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PublishedJanuary 3, 2023
McCarthy’s fight with Republican right flank stalls speaker bid
Kevin McCarthy had pledged a 'battle on the floor' for as long as it took to overcome right-flank fellow Republicans who were refusing to give him their votes.
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PublishedDecember 23, 2022
House passes $1.7 trillion spending bill
Passage of the bill represented a closing act for Rep. Nancy Pelosi's second stint as House speaker, and for the Democratic majority she led back to power in the 2018 election.
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PublishedDecember 8, 2022
House passes $858 billion defense bill, scrapping COVID vaccine mandate for military members
It now goes to the Senate, where it is expected to pass easily, then to the president to be signed into law.
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PublishedDecember 8, 2022
House passes bill protecting same-sex, interracial unions
Both of Maine's representatives voted with their fellow House Democrats in favor of the legislation. Sen. Susan Collins, who helped lead negotiations in the Senate, attended a ceremony after the vote with Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.
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PublishedDecember 2, 2022
Jared Golden off the rails again in opposing Biden’s plea for labor deal
The Lewiston Democrat said imposing railroad pact by legislation was 'premature.'
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PublishedNovember 30, 2022
Hakeem Jeffries elected first Black lawmaker to lead House Democrats
Showing rare party unity after their midterm election losses, the House Democrats moved seamlessly from one history-making leader to another, choosing the 52-year-old New Yorker.
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PublishedNovember 17, 2022
Republicans eye new priorities for House, starting with Biden probe
Come next year, Republicans have made clear, the Jan. 6 investigative committee will be no more. Instead, public probes into the president’s son, Hunter Biden, will begin.
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PublishedNovember 17, 2022
Nancy Pelosi won’t seek leadership role but plans to stay in Congress
Pelosi noted in a statement after the Associated Press called control of the chamber that, in the next Congress, House Democrats will have “strong leverage over a scant Republican majority.”
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PublishedNovember 15, 2022
Kevin McCarthy passes 1st House speaker test, but hurdles remain
The Republican leader needs 218 votes when the new Congress gathers in January.
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PublishedNovember 8, 2022
Republicans push in close races to break 1-party hold on Congress
A Republican win could bring a new intensity to Capitol Hill with promises to end President Biden’s most ambitious plans and to launch investigations – even, potentially, impeachment of the president.
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