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U.S. House of Representatives

Published
March 8, 2024

Congress passes first package of spending bills just hours before shutdown deadline for key agencies

Maine Sen. Susan Collins said, 'It would be irresponsible for us not to clear these bills and do the fundamental job that we have of funding government. What is more important?'
Published
February 29, 2024

Congress approves short-term extension to avoid shutdown, buy more time for final spending agreement

The short-term extension is the fourth in recent months, and many lawmakers expect it to be the last for the current fiscal year.
Published
February 13, 2024

Democrat Tom Suozzi wins New York race to succeed George Santos in Congress

The victory narrows the slim Republican majority in the House and gives Democrats a much-needed win in New York City’s Long Island suburbs.
Published
February 13, 2024

House Republicans impeach Homeland chief Mayorkas on 2nd try

The charges against the Homeland Security secretary will go to the Senate for a trial, but neither Democratic nor Republican senators have shown interest in the matter and it may be indefinitely shelved to a committee.
Published
January 18, 2024

Federal debt tops $34 trillion, and some in Congress want a commission to find ways to tackle it

A bill to create a bipartisan commission to tackle the nation’s soaring debt and make policy recommendations to Congress won approval from a House committee on Thursday.

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Published
December 6, 2023

Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy will resign, 2 months after being ousted as House speaker

His departure will leave the already paper-thin House Republican majority even tighter, with just a few seats to spare.
Published
November 10, 2023

Newly elected House speaker grasps for funding plan amid shutdown approaching

House lawmakers left Washington for the weekend without a plan in hand after several setbacks.
Published
October 25, 2023

Mike Johnson, a staunch conservative from Louisiana, is elected House speaker

A lawyer specializing in constitutional issues, Johnson had rallied Republicans around Trump’s legal effort to overturn the 2020 election results.
Published
October 24, 2023

Republicans nominate Mike Johnson for House speaker after Emmer’s withdrawal, desperate to end chaos

Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana is a lawyer specializing in constitutional issues who had rallied Republicans around Trump’s legal effort to overturn the 2020 election results.
Published
October 23, 2023

It’s Day 20 with no House speaker, and lower-level names are starting to reach for the gavel

Ousted former speaker Kevin McCarthy calls the whole spectacle 'embarrassing' for the House Republicans whose majority is being wasted away and for the U.S. government that cannot fully function.