Congressional Republicans have rushed to embrace the DOGE mission, even as the actual authority of the panel remains murky. In addition to the Senate DOGE caucus, the House has formed its own DOGE caucus that got its first Democratic members this week. The House Oversight Committee also estab...
The use of the rotunda "often involves a concurrent resolution," according the the Congressional Research Service, meaning the House needed to sign off as well as the Senate. The House elected Mike Johnson as speaker Friday afternoon and hadn't been able to act on any legislation or resol...
A House bill introduced Tuesday (Sept. 19) would let indie artists negotiate with AI companies over fairer rates for the use of their music.
Explore the section NOAA announced the designation last week, starting a 45-day countdown on the congressional calendar until it takes effect, during which Gov. Gavin Newsom has the power to veto it. Officials have no expectation he will do so, however. Newsom’s administration have been i...
(D-Texas) announced that she has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. The Congresswoman is currently undergoing treatment. While she expects to be occasionally absent from Congress, Jackson Lee stated that she will work with congressional leadership to be present for any critical votes in the ...
Democrats used the same tactic in 2003 — House members went toOklahomaand senators later fled to New Mexico — but failed to thwart a Republican congressional redistricting plan. Similarly, in 2021 Democrats were initially successful in killing a restrictive voting measure b...
President Biden makes his State of the Union address tomorrow night and on Monday will submit his FY2025 budget request to Congress. The congressional and presidential elections in November will determine what party has control of the House, Senate, and White House. That will be a major factor...
During acongressional hearinglast month, Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., an annual sponsor of the Federal Adjustment of Income Rates, which this year would increase federal employee pay by 7.4% on average, said his staff was unable to reverse engineer Biden’s 2%...
Lawmakers look to finish work on some fiscal 2024 appropriations bills important to agriculture this week, as newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson and other congressional leaders face a looming deadline for keeping the government open amid deep parti
She has taken part in multiple rounds of public and private congressional testimony. At her urging, both the House and the Senate have passed resolutions calling for Ryan's immediate release. Attorneys for the family have also filed urgent petitions with the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Torture ...