Ryan says 'Medicare for all' shows Democratic party has 'gone...
The embrace of “Medicare for all” shows that the Democratic party has “gone off the rails,” Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) said Monday.In a speech at the National Press Club, Ryan warned that the plan...
View ArticleRyan: GOP base 'activated' and 'animated' by Kavanaugh fight
Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) said Monday he has personally observed that Republican voters are more energized following the brutal fight over Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court.“The...
View ArticleOversight Dems call for probe into citizenship question on 2020 census
A pair of top Democrats on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee are calling for an investigation into the Department of Commerce's decision to add a question about citizenship to the...
View ArticleDemocrats see hypocrisy in GOP attacks on ‘liberal mob’
Democrats urged voters not to hand over power to an angry Tea Party mob in 2010, when the Obama White House and then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) sought to hold on to the House majority.Eight years...
View ArticleDems eye ambitious agenda if House flips
Democratic committee leaders are ready to roll out an ambitious legislative wish list if the House majority flips in next month’s midterm elections. After eight years in the minority, Democrats have...
View ArticleGOP lawmaker to introduce bill to fully fund Trump's border wall
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said he plans to introduce a bill this week that will include the full funding of President Trump’s proposed border wall. "For decades, America's...
View ArticleHouse panels postpone meeting with Rosenstein
Two House committees have postponed a scheduled meeting with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, sparking irritation from conservative lawmakers who had sought to grill the official over a report...
View ArticleVirginia Dem rips administration on Khashoggi
The Democrat representing the Saudi journalist who went missing in Turkey last week urged President Trump and State Secretary Mike Pompeo to get tougher on Riyadh amid the ongoing search for Jamal...
View ArticleHispanic Caucus chair rips request to fund Trump border wall
Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chair Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-N.M.) is pushing back against House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy's (R-Calif.) recently proposed legislation aimed at fully funding a wall...
View ArticleGOP loads up lame-duck agenda as House control teeters
Republican lawmakers are packing their agenda for the lame-duck session after the Nov. 6 elections, recognizing it could be their last shot for at least two years to pass legislation under unified GOP...
View ArticlePelosi: Trump tax returns ‘one of the first things we’d do’ if Dems win House
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) on Wednesday said that if Democrats win back the House in November's midterms, they will demand that President Trump hand over his tax returns.Pelosi told...
View ArticleTrump: Nunes should receive Medal of Honor
President Trump on Thursday heaped praise on House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), saying he deserves the nation's highest military honors for his efforts to push back on the...
View ArticleMaxine Waters: Trump is ‘poster boy for what a mob protester looks like’
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) called President Trump the "poster boy for what a mob protester looks like" after the president and other GOP leaders compared protests last week to a form of "mob rule."...
View ArticleComedian jokingly encourages fans to 'unregister to vote'
Comedian Daniel Tosh jokingly encouraged his fans to unregister as voters, as other celebrities urge their followers to get out to the polls for the November midterm elections."i’m encouraging all my...
View ArticleScalise raises $4.8 million, nearly doubling haul from second quarter
House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) announced Thursday that he raised more than $4.8 million in the third quarter, almost doubling his total from the previous three-month period.The Louisiana...
View ArticleRepublican support for one-party government control hits record: Gallup
A record-breaking 59 percent of Republicans told Gallup in a new survey that it is better for the same party to control both the presidency and Congress.Republicans saw a sharp bump in support for...
View ArticleScalise: Clinton, Holder comments on civility a 'direct threat to our...
House Majority Whip Steve Scalise on Thursday slammed comments made by prominent Democrats, saying they will incite more harassment and violence and calling them "a direct threat to our democracy."The...
View ArticlePoll: Republicans narrowly prefer Jordan to lead House GOP
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) holds a narrow lead over House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) among Republicans on who should succeed House Speaker...
View ArticleDems punch back on GOP's economic messaging
House Democrats this week launched an 11th-hour campaign designed to take the wind out of the sails of the GOP’s central argument heading into the November midterm elections: that the country is more...
View ArticleJudge sets February 2020 trial date for GOP rep charged with insider trading
A federal judge in Manhattan set a trial date of Feb. 3, 2020, for Rep. Chris Collins (R-N.Y.), who was charged earlier this year with insider trading.The Buffalo News reported that U.S. District Court...
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