Last week, House GOP leaders pulled the vote from the schedule in an acknowledgment of opposition from members of their own party that likely would have doomed the bill to fail. Johnson said at the time that Republicans are "in the consensus-building business," noting that the vote would be...
House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, a Minnesota Republican, echoed Johnson's sentiment by telling reporters, "Voting in favor of an impeachment inquiry does not equal impeachment." GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, who has been pushing Republicans to impeach the president, told CNN the reason he sees...
White House spokesperson Andrew Bates and Rep. Pramilla Jayapal (D-Wash.) were among the Democratic voices blasting Republicans for dropping pediatric cancer funding from the government funding package. Bates,on X, accused the GOP of bowing to Elon Musk’s push for less spending by “...
The House Judiciary Committee will make one final review next week of the grand jury evidence it has received before voting on whether to ask the full House to authorize a formal impeachment inquiry against President Clinton, Chairman Rep. Henry J. Hyde said yesterday.Akers, Mary Ann...
House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, a Minnesota Republican, echoed Johnson's sentiment by telling reporters, "Voting in favor of an impeachment inquiry does not equal impeachment." GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, who has been pushing Republicans to impeach the president, told CNN the reason he sees...
The House Freedom Caucus urged Republican leadership to push for a stopgap measure to keep the government funded through the new year rather than approving a new overall funding package.
“I have never voted for a CR and I don’t intend on concluding my time here by voting for one now. We have a $36 trillion dollar national debt and Congress has failed to do its job by funding government through the appropriations process, as mandated by the Budget Act of 1974, again...
House Budget Committee ChairJodey Arrington(R-Texas) said earlier Wednesday that he expects the House to release a one-bill budget blueprint and schedule their own committee vote by the end of the week. The Senate’s budget resolution is expected to include roughly $150 billion for border secu...
Johnson’s win marked a stunning turnaround after more than three weeks of chaotic limbo in the House following the ouster of former Speaker Kevin McCarthy and the demise of three other failed speaker candidates. He did not lose a single GOP vote from lawmakers who were present; Rep. Derrick...
House leaders tucked the Republican-filed language into a sweeping amendment they passed late Thursday as part of their ongoing voting over the chamber’s state budget proposal.” — “Robots with weapons? Bill would make that illegal in Massachusetts,” by Kinga Borondy, Telegram & Gazette....