Mark Sanford: 'I hope' Trump is a 'temporary blip on the radar...
Outgoing GOP Rep. Mark Sanford (S.C.), who lost his primary after President Trump endorsed his opponent, slammed the president’s tone and said on Wednesday that he worried how it would affect the...
View ArticleOcasio-Cortez mocks Fox News graphic featuring 'radical new Democratic...
Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday jabbed at Fox News over a graphic it aired that purported to show “radical new Democratic ideas” that she and her colleagues are supporting....
View ArticleLabor groups back Pelosi for Speaker: report
Eleven labor groups are now backing House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's (D-Calif.) bid for the Speaker's gavel, with six new groups signing on to a letter of support on Wednesday, according to...
View ArticleDefeated Republicans mocked by Trump fire back at president
House Republicans mocked by President Trump after their midterm losses are pushing back on his rhetoric, arguing that embracing the commander in chief wouldn’t have changed the outcome of their...
View ArticleBoth sides bullish as Pelosi's Speaker fight heats up
The rebellious Democrats guaranteeing they will topple Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) are being met this week by an equally confident Pelosi, who is certain she'll remain the party leader next year. “I’m...
View ArticleDick Cheney makes appearance on Capitol Hill
Former Vice President Dick Cheney dropped by the Capitol on Wednesday as both major parties elected members to leadership positions for the next session of Congress.Cheney did not stop to talk with...
View ArticlePoll: Democrats divided over whether Pelosi should be Speaker
Democratic voters are almost evenly split over whether Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) should be the next Speaker of the House, according to a CNN poll released Wednesday.The survey, conducted by SSRS,...
View ArticleMcConnell: Congress aiming for deal on sexual harassment bill this year
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Wednesday that senators are aiming to get an agreement on legislation overhauling how Congress handles sexual harassment allegations by the end of...
View ArticleMcCarthy defeats Jordan for minority leader in 159-to-43 vote
House Republicans on Wednesday overwhelmingly elected Rep. Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) as their new leader, rejecting a challenge from conservative Rep. Jim Jordan (Ohio) and turning to a familiar face as...
View ArticlePelosi: Democrats 'are America, we look like America'
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Wednesday said Democrats "are America" and "look like America," touting the party's increasing racial and gender diversity. "We have record numbers of...
View ArticleLiz Cheney wins House GOP leadership post
There is a Cheney back in House GOP leadership.Republican lawmakers in a voice vote Wednesday elected Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) as chairwoman of the House Republican Conference, the No. 3 position in...
View ArticleHouse Dems launching probe into Whitaker's role in company government...
A group of Democratic lawmakers announced on Wednesday that they are launching an investigation into acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker's involvement in a company the government deemed a scam....
View ArticleJordan on leadership loss: 'We knew it was an uphill fight'
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), a leading voice in the Freedom Caucus, said he was encouraged by the number of votes he received in his loss to Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) during Wednesday's House GOP...
View ArticleHouse Dems split on how to tackle climate change
House Democrats are eager to elevate climate issues when they take over the House majority next year but are facing disagreement on how best to do so.Lawmakers are split on how to handle the task of...
View ArticlePelosi and her opponents voice confidence over Speakership battle
The fight over the future of Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) roared forward on Wednesday, with both the minority leader and her most vocal Democratic critics claiming enough support to prevail in an...
View ArticleDem rep slams Facebook: It 'cannot be trusted to regulate itself'
Rhode Island Rep. David Cicilline (D) sharply criticized tech giant Facebook on Twitter on Wednesday evening, arguing that the social media company can't be trusted any longer to regulate itself.In a...
View ArticleInsurgents seek female challenger to replace Pelosi
The anti-Pelosi insurgents are coalescing around a new strategy in their quest to deny Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) the Speaker's gavel: recruit a woman to run against her.The shift in approach comes as the...
View ArticleDemocratic gains erasing House GOP in California
A slow-moving blue wave is on the verge of washing away the House Republicans’ California delegation — a once-strong faction of the GOP that rivaled the powerful Texas delegation.Democrats have flipped...
View ArticleAnti-Pelosi Dem responds to #FiveWhiteGuys hashtag: She can 'try to...
Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) on Thursday pushed back on the use of the “#FiveWhiteGuys” hashtag to call out an alleged lack of diversity among critics of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's (D-Calif.)...
View ArticleDem rep: Trump tweet ‘leads me to think that more indictments are coming soon’
Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) on Thursday responded to President Trump's recent comments deriding special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation, saying "this ... leads me to think that more indictments are...
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