GOP announces members who will serve on House intel panel
Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Wednesday announced the names of Republican members who will serve on the House Intelligence Committee, which will allow the panel to become constituted and...
View ArticleCongressional Black Caucus faces tough decision on Harris, Booker
Sen. Kamala Harris’s (D-Calif.) star power won her several Capitol Hill endorsements this week, but fellow members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) say they’re not quite ready to jump on board...
View ArticleDem lawmaker, ex-congressman father speak out against statue of George HW...
Rep. William Lacy Clay (D-Mo.) and his father, former Rep. Bill Clay, are speaking out against Hampton University’s recent campus addition of a statue of President George H.W. Bush.The Clays are asking...
View ArticleOcasio-Cortez, Markey to unveil Green New Deal legislation
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) are reportedly planning to unveil legislation for a Green New Deal in the coming days.Markey's office confirmed to The Hill that the...
View ArticleDems give themselves some wiggle room in border talks
Democrats are giving themselves some room for movement in bipartisan congressional negotiations over border security funding.Less than a week after the shutdown ended, House Democrats are walking a...
View ArticleHouse to hold first hearing on gun violence in nearly a decade
The House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on gun violence prevention for the first time in eight years, Rep. Mike Thompson (D-Calif.) said Thursday.Thompson, chairman of the Democratic Gun...
View ArticleNew York Dems refute report of possible Ocasio-Cortez challenge: 'This...
New York Democrats named by a right-leaning news outlet as possible primary challengers to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) say they have no interest in running against the freshman congresswoman...
View ArticleTlaib invites Dem chairman on West Bank delegation after his criticism
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) has invited House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.) to join her on a planned congressional delegation to the West Bank after he criticized the trip in...
View ArticleSwalwell: 'I'm close to making a decision' on 2020
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) says he is close to deciding whether to run for president in 2020."I'm close to making a decision. I'll be in New Hampshire tomorrow, so I'm excited for that," Swalwell...
View ArticleRepublican on Omar appointment: 'Crazy to watch what Dems are...
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.) traded barbs over Twitter on Wednesday after Zeldin called Omar’s appointment to the House Foreign Affairs Committee “crazy.”“Just learned...
View ArticlePelosi at first news conference since shutdown's end: 'Winning is...
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday quipped that "winning is good" as she entered her first news conference since the end of the 35-day partial government shutdown."Full house. Winning is...
View ArticlePelosi signals openness to new border ‘infrastructure’
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Thursday that while Democrats are adamantly opposed to extending the wall on the U.S.-Mexico border, they're open to new fencing and other barriers as part of...
View ArticleTrump: No shutdown deal without wall money
President Trump said Thursday he will not accept a deal to avert another government shutdown without money for his long-desired border wall, pushing back on Democrats who stressed their opposition to a...
View ArticleOcasio-Cortez, progressives press Pelosi to not increase DHS funding in any...
Four freshmen Democrats are putting pressure on Democrats to oppose any spending deal that would increase funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), as lawmakers from both chambers attempt...
View ArticleDems call for revoking Kushner's security clearance
A pair of House Democrats on Thursday called on acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney to revoke Jared Kushner's security clearance.The letter to Mulvaney from Democratic Reps. Don Beyer (Va.)...
View ArticleLawmakers introduce bipartisan bill to fight acts of mass violence
Reps. Brian Babin (R-Texas) and Val Demings (D-Fla.) introduced legislation on Thursday aimed at building a strategy to prevent future acts of mass violence.The Threat Assessment, Prevention, and...
View ArticleMaxine Waters blasts Trump comments on intel chief: 'Past time for...
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) blasted President Trump on Thursday after he attacked his intelligence officials following their testimonies before a congressional committee, saying it was “past time for...
View ArticleTwo Georgia Dems plan to skip Trump’s State of the Union
Two Georgia Democrats are planning to skip President Trump's State of the Union address next week.The offices of Reps. John Lewis and Hank Johnson confirmed to The Hill Thursday that they would not be...
View ArticleHouse Democrat warns ethics committee about Steve King promoting white...
Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) alerted the House Ethics Committee to Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) using his official government website to promote a white nationalist blog.Ryan sent a letter to the committee on...
View ArticleDem lawmaker invites Parkland survivor to attend State of the Union
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) on Friday invited a gun control activist and Parkland, Fla., school shooting survivor to be his guest at President Trump’s State of the Union address on Tuesday.Cameron...
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