New House Rules Contain Major Reforms

Rules package was approved Monday night.  The House of Representatives has approved a rules package that is intended to control government spending, reduce bureaucracy, and challenge leadership. The…

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House Speaker Elected Upon 15th Vote

Electing a House Speaker has not taken this long since 1859. The House of Representatives has adjourned until Monday after a late evening session on Friday ran into…

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Representative McCarthy in Negotiations for Speaker

Unable to reach the winning threshold after six votes. The House of Representatives has begun its third day of trying to determine the next speaker. Representative Kevin McCarthy…

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House Speaker Not Chosen After Second Ballot

House minority leader faces opposition in the election to the top position. For the first time in 100 years, a Speaker of the House of Representatives has not…

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Representative McCarthy Going to Border

Says he’s going “to get a new update.”  U.S. Representative Kevin McCarthy of California, the House minority leader and potentially the next Speaker, announced that he will be…

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Representative Pelosi Reelected Speaker of the House

Narrowly maintains control of the House of Representatives.  Lawmakers returned to Washington, D.C., on Sunday to begin the first session of the 117th Congress. One of the first…

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House Majority Nominates Pelosi to Remain Speaker

Vote to take place in January. Members of the majority in the House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to nominate House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for what would be…

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Nancy Pelosi Seeks Two More Years as Speaker

She penned a formal request letter to her colleagues. Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi of California, age 80, intends to stay in the speaker’s chair…

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Congress Closes Capitol To Public

Congress announced on Thursday that the grounds of the Capitol building would no longer be open to the public in an effort to combat the spread of the virus.

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