Tag: Congress

The House on Friday passed legislation aimed at curbing President Obamaâs use of executive authority to slow deportations of young people who arrived here as children.

The ACE Act will strengthen America’s democracy

Rep. Bryan Steil · July 10, 2023 10:00 am

The Capitol in Washington is quiet after lawmakers departed the for the Independence Day recess, Friday, June 30, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Congress braces for three-week sprint before August recess

Cami Mondeaux, Samantha-Jo Roth · July 9, 2023 11:00 am

Mondaire Jones tests progressive appeal in swing House district

David Sivak · July 8, 2023 9:00 am

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Republican lawmakers push back on Secret Service claim it cannot find out who owned cocaine

Misty Severi · July 7, 2023 10:17 pm

House Republicans seek to ban ranked choice voting in DC elections

Cami Mondeaux · July 7, 2023 5:16 pm

Iowa House members tease early endorsements that could swing GOP primary

Julia Johnson · July 7, 2023 1:02 pm

From left, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy stand on the East steps of Capitol Hill in this Dec. 2021 photo.

House panel studying threats by China to the US spurs rare bipartisan cooperation

Mike Brest · July 7, 2023 4:30 am

The House provision would allow a pharmacist to make a small amount of a drug in preparation for getting a prescription from a doctor, a practice called "office use" compounding. (Sean Meyers/CVS Health via AP Images)

The 340B program is a lifesaver. Congress should protect it from Big Pharma

Michael Weinstein · July 7, 2023 4:00 am

Beltway Confidential

When did Congress tell the government to target online speech?

Hudson Crozier · July 6, 2023 11:23 pm

Marjorie Taylor Greene wants to ban illegal immigrants from voting in DC area

David Zimmermann · July 6, 2023 8:14 pm

A stack of one hundred dollar bills in a money wrapper labeled "Student Loan" on top of a blue graduation cap. A gold graduation tassel is draped over the stack of money.

New group targets vulnerable Republicans over Supreme Court student debt ruling

Julia Johnson · July 6, 2023 3:33 pm

From left, Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., respond to base remarks by President Donald Trump after his call for the four Democratic congresswomen of color to go back to their "brokenâ countries, as he exploited the nationâs glaring racial divisions once again for political gain, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, July 15, 2019. All are American citizens and three of the four were born in the U.S.

Beltway Confidential

The Squad’s wild, illogical attacks on the Supreme Court

Adam Carrington · July 6, 2023 7:30 am