House Democratic campaign arm raises $27.4 million in third quarter
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) on Wednesday announced that it raked in $27.4 million in the third quarter as Democrats prepare to defend their House majority in 2020.The...
View ArticleZuckerberg to return to Capitol Hill this month
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will return to Capitol Hill this month to testify before the House Financial Services Committee.Committee Chairwoman Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) announced Wednesday that...
View ArticleHouse Democrat breaks from party, says House should vote to start impeachment...
Rep. John Garamendi (D-Calif.) on Wednesday said he thinks the House should hold a formal vote on launching an impeachment inquiry, contradicting Democratic leaders who argue it's...
View ArticleDemocratic lawmaker: We should 'march' uncooperative witnesses...
Rep. John Garamendi (D-Calif.) said Wednesday that Trump administration officials and allies of the president who refuse to cooperate with congressional investigations should be held in inherent...
View ArticleTexas Democrat says she'll run for 'one last term' after...
A Texas Democrat who previously announced that she intended to retire at the end of her term now says she'll run to serve her district for one last term.Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas) said this...
View ArticleDemocrats plow ahead as Trump seeks to hobble impeachment effort
Democrats are charging ahead with their impeachment inquiry despite a White House vow not to cooperate in the investigation, all but daring President Trump to stonewall the probe and add fuel to...
View ArticleDemocrats request testimony from Trump's former Russia adviser
The House Democrats are requesting testimony from President Trump's former Russia adviser.Democratic committee chairmen Adam Schiff (Calif.), Eliot Engel (N.Y.) and Elijah Cummings (Md.) sent a letter...
View ArticleConservative lawmakers demand Schiff's recusal from Trump impeachment...
Several members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus are calling on House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) to recuse himself in the lower chamber's impeachment inquiry of...
View ArticleGOP lawmaker mocks Trump on ISIS: 'Campaign promise fail'
Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger (Ill.) on Thursday lashed out at President Trump over the president's decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria, saying the move amounts to a “campaign promise...
View ArticleHouse Appropriations Chairwoman Nita Lowey to retire
House Appropriations Chairwoman Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.) on Thursday announced she will retire at the end of this Congress and not seek reelection in 2020.The 82-year-old New York Democrat was first elected...
View ArticleHouse committees subpoena Giuliani associates
House Democrats on Thursday issued subpoenas to two Florida businessmen who worked with President Trump's personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, on his efforts to investigate former Vice President Joe...
View ArticleOcasio-Cortez fires back at Washington Times after story on her...
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Thursday hit back at conservative outlet The Washington Times for publishing an “exclusive” story about the cost of her haircut.“40 million Americans live in...
View ArticleGOP lawmaker after Syria decision: 'Pull my name off the "I support...
Rep. John Shimkus (Ill.) became the latest Republican in Congress to blast President Trump’s decision to turn operations in northern Syria over to Turkey, calling it “terrible and despicable” in an...
View ArticleHouse Democrats subpoena Rick Perry in impeachment inquiry
House Democrats on Thursday subpoenaed Energy Secretary Rick Perry for documentation of his involvement with President Trump's efforts to push the Ukrainian government to investigate former Vice...
View ArticleDeLauro enters race to succeed Lowey as Appropriations chief
The jockeying to replace Rep. Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.) atop the House Appropriations Committee has already begun. Lowey, the first woman to chair the powerful panel in the nation’s history, stunned...
View ArticleEx-congressman denies 'wrongdoing' in Giuliani associates'...
Former Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Texas) denied any “wrongdoing” in connection with two Florida businessmen who allegedly lobbied an unnamed congressman to get the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine...
View ArticleMcCarthy will return money donated by indicted associates of Giuliani
Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) will reportedly return campaign donations from two known associates of Rudy Giuliani who were arrested Thursday for violating campaign finance laws, Vice reported.The...
View ArticleHouse panel preparing to subpoena heads of two immigration agencies
The House Oversight and Reform Committee plans to subpoena the heads of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) for testimony. Oversight...
View ArticleOversight panel to subpoena Trump officials next week over deportation deferrals
The chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee announced Thursday he will issue subpoenas next week for official accounts of a Trump administration policy to end deportation deferrals for...
View ArticleTrump attacks Omar as 'America-hating socialist' at Minnesota rally
President Trump ripped Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar (D) during a rally in her Minneapolis district on Thursday, accusing the freshman congresswoman of "hating America."In torrent of attacks, the president...
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