GOP divide in Congress over Rosenstein's future
Senate Republicans are warning President Trump not to fire Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein; House conservatives are threatening to impeach him.The split-screen view of the Rosenstein saga...
View ArticleHouse panel preparing to subpoena for McCabe memos
The House Judiciary Committee is preparing to subpoena the Justice Department for memos drafted by former deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe about his conversations with Deputy Attorney General Rod...
View ArticleFreedom Caucus calls on Rosenstein to testify or resign
The conservative House Freedom Caucus wants Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to testify before the House Judiciary Committee or step down from his role at the Department of Justice (DOJ)."We took...
View ArticleRepublicans start to pull plug on members
Republicans are performing critical triage to their midterm spending strategy as they seek to hold on to their House majority in a difficult midterm year.The House GOP’s campaign arm pulled the plug on...
View ArticleRyan: Trump said he would sign funding bill, averting government shutdown
President Trump has given Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) assurances that he will sign a bill to fund the federal government, Ryan said Wednesday, even as the president has threatened a government shutdown...
View ArticleHouse Dems punt action on rule change for Speaker nominee
House Democrats on Wednesday punted on consideration of an internal rule change that would have made it tougher for Speaker hopefuls to secure the party’s nomination, marking a victory for Minority...
View ArticleRyan wants GOP to leave Rosenstein to Trump
Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) says Congress should defer to the Trump administration when it comes to the fate of Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, breaking with House conservatives and setting up a...
View ArticleEllison asks Ethics Committee to investigate abuse allegations against him
Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison (D) said Wednesday that he will ask the House Ethics Committee to investigate the domestic abuse claims against him.Ellison told BuzzFeed News that he will submit a request...
View ArticleBipartisan lawmakers urge Trump admin to label Rohingya crisis ‘genocide’
The bipartisan leaders of the House Foreign Affairs Committee are urging the Trump administration to crank up the pressure on the Burmese government in response to the country’s brutal campaign...
View ArticleHouse passes FAA reauthorization act, sets minimum legroom for flights
The House passed the Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act Wednesday, which extends funding for the agency for five years and includes provisions intended to benefit passengers such as...
View ArticleHouse passes resolution blasting cities that allow noncitizen voting in...
The House passed a resolution Wednesday to rebuke cities that allow noncitizens to cast votes in certain local elections. The nonbinding measure spearheaded by Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.)...
View ArticleHouse GOP schedules interview with former FBI general counsel Jim Baker
Former FBI general counsel Jim Baker is expected to meet with congressional investigators next week as part of a joint probe examining the decision-making of FBI and Justice Department (DOJ) officials...
View ArticleFemale House Dems urge Senate to delay Kavanaugh testimony for FBI investigation
A group of female Democratic House members hand-delivered a letter on Thursday calling on Republican leadership to delay moving forward with Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination until the FBI...
View ArticleCentrists pledge to withhold support for Speaker unless House rules change
A bipartisan group of centrist lawmakers is promising to withhold their votes for the next Speaker unless the candidate agrees to dramatically reform the House rules.With 19 members of the bipartisan...
View ArticleBudget hawks decry $1 trillion in approved spending
Budget hawks are up in arms over congressional spending following the passage of government funding bills exceeding $1 trillion for fiscal year 2019.“I could not support it when we were already over...
View ArticleDemocrat launches bid for assistant leader
Rep. David Cicilline (D-R.I.) on Thursday launched a bid to become the assistant Democratic leader in the next Congress, the latest in a slow trickle of ambitious lawmakers who’ve announced efforts to...
View ArticleDem lawmaker blasts Kavanaugh's 'angry' tone in hearing
Democratic Rep. Ted Lieu (Calif.) pointed to Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's emotional testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday as evidence of how the judge may act when...
View ArticleHouse passes two bills in new GOP tax package
The House on Thursday passed two of the three bills in House Republicans’ second tax-cut package, with GOP lawmakers pushing to put attention on President Trump’s 2017 tax law and the economy in...
View ArticleHouse GOP to invite Rosenstein to testify
Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) on Friday said House GOP leaders have agreed to invite Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to testify in front of Congress.In a tweet, Meadows, the chairman of the House...
View ArticleHouse cancels October votes, heads home to campaign
House Republicans announced Friday they were canceling all votes for October and leaving for home, recessing with two weeks left on their October schedule to provide candidates with more time to...
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