Two developments last week threaten to weaken Republican control over the investigative agenda of the US House of Representatives. First, House
Democrats gained seats in the November election because ofredrawn mapsordered by the Wisconsin Supreme Court. The Republican majority now sits at 54-45 in the Assembly and 18-15 in the Senate. Democrats have 10 more seats in the Assembly than last session and four ...
File photo taken on May 22, 2023 shows U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy speaking outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, D.C., the United States. (Photo by Aaron Schwartz/Xinhua) Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer described the "continuing resolution" as a "bridge" to...
The House, with a slim Republican majority, passed the motion by vote of 216-210, with eight Republicans joining Democrats to remove McCarthy from his position. The vote came less than one day after hardline Republican Representative Matt Gaetz announced a resolution to remove McCarthy through a...
The House, with a slim Republican majority, passed the motion by vote of 216-210, with eight Republicans joining Democrats to remove McCarthy from his position. The vote came less than one day after hardline Republican Representative Matt Gaetz announced a resolution to remove McCarthy through a...
The latest action, which required a two-thirds majority, makes Santos, a first-term lawmaker, the sixth member of the House to be expelled in the body's history. Such move hasn't happened in more than 20 years. Santos invented ties to the Holocaust and made false claims that his mother...
The House Energy & Commerce Committee and the Financial Services Committee have focused their first hearings on business complaints about the Obama administration's regulatory agenda. In addition, the House Oversight Committee, chaired by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Cal...
Hakeem Jeffries, the top House Democrat, said in a statement Tuesday that under the Republican majority, the House "has been restructured to empower right-wing extremists, kowtow to their harsh demands and impose a rigid p...
and other Republicans react on the House floor during the third day of the House speakership election at the U.S. Capitol, on Jan. 5, 2023. | Francis Chung/POLITICO Jan 2025 Incoming Senate Majority Leader John Thune on Friday predicted Speaker Mike Johnson is in decent shape ahead of ...
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) called on Cheatle to resign on Tuesday during an interview in Milwaukee at the CNN-POLITICO Grill. Cheatle called the security lapse “unacceptable” on Monday in an interview with ABC News, but said she did not plan to resign. Johnson said he ...