Tag: House of Representatives

A crushing defeat in a mayoral election appears to be more of a pit stop than an actual stop for Sheila Jackson Lee's political career. The embattled Democratic congresswoman suffered ...

The House on Wednesday passed legislation that seeks to block an Environmental Protection Agency rule that critics say amounts to a backdoor mandate designed to force Americans to buy electric ...

Republican Rep. Patrick McHenry of North Carolina was celebrated online by many conservatives on Tuesday when he announced his upcoming retirement. The 48-year-old has been in the House since he ...

Former University of Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines testified Tuesday on Capitol Hill on why she opposes biological men who identify as women competing in women's sports. The House Oversight Committee ...

Special counsel David Weiss is calling for a judge to reject Hunter Biden’s request for a trove of documents related to former President Donald Trump to bolster a defense that ...

A Republican congressman says that video of depositions made to the Democrat-led House panel examining the Capitol incursion are gone. “All of the videotapes of all depositions are gone,” Rep. ...

Could former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's greatest revenge upon the GOP be ... quitting? That's at least the speculation from congressional insiders, according to a report from Axios on Wednesday. That ...

What appeared evident to the public was reportedly even more so behind the scenes: There was bad blood between former Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ...

We have the slang word "shiv" to describe a prison attack committed with an impromptu knife. Now, we should all agree that a pathological liar who shows neither shame nor ...

A Democratic member of Congress is battling what she calls "Parkinson’s on steroids.” But Virginia Rep. Jennifer Wexton, who said in September that she will not seek re-election, is determined ...

Democratic Rep. Dan Kildee of Michigan will be walking away from Congress after six terms in office. Kildee had a cancerous tumor removed earlier this year, according to Politico. “One ...

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s effort to slice the salary of Assistant Health Secretary Rachel Levine to $1 failed Wednesday. The Georgia Republican had proposed the cut as an amendment to ...

Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida has filed an ethics complaint against former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. The complaint revolves around an alleged incident between McCarthy and Republican Rep. Tim ...

Is the honeymoon period already over for Speaker of the House Mike Johnson? It might be too early to say that, but it's not too early to say that he's ...

Newly ensconced House Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana has little time for settling in at his new leadership position as the budget fight looms as his biggest hurdle for the ...

CNN's chief congressional correspondent spoke to former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Thursday, and the former speaker had some choice words for some of his fellow Republicans. Manu Raju told ...

Politicians enjoy many perks most working people do not. For example, a politician can’t just be fired from an elected office. No matter how poorly elected officials perform their duties, ...

A race-monger and a liar had a moral lesson for House Republicans. On Tuesday, Democratic Rep. Jamaal Bowman of New York -- one of the far-left so-called "Squad" members -- ...

James Comer's committee is keeping the pressure on. Days after releasing a video showing a direct link between a Chinese energy company and now-President Joe Biden's bank account, the House ...

Gangs sometimes initiate new members by asking them to commit a crime. Only then, in the minds of existing gang members, will the new initiates become trustworthy. With this in ...