Reports that Republicans put in place a rules package that will change the way the House operates during the 104th Congress. Larger issue of whether they have begun a lasting renewal of their institution's battered image; Adoption of new era of GOP control with fewer committees, terms limits,...
Rep. Michael Cloud (R-Texas) wants to block Republicans from voting on their GOP leadership lineup before setting their internal rules. (In other words, allowing lawmakers to decide whether they like the rules package before they give their blessing to a speaker nominee.) Rep. Chip Roy (R-...
He has also voted to defend same-sex marriage and was an outright “no” against a House rules package after Republican leader Kevin McCarthy became speaker. Gonzales was defiant before the vote and did not attend the meeting of Texas GOP leaders and activists in Austin. “We’ll see ...
The 11 House Republicanscalled on Johnsonto add session days to the House calendar; ensure that any reconciliation package includes significant spending cuts; and stop putting bills on the floor that rely heavily on Democratic support or ahead of the 72 hours members are allotted to review legislat...
Passing a budget blueprint is only a small piece of the GOP’s challenge this year, since it is a non-binding document that includes no specifics about what will be in Trump’s legislative package. But it’s a critical step toward that final bill: Both the House and Senate must adopt...
The question is now whether the Senate will go back to a standalone Ukraine-Israel-Taiwan aid package. The White House originally requested that package last fall, along with border funding, before Republicans demanded significant border policy changes be added to the deal in exchange for Ukraine...
Washington — The House narrowly approved a stopgap measure Tuesday to keep the government funded through September, with Speaker Mike Johnson managing to largely keep his GOP conference united and pass the measure days ahead of a possible government shutdown. The House passed the bill in a 217...
After that, the conference would be tasked with crafting the package. Senate Republicans adopted their own budget resolution last week for the first of two reconciliation bills, moving ahead with their two-track strategy despite Trump’s endorsement of the House’s one-bill approach. Senate ...
“The package that the White House sent over really is dead,” said Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.). “The appropriators in the Senate can begin by basically starting over.” Democrats hold the keys to the Senate, but they’ll need nine or more Republican votes to get anything through the...
I’ve never seen anything like it,” Biden told reporters as he returned to the White House. When asked by reporters whether the death of ALEXEI NAVALNY will make a difference for Republicans in passing an aid package, Biden said, “I hope so, but I’m not sure,” adding that he ...