In the HR, the presence of split outcomes, the correlation between House and presidential outcomes, and individual-level data indicate a resurgence of partisanship in the House (Stonecash, 2006). This recent trend has several manifestations that affect committees and political part...
His fellow Republicans including House Speaker Kevin McCarthy have accused Bragg, a Democrat, of abuse of power and using his office to pursue a political agenda. McCarthy had also said he would direct House committees to determine whether federal funds have been used in ...
Finally, the bill would empower the chairman or ranking member of certain Congressional committees to request that the president determine and report to Congress whether a foreign person meets the criteria under the DATA Act for a directive by the Secretary of the Treasury (for transfer of ...
In 2011, Gabbard became a chair and vice chair at the Honolulu City Council, overseeing economic development and the budget committees, among other areas. The following year, she was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, representing her state's 2nd congressional district. Since then,...
Mr Duffy is a former lumberjack athlete and featured on several MTV shows from the late 1990s before serving as district attorney of Ashland County, Wisconsin, in 2002. He was elected to the House of Representatives as part of a tea party wave in 2010 and served on two committees in Congre...
The non-voting position, similar to a role held by representatives ofthe District of Columbia, Guam, American Samoa and the U.S. Virgin Islands, would give the Cherokee a voice at the epicenter of political power. Delegates are able to sit on committees, introduce bills, and give speec...
the rise in threats on US judges . Judicial Conference secretary Judge Robert J. Conrad Jr. and Judge Amy J. St. Eve, the chair of the Conference's Budget Committee, sounded the alarm in a letter last week to members of Congress serving on the House and Senate appropriations committees ....
according to the United Nations secretary general. It has created tens of millions more refugeesthan all current wars combined. As of 2023, more than 3 million Americans had been uprooted from their homes because ofclimate-fueled weather disasters,according toFirst Street Foundation, a nonprof...
US immigration legislation including the complete text, status, and sponsors of bills pending in the Senate and the House of Representatives.
As Republicans squabble over who will be the next speaker, there are essentially no members in the U.S. House of Representatives — only members-elect.