Renewed talk of reviving earmarks down the road
There’s renewed talk on Capitol Hill of a possible return to earmarks further down the road if the Democrats win back the House in November.Some congressional Democrats are starting to push for...
View ArticleRepublicans mull new punishments for dissident lawmakers
House Republicans are chewing over a proposal to hold members accountable for not voting along party lines or for signing discharge petitions — two acts of rebellion that GOP leadership has had to...
View ArticleRyan: Anonymous author of NYT op-ed ‘living in dishonesty’
Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) on Thursday said that the Trump administration official who anonymously wrote a scathing op-ed in The New York Times about the president is “living in dishonesty” and should...
View ArticleCongressional Black Caucus says Kavanaugh would weaken Voting Rights Act...
Members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) held a press conference Thursday urging senators on the Judiciary Committee to reject the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump's latest pick...
View ArticleHouse Republicans ask Trump to declassify Carter Page surveillance docs
Conservative members of Congress are stepping up calls for the Trump administration to declassify sensitive files related to their scrutiny of the Trump-Russia dossier, the latest move that is likely...
View ArticlePelosi: Trump's reaction to op-ed a 'manifestation of his...
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) on Thursday called President Trump’s furious reaction to an anonymous administration official's op-ed disparaging him in The New York Times a...
View ArticleTrump allies want Congress to find anonymous op-ed author
Key congressional allies of President Trump are floating the idea that Congress could take steps to try and find out who wrote the anonymous op-ed in The New York Times disparaging the president.That...
View ArticleHouse panels set up to probe indicted GOP Reps. Collins, Hunter
The House Ethics Committee voted unanimously Thursday to establish investigative subcommittees to look into Reps. Chris Collins (R-N.Y.) and Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) after their indictments last...
View ArticleAnalysis: 100 women could be elected to House for first time ever
More than 100 women could be elected to the House for the first time in history during November’s midterm elections, according to a new analysis, a number that would shatter the previous record by...
View ArticleFemale Dem lawmaker mocks Trump for birthday card addressed to ‘congressman’
Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) in a Thursday tweet mocked President Trump for addressing her as "Congressman Jayapal" in a birthday note.Jayapal shared a photo of the note, dated Sept. 21, that wishes...
View ArticleMcCarthy: Deep state 'took out an advertisement' in the NY Times
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) says the anonymous op-ed published in The New York Times blasting President Trump and discussing a resistance within the administration is proof of the...
View ArticleRyan, McConnell brought props to meeting to talk Trump out of government...
The top two GOP leaders in Congress reportedly brought props to a meeting with President Trump at the White House this week to talk him out of triggering a government shutdown.The Washington Post...
View ArticleOhio Dem: 'I'm not necessarily some soft yoga guy'
Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio.) emphasized in an interview publish Sunday that he's a regular American and "not necessarily some soft yoga guy.""I think once you meet me, you realize I'm not necessarily some...
View ArticlePelosi: I’m here as long as Trump is here
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) told CNN in an interview set to air Monday that she plans to remain in her role as long as President Trump is in office. “People like to get started on...
View ArticleDeSantis resigns House seat to focus on governor's race
Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) is stepping down from his House seat to focus on his gubernatorial bid against Democrat Andrew Gillum.DeSantis notified House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) in a letter Monday...
View ArticleMaxine Waters mocks: I threaten Trump supporters 'all the time'
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) mockingly said in a speech last weekend that she threatens Trump supporters all the time, defending her comments in June that said people should confront members of...
View ArticleHouse, Senate strike deal on partial funding package to help avert shutdown
Lawmakers on Monday announced a deal to pass the first of three planned spending packages that could help avert or scale back a government shutdown in October.Appropriators on Capitol Hill submitted a...
View ArticleHouse Republicans push for vote on Violence Against Women Act
Moderate Republican members in the House are calling on leadership to bring the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) to the floor before it expires on Sept. 30.Reps. John Katko (R-N.Y.), Rodney Davis...
View ArticlePoll shows Rep. Luis Gutiérrez as front-runner in Chicago mayoral race
A new survey of Chicago voters shows that Rep. Luis Gutiérrez (D-Ill.) is the early favorite to succeed outgoing Mayor Rahm Emanuel (D) — a curious distinction given that Gutiérrez has not even entered...
View ArticleVirginia reps urge Trump to declare federal emergency ahead of Hurricane...
Virginia's congressional delegation on Monday called on President Trump to declare a federal emergency in the commonwealth ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Florence, which is barreling toward the...
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