Senior Democratic lawmakers took to Twitter shortly after the House passed the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, which requires doctors to provide care for infants born alive after a failed abortion, to criticize the Republicans who supported the “extreme” bill. Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-NY, and Vice President […]
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House Republicans to vote on bill abolishing IRS
Republicans in the House of Representatives will vote on a bill that would abolish the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), eliminate the national income tax, and replace it with a national consumption tax. Fox News Digital has learned that the House will be voting on Georgia Republican Rep. Buddy Carter’s reintroduced Fair Tax Act that aims […]
McCarthy delivers first speech as House Speaker
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy officially opened the 118th Congress early Saturday morning, holding the speaker’s gavel and conducting a chamber-wide swearing-in ceremony for new members. His speakership followed a dramatic week of him slowly winning over 20 Republicans who initially did not support his speakership and defected their votes to other members. After his victory […]
Late night GOP deal creates a path for McCarthy
After 11 votes in three days that went nowhere, signs emerged Thursday night that Kevin McCarthy may finally have a viable path to becoming the next House speaker. It won’t be easy, automatic or immediate, according to House lawmakers who themselves were processing the information in real time as details of the deal emerged. But […]
What is wrong with the House GOP?
Republicans in the House of Representatives have now stumbled through a second fruitless day of gridlock, with GOP leader Kevin McCarthy still unable to win over the hard right of his caucus in his quest to become speaker. And because the House cannot function until a speaker has been chosen, the GOP’s paralysis could have […]
If Kevin McCarthy fails as Speaker, then who else?
Republican leader Kevin McCarthy has failed to be elected Speaker of the US House of Representatives – but if not him, who else could fill the role? After three consecutive rounds of voting on Tuesday, the first day of a new Congress, Mr McCarthy fell short of the 218 votes he needed to clinch the […]
McCarthy’s Speaker bid threatened by Republican rebels
Republican Kevin McCarthy is struggling to secure enough support to ensure he wins a vote to become the new Speaker of the House of Representatives. The Californian congressman must win a majority vote in the House on Tuesday to get the role. But a group of Republicans are refusing to back him, despite him making […]
Congress unveils $1.7 trillion omnibus bill
Federal lawmakers made public a massive $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill on Tuesday. The release of the bill, which spans 4,155 pages, comes after negotiations between Senate Republicans and House and Senate Democrats. To stave off some government funding running out, lawmakers have until the end of the week to pass the proposed legislation. Some […]
Jan. 6 committee’s final hearing today, Trump likely to be charged
The House Jan. 6 committee will hold what’s expected to be its final meeting Monday, when the panel is expected to take action against former President Trump and his allies. The committee, which subpoenaed Trump in October, will present its final findings after a nearly 18-month probe. It is also expected to issue several criminal […]
House Dems to bar Trump from office under 14th Amendment
A group of 40 House Democrats, led by Rep. David Cicilline (R.I.), introduced legislation on Thursday to bar former President Trump from holding future federal office under the 14th Amendment. Section 3 of the amendment states that no one who previously took an oath to support the Constitution and engaged in “insurrection or rebellion” shall […]
Dems on fast track to ‘decolonize’ Puerto Rico
House Democrats on Thursday will call up legislation aimed at ending Puerto Rico’s status as a U.S. territory and giving Puerto Rican voters a say in whether the island becomes a U.S. state, an independent country or some other form of non-territory status. Democrats prepared the Puerto Rico Status Act in the House Rules Committee […]
Hakeem Jeffries replaces Pelosi as House leader
Nancy Pelosi, the longtime California representative who has served as Speaker of the House since 2019, stepped down earlier this month, clearing the way for a new figure to take the mantle. Pelosi has led the Democratic Party for 20 years but said in her parting remarks she believes “the hour has come for a […]