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March 12, 2024 02:48 PM
Colorado Rep. Ken Buck announced today that he’d be leaving his seat in Congress next week instead of at the end of the year. With four vacancies in the House, Buck’s departure leaves Speaker Mike Johnson with the smallest of margins, 218-213, meaning he can only lose two members if he wants to pass party-line votes.
March 12, 2024 02:48 PM
March 12, 2024 08:44 AM
Hur will testify later this morning in the House Judiciary Committee that his determination on Biden’s memory “was necessary and accurate and fair,” according to prepared remarks first reported by Politico.
March 12, 2024 08:44 AM
March 08, 2024 09:50 AM
George Santos said Thursday that he’s running for Congress again, three months after his colleagues kicked him out and as he faces a slew of criminal charges. (He pleaded not guilty.) It was a big night for Santos — he also made a surprise appearance at the State of the Union.
March 08, 2024 09:50 AM
March 05, 2024 01:47 PM
Evan Gershkovich’s parents will be House Speaker Mike Johnson’s guests at the State of the Union on Thursday. “We are grateful to Speaker Johnson for inviting us to attend the State of the Union and for providing the opportunity to highlight Evan’s wrongful detention,” they told the WSJ. Gershkovich has been detained in Russia for nearly a year.
March 05, 2024 01:47 PM
February 29, 2024 08:27 PM
The Senate and House have both approved a short-term funding measure, averting a partial government shutdown and giving themselves an extra week to pass longer-term spending bills.
February 29, 2024 08:27 PM
February 27, 2024 12:28 PM
Congressional leaders met with President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday as the deadline to avoid a partial government shutdown approaches. “I think that it’s Congress’ responsibility to fund the government. We’ve got to get about doing it,” Biden said. On Monday, Republican Leader Mitch McConnell and Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer each spoke about the need to avoid a shutdown. Speaker Mike Johnson, meanwhile, said Tuesday he believes a shutdown can be prevented.
February 27, 2024 12:28 PM
February 26, 2024 07:40 AM
Days away from a partial government shutdown, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said leaders were still negotiating a funding package. He squarely blamed House Republicans for the delay who he said have “shown they’re more capable of causing chaos than passing legislation.”
February 26, 2024 07:40 AM
February 21, 2024 12:40 PM
James Biden was seen entering his deposition with the House Oversight Committee Wednesday morning, as Republicans ramp up their impeachment inquiry against the president over corruption claims surrounding him and his son Hunter. James Biden’s testimony comes just a day after prosecutors said the indicted former FBI informant, a star GOP witness accused of lying about Hunter and Joe Biden, claimed he had Russian contacts.
February 21, 2024 12:40 PM
February 14, 2024 04:31 PM
The House is pushing back a vote on the reauthorization of FISA’s Section 702 due to internal GOP division about the path forward. Instead of holding votes Friday, lawmakers will wrap up Thursday afternoon and start a recess until Feb. 28.
February 14, 2024 04:31 PM
February 14, 2024 04:13 PM
Rep. Jim Clyburn announced he plans to step down as assistant Democratic leader of the House Democratic Caucus, although he said he is still running for reelection. The powerful 83-year-old lawmaker said he is confident the House Democratic leadership team “will continue the important work of putting people over politics.”
February 14, 2024 04:13 PM
February 13, 2024 07:29 PM
House Republicans passed articles of impeachment against DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday, 214-213, following a failed vote last week. Mayorkas is the first cabinet secretary to be impeached since 1876 but it’s extremely unlikely he will be convicted by the Senate.
February 13, 2024 07:29 PM
February 13, 2024 04:56 PM
The House Democratic leader told reporters they would use “every legislative tool” available, suggesting they might use a discharge petition to bring the bill to the floor. Jeffries said he believed there were “more than 300 bipartisan votes” for the bill.
February 13, 2024 04:56 PM
February 13, 2024 01:06 PM
With the slimmest of majorities now that GOP Majority Leader Steve Scalise is back at work, House Republicans plan to vote on impeaching DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas once more after failing to do so last week in an embarrassing vote for Speaker Mike Johnson.
February 13, 2024 01:06 PM
February 13, 2024 07:06 AM
Twenty-two Republicans voted with almost every Democrat to approve the bill, 70-29, after an all-night session where many GOP Senators spoke in opposition to it. Donald Trump also opposes the bill, which would send billions in aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, and House Speaker Mike Johnson has flatly said the House won’t take it up.
February 13, 2024 07:06 AM
February 12, 2024 11:55 AM
GOP Rep. Steve Scalise has returned to work in the House, Speaker Mike Johnson announced on X on Monday, after undergoing treatment for cancer which Johnson said was in “complete remission.” Johnson should now finally have enough House Republican votes to impeach DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas this week.
