Tag: House of Representatives

The House is expected to vote next week on legislation to award former Kansas Sen. Bob Dole the Congressional Gold Medal. (Saul Loeb/Pool Photo via AP)

House to vote on Congressional Gold Medal for Bob Dole next week

Robert King · September 2, 2017 2:40 pm

Rep. Robert Pittenger, R-N.C., is among a select number of GOP House members who have chosen to hold town halls this year, while many of his colleagues have sought to avoid these kind of events, which often bring these kind of contentious exchanges. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

Rep. Robert Pittenger told ‘help us impeach’ Trump or you will ‘go with him’ during raucous town hall

Sean Langille · September 2, 2017 1:23 am

"Our democracy has no room for inciting violence or endangering the public, no matter the ideology of those who commit such acts," Pelosi said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Nancy Pelosi asks Paul Ryan to meet with congressional Hispanics to discuss future of DACA

Anna Giaritelli · September 1, 2017 9:56 pm

It's cynical to use the cover of emergency response to fund other priorities. Here, an elderly man is carried to dry ground as he evacuates a neighborhood in west Houston inundated by floodwaters on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Pass a Harvey emergency bill, not a pork bill

Washington Examiner · August 31, 2017 4:01 am

"I am absolutely trapped in my house," Babin told CNN. "I don't have a way to get out until flood waters recede here." (Karen Warren/Houston Chronicle via AP)

Texas Rep. Brian Babin trapped inside southeastern Texas home, says family is fine

Melissa Quinn · August 30, 2017 6:38 pm

The letter said the pardon was a "gross injustice" because Arpaio ignored a court order to stop arresting people based on suspicion of their immigration status. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Democrats demand House Judiciary Committee investigate Joe Arpaio pardon

Kelly Cohen · August 30, 2017 5:57 pm

Rev. Alisa Lasater Wailoo of the Capitol Hill United Methodist Church delivered the House prayer during a pro forma session of Congress on Tuesday. (iStock)

House chaplain: ‘Endless’ news cycle, social media are drowning out God’s voice

Pete Kasperowicz · August 29, 2017 6:40 pm

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers introduced a bill that prohibits the Defense Department and Coast Guard from ruling out service based on gender identity. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

National Security

143 House lawmakers urge Trump to back off military transgender ban

Travis J. Tritten · August 29, 2017 5:50 pm

Bishop is an eight-term member of the House of Representatives. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Energy and Environment

Natural Resources panel chair Rob Bishop says 2018 will be last House race

John Siciliano · August 28, 2017 8:12 pm

House Speaker Paul Ryan speaks to workers at the Boeing Co. and in view of a Rolls Royce Trent 1000 engine for a 787 jet, behind, in Everett, Wash. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

What it’s like to tour Boeing with House Speaker Paul Ryan

Joseph Lawler · August 28, 2017 9:30 am

Democratic Rep. Steve Cohen wants President Trump's senior policy adviser Stephen Miller out of the White House. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Steve Cohen rejoices in Seb Gorka leaving the White House, wants Stephen Miller gone next

Ryan Lovelace · August 26, 2017 4:22 pm

"Speaker Ryan has exemplified what we should fear in any leader -- the failure to speak out when morally compelled to take action." (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Democrats: Paul Ryan ‘morally compelled’ to take up Trump censure vote

Susan Ferrechio · August 22, 2017 7:27 pm