U.S. House of Representatives
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PublishedSeptember 18, 2024
House rejects government funding bill linked to proof of citizenship for new voters
Lawmakers are not close to completing work on the dozen annual appropriations bills that will fund federal agencies during the next fiscal year, so they’ll need to approve a stopgap measure to prevent a partial shutdown.
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PublishedSeptember 14, 2024
Control of House heads toward another cliffhanger election
The battle for the House is now fully resembling trench warfare, a political hand-to-hand combat.
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PublishedSeptember 10, 2024
House speaker pushes ahead on funding bill with proof of citizenship mandate, despite dim prospects
House Speaker Mike Johnson is vowing to press ahead with requiring proof of citizenship for voter registration as part of a bill to avoid a partial government shutdown
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PublishedAugust 7, 2024
House Speaker Mike Johnson campaigns for 2nd District candidate Theriault in Auburn
Austin Theriault, a first-term state representative and former NASCAR driver, is seeking the U.S. House seat that's currently held by Democratic Rep. Jared Golden.
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PublishedJuly 4, 2024
Jeffries seeks to stem House defections, for now, as Democrats panic over Biden
On Wednesday evening, Jeffries led a tightly controlled conference call of House Democratic leaders as concern over Biden ricocheted on and off Capitol Hill.
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PublishedJune 14, 2024
Speaker Johnson says House will go to court for Biden audio after Justice Department refuses to prosecute
In a letter earlier Friday explaining the decision not to prosecute Merrick Garland, a DOJ official cited the agency's 'longstanding position' to not prosecute officials who don’t comply with subpoenas because of a president’s claim of executive privilege.
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PublishedJune 3, 2024
Anthony Fauci pushes back partisan attacks in fiery House hearing over COVID controversies
Republicans repeated unproven accusations against the longtime National Institutes of Health scientist while Democrats apologized for Congress besmirching his name and bemoaned a missed opportunity to prepare for the next scary outbreak.
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PublishedMay 23, 2024
Johnson girds for another House Republican fight on government spending
House Speaker Mike Johnson and his leadership team announced an ambitious timeline to pass government spending measures, otherwise known as appropriations bills.
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PublishedMay 13, 2024
Sen. Bob Menendez’s corruption trial begins, his second in the last decade
Besides charges including bribery, extortion, fraud and obstruction of justice, the Democrat also is charged with acting as a foreign agent of Egypt.
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PublishedMay 8, 2024
House quickly rejects Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s effort to remove Speaker Johnson
Maine Reps. Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden voted with the majority as Republicans tried to oust their own speaker, stirring an unheard-of level of party turmoil with a move rarely seen in U.S. history.
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