Tag: Congress

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) meets with reporters just after the new House Republican majority ousted Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Somali-born Muslim from Minnesota, from the House Foreign Affairs Committee, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023.

McCarthy says he will form bipartisan group to create House code of conduct after Omar ouster

Cami Mondeaux · February 3, 2023 12:37 pm

Fairness and Justice

House GOP plans vote to overturn DC laws, including allowing noncitizens to vote

Cami Mondeaux · February 3, 2023 8:30 am

Magazine - Washington Briefing

The Schiff-Swalwell saga: Is McCarthy being politic, or playing politics?

Jamie McIntyre · February 3, 2023 5:00 am

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.

Magazine - Washington Briefing

Lawmakers dissatisfied at Supreme Court leak probe running dry

Kaelan Deese · February 3, 2023 4:30 am

Drugmakers have raised prices on nearly 1,000 medications this year

Abigail Adcox · February 2, 2023 6:13 pm

State of the Union 2023: Sarah Huckabee Sanders to deliver GOP rebuttal to Biden address

Samantha-Jo Roth · February 2, 2023 5:20 pm

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., the vice ranking member of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, votes on a Democratic amendment to the rules during an organizational meeting for the 118th Congress, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023.

AOC blasts House Republicans’ ‘racism’ ahead of vote to oust Omar from committee assignment

Cami Mondeaux · February 2, 2023 5:03 pm

Republican Senate candidate Rick Scott smiles as he speaks to supporters at an election watch party, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018, in Naples, Fla.

Bipartisan group of senators reintroduce bill to eliminate government shutdowns amid budget battles

Cami Mondeaux · February 2, 2023 3:05 pm

Democrats voice safety concerns ahead of Biden’s State of the Union address

Cami Mondeaux · February 2, 2023 2:42 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., pauses while speaking to the media after a weekly policy luncheon, Tuesday, July 16, 2019, in Washington. "Everybody ought to tone down their rhetoric," said McConnell.

Mitch McConnell told Rick Scott he was off Commerce Committee via text

Cami Mondeaux · February 2, 2023 2:39 pm

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., listens to questions as Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer, testifies before the House Oversight and Reform Committee, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019, in Washington.

AOC and other lawmakers paid thousands in campaign cash to Chinese-backed entity

Cami Mondeaux · February 2, 2023 1:28 pm

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., leaves a news conference with Reps. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., right, and Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023, in Washington.

House to vote on Ilhan Omar’s removal from Foreign Affairs Committee post

Cami Mondeaux · February 2, 2023 12:49 pm