Tag: House of Representatives

"For Nancy, it's a voting bloc. She's more concerned about wining elections than she is winning on the policies that actually help Americans," Mia Love said. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Beltway Confidential

Rep. Mia Love on Nancy Pelosi: ‘If you don’t think the same way as she does, then that’s not the kind of diversity she wants’

Emily Jashinsky · October 26, 2017 3:58 pm

The budget resolution, which the House passed 216-212, includes instructions for lawmakers to create filibuster-proof legislation to open the ANWR to drilling. Republicans are hoping new drilling will raise revenue to help pay for tax reform.

Energy and Environment

House budget vote sets up oil, gas drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Josh Siegel · October 26, 2017 3:45 pm

The budget paves the way for a tax bill to be unveiled next week. (iStock photo)

House paves way for tax reform by passing Senate budget plan

Joseph Lawler · October 26, 2017 3:01 pm

Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., called out Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., on Twitter Wednesday following a dispute over the Agricultural Guestworker Act of 2017, which would allow farmers to hire experienced foreign workers when Americans aren't available. (screenshot)

Democratic lawmaker posts video, accuses Darrell Issa of ‘mansplaining’

Mandy Mayfield · October 25, 2017 9:43 pm

Tax Reform: Rep. Brady Deflects on Trump’s Vow to Leave 401(k) Contributions Alone

Andrew Egger · October 25, 2017 5:31 pm

House Speaker Paul Ryan said he stands by the House subpoena to the FBI on the Trump dossier. "We've had these document requests with the administration, the FBI in particular, for a long time, and they've been stonewalling," he said. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

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Byron York: Speaker Paul Ryan backs House subpoena on Trump dossier, slams FBI ‘stonewalling’

Byron York · October 25, 2017 2:25 pm

Republican Party is a broken marriage

Washington Examiner · October 25, 2017 4:01 am

New legislation with bipartisan support in Congress would impose new sanctions on North Korea, as well as secondary financial sanctions to, as one House member said, "cripple their finances."(AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

House passes Otto Warmbier act to sanction North Korea’s backers in China

Joel Gehrke · October 24, 2017 9:57 pm

With 240 House Republicans currently, and 218 votes needed to win (there's one Republican vacancy), the Republican leadership can afford 21 defections -- but not 23. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Michael Barone: Republicans’ window of opportunity on the state and local tax deduction

Michael Barone · October 24, 2017 8:22 pm

The problem is that the provisions the GOP has committed to paper, so far, do not necessarily yield that conclusion. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House Republicans plan to release tax bill Nov. 1

Joseph Lawler · October 24, 2017 6:31 pm

Lawmakers' letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions raises security concerns based on an incident last year in which a group of environmental activists attempted to disable pipelines that crossed the border between the U.S. and Canada. The trial for one of the activists began last month. (AP Photo/James MacPherson)

Energy and Environment

Lawmakers ask Jeff Sessions about prosecuting climate activists for damaging pipelines

John Siciliano · October 23, 2017 10:58 pm

Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. is urging Republicans to reconsider and rethink controversial funding offsets for the five-year reauthorization of CHIP and two-year reauthorization of funding to community health centers. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)

Top Democrat says House could vote on childrens’ insurance bill this week

Robert King · October 23, 2017 6:13 pm