Dem lawmaker calls on Facebook to fire Zuckerberg
Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Ill.) on Wednesday urged Facebook to fire CEO Mark Zuckerberg after a bombshell report emerged that the tech giant granted other companies access to users' personal data without...
View ArticleFreedom Caucus says it will support Trump if he vetoes stopgap bill
Members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus said they would back President Trump if he opted to veto the continuing resolution needed to avert a government shutdown if the stopgap bill doesn't...
View ArticleNew chairman looks to improve RSC’s messaging in minority
The new chairman of the Republican Study Committee (RSC) says he thinks his conservative group can help the House GOP conference regain its edge after losing the midterms and the messaging war to...
View ArticleGOP trading fancy offices, nice views for life in minority
The artwork hanging in Speaker Paul Ryan’s (R-Wis.) office has been ripped off the walls.Scores of lame-duck lawmakers are temporarily working out of makeshift cubicles in the House basement — a place...
View ArticleDeals and disorder preview 2019
Congress is poised to head home for Christmas after a lame-duck session marked by a partisan showdown that nearly led to a government shutdown — as well as the surprising passage of a handful of...
View ArticleGOP scrambles to prevent shutdown after right-wing insurrection
The House plunged into chaos and the possibility of a government shutdown on Saturday suddenly ticked up after an insurrection at a GOP conference meeting Thursday left Republican leaders scrambling to...
View ArticlePelosi says she was 'busy doing other things' during Ryan farewell...
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Thursday that she didn't hear Speaker Paul Ryan's (R-Wis.) farewell speech on Wednesday because she "was busy doing other things."“This may come as a...
View ArticleHouse passes criminal justice overhaul, sending it to Trump
The House voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to pass a bipartisan criminal justice reform bill, sending the legislation to President Trump for a signature.The chamber voted 358-36 to approve the...
View ArticleGOP lawmaker: Trump’s video on Syria troop withdrawal ‘really kind of tacky’
Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) on Thursday said he wished President Trump hadn’t released a video defending his decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria, calling the footage “tacky.”Trump posted the...
View ArticleGOP seeks to ram through Trump’s $5B wall demand
Faced with a conservative revolt and a change of heart from an unpredictable president, House GOP leaders on Thursday altered course and will try to ram through a government spending bill that includes...
View ArticleGOP lawmaker: Risk of work without pay is what government workers signed up for
House Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) said Thursday that government workers should expect to work without pay from time to time as Congress scrambled to avoid a partial shutdown. Asked...
View ArticleHouse passes rule to move forward with CR
The House passed the rule Thursday to proceed to debate on the amended continuing resolution that provides $5.7 billion in border security and wall funding and $8.7 billion in disaster relief in a...
View ArticleHouse passes year-end tax package
The House passed a year-end tax package on Thursday that addresses several Republican priorities, in one of the GOP’s last acts as the majority party in the lower chamber.The bill passed on a vote of...
View ArticleGOP lawmaker hits Trump after news of Mattis resignation: ‘That’s what...
Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.), an Air Force veteran, ripped President Trump for Defense Secretary James Mattis's announcement he will resign in February due to disagreements with the president.“That’s...
View ArticleDems say Mattis's departure is 'scary' and 'bad news'
News of Defense Secretary James Mattis's departure from the Trump administration was met with bipartisan shock and concern on Thursday.Mattis announced he would resign at the end of February, writing...
View ArticlePelosi: I am shaken by resignation of Mattis
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) told reporters Thursday evening that she was “shaken” by the news of Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis’s imminent resignation.“I’m shaken by the news because...
View ArticleHouse passes stopgap bill with $5B in funding for Trump's wall
The House passed a stopgap government funding measure Thursday night in a 217-185 vote that includes $5.7 billion for President Trump’s wall on the Mexican border and additional security — raising the...
View ArticleGOP lawmaker doubts government workers live paycheck to paycheck
Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) said a government shutdown would not truly impact employees and scoffed at the idea that a federal worker would need their next paycheck to make ends meet. Tonight, I asked...
View ArticleEthics committee expanding investigation into GOP rep over finance questions
The House Ethics committee will expand its investigation into allegations related to Rep. David Schweikert's (R-Az.) dealing with his aide.Oliver Schwab, Schweikert's former chief of staff, was...
View ArticleSwalwell: We are ‘less safe’ with Mattis leaving
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) on Thursday said Americans are “less safe” now following Defense Secretary James Mattis's resignation from the administration.Swalwell, appearing on CNN’s “Out Front” with...
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