Nicole Duran

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The influential Republican Study Committee elected first-term Rep. Mark Walker of North Carolina chairman for the 115th Congress on Thursday. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

Freshman GOP lawmaker will lead Republican Study Committee

Nicole Duran · November 17, 2016 7:54 pm

House Speaker Paul Ryan will wait until January to issue committee assignments to members. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Specter of ‘earmarks’ haunts GOP

Nicole Duran · November 17, 2016 5:01 am

Vice President-elect Mike Pence will attend the House Republicans weekly conference meeting Thursday. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Pence to attend meeting of House GOP at Capitol

Nicole Duran · November 17, 2016 12:22 am

House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., convinced his conference on Wednesday to drop proposals to ease the earmark ban imposed by his predecessor from a package of rules that will govern how the House operates in the next Congress. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Republicans reject earmarks — for now

Nicole Duran · November 16, 2016 11:41 pm

Rep. Tom Rooney, R-Fla., argued that his plan to change House rules to let lawmakers pick and choose which Army Corps of Engineers projects take priority is not a plan to allow the return of earmarks. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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GOP lawmaker defends rule change: ‘It’s not an earmark’

Nicole Duran · November 16, 2016 8:09 pm

Nancy Pelosi loyalists said they were ready to vote for her Thursday as planned, before she decided to delay the vote. (AP Photo)

Dems united around Pelosi despite election delay

Nicole Duran · November 15, 2016 7:20 pm

Obama to supporters: ‘Don’t mope’

Obama to supporters: ‘Don’t mope’

Nicole Duran · November 15, 2016 5:44 pm

House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., left, conducts a ceremonial swearing-in Monday for Rep.-elect Dwight Evans, D-Pa. center, as his mother Jean Evans, center, participates. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Three House lawmakers sworn in just before Congress ends

Nicole Duran · November 15, 2016 1:47 am

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has not commented on Tim Ryan's possible challenge or Seth Moulton's unsent letter. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Dems push Pelosi to delay leadership vote after disastrous election

Nicole Duran · November 14, 2016 7:38 pm

Conservatives are urging congressional leaders to pass a short-term funding bill to keep the federal government running past Dec. 9, but not for the fiscal year. (iStock photo)

Conservatives seek lamest of lame-duck sessions in Congress

Nicole Duran · November 13, 2016 5:01 am

House Republicans entered the night with 246 seats in the 535-seat chamber, and as of early Wednesday morning, they had reclaimed 236 of those seats. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

GOP on track to lose fewer than 10 House seats

Nicole Duran, Pete Kasperowicz · November 9, 2016 1:14 pm

Johnson began the cycle as the upper chamber's most vulnerable incumbent and consistently trailed Feingold. (Michael P. King/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)

Dems’ Senate hopes fade as Johnson wins in Wisconsin

Nicole Duran · November 9, 2016 4:07 am