Tag: House of Representatives

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., announce the Republicans' proposed rewrite of the tax code for individuals and corporations, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017. President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans are writing a far-reaching, $5-trillion plan they say would simplify the tax system and nearly double the standard deduction used by most Americans. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Finance and Economy

Now comes the hard part on tax reform

Susan Ferrechio · October 23, 2017 4:01 am

"That is an oxymoron. Which clearly was the word that Rex Tillerson was searching for." (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Beltway Confidential

House Speaker Paul Ryan’s best jokes from the Al Smith dinner

Emily Jashinsky · October 20, 2017 7:41 pm

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has not been entirely consistent in her handling of the scandal surrounding Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

In 2012, Nancy Pelosi crucified Mitt Romney. Now she wishes he was president

Becket Adams · October 19, 2017 7:43 pm

In this Oct. 4, 2017, photo, a device called a "bump stock" is attached to a semi-automatic rifle at the Gun Vault store and shooting range in South Jordan, Utah. The National Rifle Association announced its support Ton Oct. 5 for regulating the devices that can effectively convert semi-automatic rifles into fully automated weapons and that were apparently used in the Las Vegas massacre to lethal effect. It was a surprising shift for the leading gun industry group, which in recent years has resolutely opposed any gun regulations. Immediately afterward the White House, too, said it was open to such a change. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

ATF signals it won’t issue new ‘bump stocks’ regulation after Las Vegas

Pete Kasperowicz · October 19, 2017 4:01 am

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis sent a letter to the House and Senate armed services committees that Pentagon staff are calling the "heartburn letter," because it lays out the issues that are causing heartburn to the secretary. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

National Security

Jim Mattis says Senate bill hamstrings US cyber action

Jamie McIntyre · October 18, 2017 6:05 pm

Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, sent a letter to Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson on Wednesday in response to a complaint filed with the Office of Special Counsel by Helen Foster. Foster is a HUD employee who claimed she was ousted from her position and then transferred because she refused to find a way to go above the spending cap to redecorate Carson's office. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

National Security

Democrats want Trey Gowdy to subpoena White House for documents related to Mike Flynn

Melissa Quinn · October 18, 2017 5:43 pm

Freedom Caucus Chairman Rep. Mark Meadows, R-S.C., has said he was pleased the bipartisan deal to fund Obamacare payments would allow for "greater flexibility to bypass Obamacare regulations," but cautioned that more needs to be done. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Mark Meadows: Senate Obamacare deal is a ‘good start’

Al Weaver, Robert King · October 17, 2017 8:40 pm

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2017, a day before visiting hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico with a bipartisan delegation to assess the destruction. The House is on track to deliver disaster aid, $16 billion to pay flood insurance claims, and emergency funding to help the cash-strapped government of Puerto Rico stay afloat. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Paul Ryan brushes off Steve Bannon’s challenge to GOP establishment as ‘death, taxes, attacks from Breitbart’

Kyle Feldscher · October 16, 2017 12:41 am

"When the president became president, I saw the threat to it," Pelosi said. "I said, 'I gotta stay to take care of the Affordable Care Act.' And that's my fight, my mission, but also to have women, women at the table, at the leadership table." (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)

Nancy Pelosi: I have to stay in the House to defend Obamacare

Naomi Lim · October 15, 2017 1:50 pm

Pennsylvania has several factors that may make it a bellwether for what happens in the House during the 2018 elections. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

As goes Pennsylvania’s congressional delegation, so goes Congress

Salena Zito · October 15, 2017 4:01 am

Healthcare is on the verge of a major collapse: Poor care, poor access, and likely physician shortages are looming. Clearly, something must be done. (iStock)

Beltway Confidential

Call a Code Blue for healthcare reform in Congress

Kevin Campbell · October 13, 2017 5:37 pm

Rep. Chris Collins, R-N.Y., could face ethics sanctions or potential criminal prosecution.

Ethics panel: ‘Substantial reason to believe’ Rep. Chris Collins violated ethics standards

Diana Stancy Correll · October 12, 2017 9:47 pm