Ryan, McConnell called to praise CEOs after they left Trump councils because...
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) privately commended some of the CEOs who departed President Trump's business councils over his handling of the 2017 white...
View ArticleCollins calls indictment the 'shock of all shocks'
Rep. Chris Collins (R-N.Y.), who has been indicted on accusations of insider trading, said it was the “shock of all shocks” when he learned he was under criminal investigation.Collins sat down with...
View ArticleTrump to mark anniversary of September 11 attacks
President Trump and other Washington leaders on Tuesday will mark the 17th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, during ceremonies and memorials across the country. Trump will take...
View ArticleGOP says House votes will take place despite Hurricane Florence
GOP leaders said Tuesday they will move forward with planned votes in the House this week as they continue to monitor Hurricane Florence, expected to be one of the strongest storms to hit the Carolinas...
View ArticleHouse and Senate plan conference meet for two 'minibus' spending bills
The House and Senate have scheduled conference meetings for Thursday on two spending bill packages to limit a shutdown come October 1.The first of the so-called "minibus" packages covers defense...
View ArticleGOP lawmaker accuses black students of supporting 'George Wallace's...
Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) accused black students of supporting "segregation" in a tweet reacting to an article from 2016 detailing requests for "safe spaces" at universities and colleges.King accused...
View ArticleBudget hawk warns 'Tax Cuts 2.0.' would balloon debt
Advocacy groups worried about the deficit excoriated the Republican new plan to extend tax cuts, saying it would require the government to borrow trillions of dollars.“This is a plan built on quicksand...
View ArticleHouse Republican pushes medical examinations for Supreme Court justices
A House Republican is pushing a batch of reforms for the Supreme Court that would require justices to undergo periodic medical examinations.Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), who chairs the House Judiciary...
View ArticleHoyer demands Trump apologize for calling Puerto Rico response a...
House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) on Tuesday demanded President Trump apologize for saying that his administration’s response to the hurricanes in Puerto Rico was a “success.”In a statement,...
View ArticleCongress losing faith in Nobel Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi
Members of both parties in Congress have had it with Aung San Suu Kyi, a woman once honored as a hero on Capitol Hill.The Nobel Peace Prize winner has been silent as military rulers of her native...
View ArticleWomen wield sizable power in ‘Me Too’ midterms
College-educated women energized by the “Me Too” movement and annoyed by President Trump are increasingly being seen as a problem for Republicans in this year’s election season, particularly in the...
View ArticleStudy: Overwhelming majority of House aides are white
More than 86 percent of all aides in the House of Representatives are white, according to a new study conducted by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, a nonpartisan think tank that...
View ArticleBlue-state Republicans say they will vote against 'tax cuts 2.0' if...
Four blue-state Republicans say they will be "forced to oppose" a second round of tax cuts if the legislation includes a provision permanently extending the $10,000 cap on the state and local tax...
View ArticleScalise: Democrats need to denounce political violence
House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) said Wednesday that Democrats need to denounce violence done in the name of politics, after a man allegedly attempted to stab a GOP congressional candidate in...
View ArticleHouse passes bill outlawing the eating of cats and dogs
The House on Wednesday passed a bill outlawing the consumption of cats and dogs in the U.S.The "Dog and Cat Meat Trade Prohibition Act of 2018” was co-sponsored by Florida lawmakers Rep. Vern Buchanan...
View ArticleGOP lawmaker suggests orphanages better for children than gay adoption
Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.) suggested orphanages are better for children than gay adoption during an event at a New Jersey high school, according to an audio tape released by the Washington Blade on...
View ArticleRyan blasts 'identity politics,' stresses importance of institutions
Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) on Wednesday lamented the “deinstitutionalization of society” taking place in the world, praising institutions at large amid President Trump's attacks on the Justice...
View ArticleHoyer lays out government reform blueprint
Before tackling infrastructure, health care and the rest of an ambitious agenda should they control the House next year, Democrats first want to overhaul the way the government itself operates. That...
View ArticleGOP lawmaker tears into Trump's 'warped mind' after tweet...
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) on Thursday slammed President Trump over his tweet claiming that statistics showing that nearly 3,000 were killed in Puerto Rico from Hurricane Maria were falsely...
View ArticleHouse cancels Friday votes due to Hurricane Florence
House GOP leaders on Thursday said they are canceling Friday votes as members brace for Hurricane Florence.“Members are advised that—upon passage of the Conference Report to Accompany H.R.5895—votes...
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