February 12, 2024 11:55 AM
February 12, 2024 10:57 AM
The Senate on Sunday passed a key vote to advance the funding package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, 67-27, with 18 Republicans voting yes despite Donald Trump’s opposition to the bill. It will likely get a vote on final passage later this week, but its future in the House remains uncertain.
February 12, 2024 10:57 AM
February 08, 2024 01:24 PM
There’s still a long way to go before the funding bill for aid to Ukraine, Taiwan and Israel is passed into law but senators agreed to move forward on debating the package, 67-32, with 17 Republicans voting yes.
February 08, 2024 01:24 PM
February 07, 2024 03:10 PM
The Senate border deal, which would have also provided aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, failed a procedural vote 49-50. Four Republicans voted to advance the bill and five Democrats voted against cloture, which needed 60 votes to pass.
February 07, 2024 03:10 PM
February 07, 2024 12:09 PM
House Speaker Mike Johnson defended his job on Wednesday after multiple significant votes failed in the House the night before. “Well, it was a mess, what happened here, but we’re cleaning it up,” he told reporters. “I don’t think this is a reflection on the leader. It’s a reflection of the body itself.”
February 07, 2024 12:09 PM
February 06, 2024 07:04 PM
The House failed to pass a $17.6 billion bill providing aid to Israel. It capped an embarrassing night for Speaker Mike Johnson who also saw an impeachment vote against Alejandro Mayorkas fail on Tuesday.
February 06, 2024 07:04 PM
February 05, 2024 10:02 PM
After many, many Republican Senators, House Republicans and Donald Trump came out against the bipartisan border deal Monday, the chief GOP negotiator of the deal predicted it would not survive a procedural vote this week. “I would anticipate Wednesday the cloture vote does not pass,” Sen. James Lankford told reporters.
February 05, 2024 10:02 PM
February 05, 2024 04:21 PM
Mitch McConnell, the top Senate Republican, was one of the few GOP members to push for action on the bipartisan border bill on Monday: “This is a humanitarian and security crisis of historic proportions and Senate Republicans have demanded, not just for months but for years, that this crisis demand an action.”
February 05, 2024 04:21 PM
February 04, 2024 08:11 PM
The $118 billion deal, which was negotiated by a bipartisan group of senators for months, includes tighter border security and aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. House Republicans have said it’s going nowhere.
February 04, 2024 08:11 PM
February 01, 2024 03:44 PM
Text of the immigration bill negotiated between Democratic and Republican senators and the White House is expected to drop between tomorrow and “no later than Sunday,” Chuck Schumer said on the Senate floor. The Democratic leader said he would tee up a first vote on the proposed legislation, which is paired with a supplemental aide package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, no later than next Wednesday.
February 01, 2024 03:44 PM
January 26, 2024 10:23 AM
“When we return next week, by necessity, the House Homeland Security will move forward with Articles of Impeachment against Secretary Mayorkas,” the speaker wrote in a letter to House Republicans, confirming a vote would be held soon after to impeach the secretary of homeland security over the Biden administration’s border policies.
January 26, 2024 10:23 AM
January 25, 2024 04:05 PM
The Office of Congressional Ethics concluded there is “substantial reason to believe Rep. Bowman willfully and knowingly” pulled a false fire alarm during the House’s heated fight over a short-term government funding last fall, but did not find substantial evidence that Bowman “obstructed or attempted to impede an official House proceeding.” As such, the House Ethics Committee said it would end its probe into the matter. Read the full report here.
January 25, 2024 04:05 PM
January 22, 2024 12:42 PM
The House Homeland Security Committee is planning on moving forward with four articles of impeachment against Mayorkas on Jan. 30, racing toward a floor vote as soon as early February, Axios first reported. House Republicans have held two impeachment hearings for Mayorkas over the handling of the southern border. The Biden administration has rebuked the effort as a ploy for “photo ops and politics.”
January 22, 2024 12:42 PM
January 19, 2024 08:42 AM
Kevin Morris, the Hunter Biden pal who testified before the House Oversight Committee Thursday, accused Chairman James Comer of misrepresenting what he said. “Not two hours after we left ... you issued a press statement with cherry‐picked, out of context and totally misleading descriptions of what Mr. Morris said,” Morris’ attorney said in a letter. The lawyer called for a full transcript to be released.
January 19, 2024 08:42 AM
January 19, 2024 08:29 AM
Capitol Police investigated more than 8,000 cases of threats and “concerning statements” against lawmakers last year, up from about 7,500 the year before. And if the past is any indication, this year’s number may be even higher, since threats tend to rise during election years, per the Capitol Police.
January 19, 2024 08:29 AM
January 18, 2024 05:03 PM
The House and Senate approved stopgap legislation to keep the government open until early March. It first passed the Senate in a 77-18 vote. In the House, some Republicans balked at the decision to go forward with a CR that didn’t include border measures, but it ultimately passed 314-108.
January 18, 2024 05:03 PM
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