Top Dem: We would support $5.7B for a 'smart wall'
House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.) on Wednesday said Democrats would be willing to provide $5.7 billion in border security funding to end the shutdown if the money is used for measures like a...
View ArticleOmar deletes tweet on Covington students, Trump
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) deleted a tweet on Wednesday that had pushed back against President Trump's defense of the mostly white students of a Kentucky high school engaged in a confrontation with...
View ArticleCohen postpones testimony, citing threats from Trump
Michael Cohen, the former attorney and "fixer" for President Trump who is now cooperating with special counsel Robert Mueller, is postponing his planned congressional testimony next month, citing...
View ArticleHouse does redo vote on bill to reopen government
The House revoted Wednesday on a Democratic-backed short-term spending bill to fund the government through Feb. 28, passing the legislation in a 229-184 vote.Democratic leaders brought the measure back...
View ArticleDems to examine whether Trump's business interests influence foreign policy
The chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee said Wednesday that his panel will look at President Trump's foreign business dealings and see if payments made to the Trump Organization have...
View ArticlePelosi tells Trump no State of the Union on Tuesday
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Wednesday she will block President Trump from delivering the State of the Union address in the House chamber until the government reopens, rejecting the president’s...
View ArticleGOP lawmakers offer several locations for Trump address
President Trump won’t be delivering the State of the Union address on the House floor on Jan. 29, but GOP lawmakers are offering a number of alternatives for him to consider.Most of them involve their...
View ArticleREAD: Pelosi's letter telling Trump no State of the Union amid shutdown
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Wednesday that she will block President Trump from delivering the State of the Union address in the House chamber until the government reopens, rejecting the...
View ArticleOcasio-Cortez votes against bill to reopen government over ICE funding
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) was the lone Democrat to vote against a short-term bill to reopen the federal government on Wednesday because of concerns over the bill's funding for Immigration...
View ArticleHouse votes on 10th bill to reopen government
The House passed a Democratic-backed package of six appropriations bills Wednesday that would fund the government through the end of the fiscal year.The legislation, which passed in a 234-180 vote and...
View ArticleDem lawmaker references witness tampering after Cohen postpones testimony
Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) on Wednesday suggested President Trump may have engaged in witness tampering after former lawyer Michael Cohen postponed his congressional testimony due to “ongoing threats...
View ArticleThe Memo: Pelosi ups ante in Trump showdown
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) upped the ante in her battle with President Trump on Wednesday, disinviting him from delivering the State of the Union address initially planned for Jan. 29.The move is...
View ArticleOcasio-Cortez invokes Bible in response to White House on climate change
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y) on Wednesday responded to White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders telling her to leave climate change up to a “much higher authority” by invoking the...
View ArticlePelosi tells Republicans: 'Take back your party'
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) during a speech at the Conference of Mayors on Wednesday night told Republicans in attendance to "take back your party.""To the Republicans in the crowd, I say:...
View ArticleGOP compares Ocasio-Cortez to Trump
A political neophyte from New York has an enormous Twitter following, punches back hard at the press, takes on critics within the party and has completely upended the Washington establishment.No, it's...
View ArticleHouse panel cancels hearing after Mnuchin declines to appear
The House Ways and Means Committee announced it has canceled a hearing slated for Thursday after Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin declined to appear.Committee Chairman Richard Neal (D-Mass.) last week...
View ArticleHouse Dem: Both sides need to 'come to the table'
A New Jersey Democrat on the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus is calling for Congress to reach a compromise with President Trump to reopen the government and begin negotiations on border security and...
View ArticleHouse passes bill to temporarily fund DHS
The House on Thursday passed a Democratic-backed bill to provide funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) through Feb. 28.The bill passed in a 231-180 vote, with five Republicans joining...
View ArticleDem bill would let essential workers collect unemployment during shutdown
Rep. Anthony Brown (D-Md.) on Thursday introduced legislation aimed at providing essential government workers access to unemployment benefits during the partial government shutdown.The bill’s...
View ArticleFlorida official formally reprimanded for saying Tlaib might ‘blow up’ Capitol
A South Florida official was formally reprimanded by her colleagues Wednesday for calling U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) an anti-Semite who might “blow up Capitol Hill.”Anabelle Lima-Taub, a city...
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