aaron Schock (R-Ill.) alleging misuse of public and campaign funds in a deal first announced in March, according to the...
View ArticleHouse Judiciary issues subpoena for information on Trump offer of pardons
The head of the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday subpoenaed the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for documents related to allegations that President Trump promised pardons to officials who...
View ArticleSteve King says he drank from toilet at detention center
Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) drank from a water fountain attached to a toilet in a migration detention center, according to a video he shared over Twitter."No way was @AOC objectively honest in her...
View ArticleDem Rep. Susan Davis announces she will not seek reelection
Rep. Susan Davis (D-Calif.) announced Wednesday she will not seek reelection in 2020, calling the decision to retire “very difficult.”“My decision today represents a desire to live and work ‘at home’...
View ArticleRepublican Jim Sensenbrenner announces he won't seek reelection
Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.) announced he will not seek reelection during an interview with Wisconsin radio host Mark Belling on Wednesday.The Wisconsin Republican, 76, was first elected to the...
View ArticleDemocrats walk tightrope in fight over Trump wall funds
Democrats face politically fraught options in opposing President Trump’s move to divert $3.6 billion in military funds to build 175 miles of his border wall.The legislative responses available to...
View ArticleCorporations step into gun control void
Some of the nation’s largest corporations are stepping into the gun control void, adopting new restrictions on sales in the absence of action by Congress and the White House.Walmart, the world’s...
View ArticleOcasio-Cortez rips Steve King after he shares video drinking from...
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday denounced Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) after King shared a video from a migrant detention center that he claimed proved she had spread “fake news” about...
View ArticleNunes campaign drops lawsuit against constituents who accused him of being a...
The campaign for GOP Rep. Devin Nunes (Calif.) has dropped its lawsuit against constituents who labeled the congressman a "fake farmer" and filed a writ of election attempting to stop him from calling...
View ArticleCongresswoman 'all good' after car crushed by construction equipment
Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) said she is “all good” after her car was crushed by construction equipment on Wednesday. Kaptur said she was on her way back from dropping off vegetables from her garden to a...
View ArticleHouse panel calls for Afghanistan envoy to testify about deal with Taliban,...
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.) on Thursday called on President Trump's special envoy to Afghanistan to testify this month on the proposed peace plan with the...
View ArticleO'Rourke hits Meghan McCain for saying government taking away guns would...
Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke pushed back against those asserting that a mandatory gun buyback proposal would ultimately lead to violence in America, arguing that "we’re doing nothing...
View ArticleHouse to vote on stopgap spending measure to prevent shutdown
The House is slated to vote on a short-term measure to fund the government and prevent a shutdown in mid-September, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) announced Thursday.In a "Dear Colleague" letter,...
View ArticleHouse, Senate Democrats to prioritize election security this fall
The Democratic leaders of the House and the Senate plan to prioritize election security this fall, continuing to put pressure on Republicans in the Senate to allow votes on bills intended to prevent...
View ArticleJoe Kennedy calls for changing or eliminating Senate filibuster, Electoral...
Rep. Joe Kennedy III (D-Mass.), who is mulling a Senate bid, suggested Thursday that both the Senate filibuster and Electoral College need to be changed or done away with.“The Senate can’t agree that...
View ArticleEthics Committee releases new details on allegations against Arizona GOP...
The House Ethics Committee on Thursday released an expanded list of accusations faced by Rep. David Schweikert (R-Ariz.), who was accused last year of misusing official funds and receiving improper...
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