Category: Congress
March 07, 2025
Congress
NRCC deletes post calling Espaillat an ‘illegal immigrant’
The House GOP's campaign arm deleted a post on X calling Rep. Adriano Espaillat of New York an "illegal immigrant," following a backlash on social media and strong condemnation...
March 07, 2025
Congress
Johnson ‘looking at’ taking Green off committee
Speaker Mike Johnson stopped short of supporting a hard-right push to remove Rep. Al Green from his committee assignment over the Texas Democrat's singing protest following his censure Thursday....
March 07, 2025
Congress
Capitol agenda: Senate Dems’ shutdown test
Senate Democrats are running out of time to decide whether fighting President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s funding freezes is worth forcing a government shutdown. Assuming House Republicans can...
March 07, 2025
Congress
Senate Democrats’ impending choice: Shutdown or surrender
House Democrats say they won't vote for the House GOP's spending plan. Democrats across the Capitol aren't so sure.
March 06, 2025
Congress
House GOP stopgap funding bill expected to avert pay cuts to doctors, extend telehealth access
A stopgap measure to keep the government funded through the end of September is expected to include measures to avert cuts in pay for doctors treating Medicare patients and...
March 06, 2025
Congress
Veterans cuts spark GOP backlash on Capitol Hill
"We don't need to be reading memos in the paper about 20 percent cut at the VA," Sen. Lindsey Graham said.
March 06, 2025
Congress
Chavez-DeRemer on verge of confirmation to run Labor Department
Lori Chavez-DeRemer’s bid to lead the Labor Department cleared a key procedural hurdle on Thursday — the last major step before a confirmation vote on the Senate floor. The...
March 06, 2025
Congress
Jim Jordan continues subpoena spree of social media platforms
House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan sent a subpoena to Alphabet, the parent company of Google and YouTube, on Thursday, requesting communications between the company and the executive branch as...
March 06, 2025
Congress
Democrats slam GOP campaign committee labeling New York lawmaker an ‘illegal immigrant’
Rep. Adriano Espaillat touts himself as a “former undocumented immigrant turned progressive Congressman.”
March 06, 2025
Congress
Al Green censured for joint session outburst
The House voted 224-198 Thursday to censure Rep. Al Green for disrupting President Donald Trump’s joint address to Congress this week. Green shouted at Trump during the Tuesday night...