Tag: Congress

Rep. Dan Meuser (R-PA) tells reporters he is out of the race for House speaker as Republicans meet to decide who to nominate to be the next speaker, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Oct. 23, 2023.

And then there were eight: Dan Meuser is the first to drop out of speaker’s race

W. James Antle III, Reese Gorman · October 23, 2023 11:51 pm

Sen. Peter Welch (D-VT) asks a question during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on protecting children online Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Senate Democrat says he’d back empowering McHenry if he was still in House

Emily Jacobs · October 23, 2023 5:51 pm

House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) arrives to meet with the House Republican Conference at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023.

Speaker vote: House starts at square one three weeks after McCarthy removal

David Sivak · October 23, 2023 4:57 pm

Community and Family

Republican lawmakers push back on federally legalizing marijuana

Misty Severi · October 23, 2023 4:45 pm

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) talks with reporters following his meeting with President Joe Biden at the White House in Washington on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023.

Bernie Sanders siphons off $75,000 in campaign donations to family organization

Gabe Kaminsky · October 23, 2023 4:24 pm

House conservatives demand recess be canceled unless speaker is elected

Cami Mondeaux · October 23, 2023 3:39 pm

House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) arrives to meet with the House Republican Conference at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023.

How House Republicans will pick their next speaker nominee in crowded field

Julia Johnson · October 23, 2023 1:24 pm

Manchin blasts $6 billion prisoner swap with Iran: ‘I never was for that’

Julia Johnson · October 23, 2023 12:46 pm

Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) speaks to reporters following a closed-door meeting of the House Republican Conference at the Capitol in Washington, July 18, 2023.

Rep. Mike Collins channels speaker battle frustration through memes ‘with a little help’

Julia Johnson · October 23, 2023 9:00 am

Speakerless House: The longest the House has gone without a speaker

Jack Birle · October 22, 2023 11:00 am

Rep. Shelia Jackson Lee (D-TX).

Leaked audio captures Sheila Jackson Lee disparaging staffer

Jenny Goldsberry · October 22, 2023 12:10 am

Republican gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin greets supporters at the end of a campaign rally on Monday, Oct. 31, 2022, in Westchester, New York.

Lee Zeldin tamps down Senate run speculation: ‘Never given any thought to it’

David Sivak · October 21, 2023 2:15 pm