Tag: House of Representatives

Suburban voters are pressuring Republican incumbents for legislative action to curtail firearms after a high school shooting massacre in Parkland, Fla., left 17 dead. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

After Parkland, vulnerable suburban Republicans under pressure on guns

David M. Drucker · February 28, 2018 5:01 am

A reform, adopted by the House of Representatives on Tuesday in a 308-107 vote as an amendment to a larger anti-sex-trafficking bill, would add a carve-out to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996, which gives legal immunity to websites hosting third-party content. Proponents said the reform would allow victims to hold accountable websites that host personal ads including those of alleged trafficking victims, and would allow state prosecutors to go after the facilitators without being preempted by the federal law. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

House votes to change foundational internet law to fight sex trafficking

Steven Nelson · February 28, 2018 12:05 am

Several members of the Democratic Party have been calling for a shake-up in leadership for the past year, including for House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., thinking it's time for fresh faces. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)

Arizona congressional candidates wouldn’t support Pelosi’s bid for Speaker

Katelyn Caralle · February 27, 2018 8:47 pm

Under the1993 Family Medical Leave Act, employers with 50 workers or more must allow 12 weeks of leave every year to workers so they care for a new child, but in most cases, the leave isn't paid. The U.S. stands in contrast to other industrialized nations that have set a mandatory or subsidized leave policy.

With Trump’s blessing, Congress opens the door to paid family leave

Kimberly Leonard · February 27, 2018 5:01 am

Legislation introduced to the House earlier this month by Rep. Dave Brat, R-Va., would eliminate a Great Depression-era restriction that caps foreign ownership in U.S. airlines at 25 percent. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Trade groups battle over foreign investment in US airlines

Diana Stancy Correll · February 27, 2018 5:01 am

Senate Majority Whip Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, (pictured center) is cosponsoring a bill with Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., and more than a dozen other senators from both parties. The bill would improve the nation's background check system used for scrutinizing most firearms purchases. However, House Republicans are likely to oppose it unless they can add language allowing concealed carry permit holders to legally bring their weapons to other states. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Beltway Confidential

Trump and Congress move on guns after Florida

Susan Ferrechio · February 27, 2018 5:01 am

"I am writing to request that you issue a subpoena to compel the Department of Defense (DOD) to produce documents we requested on a bipartisan basis more than four months ago relating to its preparation for, and response to, Hurricanes Irma and Maria in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands," Elijah Cummings wrote to Trey Gowdy. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

National Security

Elijah Cummings wants to subpoena the Pentagon for hurricane documents

Travis J. Tritten · February 26, 2018 6:34 pm

Members of his own party are urging House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., to help reinstitute the National Criminal Instate Background Check System. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

GOP lawmakers urge Paul Ryan to bring background check bill to a vote next week

Diana Stancy Correll · February 23, 2018 11:30 pm

Condoleezza Rice said she doesn't want guns present in her classroom and called it a "sad thing" that a discussion is being held about needing guards to protect schools in the wake of the shooting in Parkland, Fla. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)

Beltway Confidential

Condoleezza Rice: ‘I don’t really like the idea of a gun in my classroom’

Al Weaver · February 23, 2018 7:56 pm

"Every church that I know of has that same kind of policy," Rep. Jim Jordan said. "There are parishioners each Sunday who've had the training — maybe they're retired law enforcement, retired military ... they have a policy in place." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

Freedom Caucus leaders support arming teachers, oppose Trump’s other gun ideas

Al Weaver · February 23, 2018 5:50 pm

Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., has argued that even the Obama administration couldn't find a way to regulate bump stocks, which are an accessory that lets a semi-automatic weapon fire at a similar rate to an automatic weapon. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Trump’s gun plan is ‘disappointing,’ says Second Amendment Caucus leader

Pete Kasperowicz · February 21, 2018 12:27 pm

The Conservative Leadership Fund, a super PAC supported by House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., released an advertisement on Wednesday, a sign of its ongoing spending against Democrat Conor Lamb in the race to fill the vacant 18th congressional district seat in Pennsylvania. The PAC has poured over $2 million to back Republican Rick Saccone. (Screenshot)

Pro-Paul Ryan PAC hits Nancy Pelosi for calling tax cuts ‘crumbs’: ‘Every dollar counts’

Al Weaver · February 21, 2018 10:00 am