Biden to call for higher taxes on billionaires, stock buybacks
Democrats to wear crayons lapel pins to highlight lack of affordable childcare A group of House and Senate Democrats plan to wear crayons as lapel pins to the State of…
Pelosi endorses Schiff for Senate from California if Feinstein doesn’t run
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks during a weekly news conference with House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) on October 2, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Tom…
GOP right to kick 9/11-downplaying Ilhan Omar off Foreign Affairs
Poor Ilhan Omar has been denied a seat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee. “I certainly did not or was not aware that the word ‘hypnotized’ was a trope,” the…
Josh Hawley pitches ‘PELOSI Act’ to ban lawmakers from trading stocks
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) wants to bar lawmakers and their spouses from owning and trading stocks while in office by proposing the ‘PELOSI Act.’ The bill, whose title is “Preventing…
Dozens in Congress beat stock market in 2022: analysis
The House truly always wins. More than two dozen members of Congress beat the stock market despite Wall Street suffering its worst year since 2008, according to an analysis by…
GOP leader McCarthy loses 10th ballot
WASHINGTON — U.S. House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., lost a 10th vote for House speaker on Thursday, as far right Republicans continued to deny him the long-sought gavel. They…
House adjourns without speaker after Kevin McCarthy loses sixth vote
Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) sits in the House Chamber during the third round of votes for House Speaker on the opening day of the 118th Congress on Tuesday, January 3,…
Jan. 6 committee sends Trump criminal referral to DOJ
The Jan. 6 select House committee in a unanimous vote Monday referred former President Donald Trump to the Department of Justice for criminal investigation and potential prosecution for his efforts…
U.S. House passes $1.7 trillion bill funding government through September, sending it to Biden
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) addresses reporters during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, July 29, 2022. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters WASHINGTON — The U.S. House…
Taxpayers feel pain of pols’ wasteful rubber stomp
Congress will soon vote on the 4,155-page omnibus bill that was crafted in a back room by half a dozen congressional leaders. No amendments will be permitted on the House…