Category: Congress News
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House GOP Allocates $46 Million in Fall Advertising Push
Rep. Jared Golden is one of five Democrats representing districts Trump won in 2020. More than one-quarter of the NRCC’s initial ad spending is going [...]
House GOP Leaders Support Steve Bannon’s Appeal Against Jan. 6 Committee
Steve Bannon addresses a crowd of conservative activists at the 2023 Conservative Political Action Conference. The pro-Trump firebrand has been sente [...]
Supreme Court Overturns Trump-Era Ban on Bump Stocks
The Supreme Court has struck down a Trump-era ban on bump stocks, a gun accessory that allows semi-automatic weapons to fire rapidly like machine gun [...]
Trump Pushes Congress to Fight Legal Battles During Capitol Hill Visit
Johnson and Trump, seen in an April file photo, have been in regular touch since the former president's May conviction. | Wilfredo Lee/AP
WASHINGT [...]
Growing Frustration Among House Republicans Over Leadership Perks
Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) is seen. | Jacquelyn Martin/AP
WASHINGTON — Frustration is mounting among rank-and-file House Republicans over the lea [...]
GOP Debates Focus on Trump’s Conviction Amidst 2024 Election Strategy
Sen. Thom Tillis is seen at the U.S. Capitol on Feb. 12, 2024. | Francis Chung/POLITICO
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Republicans are grappling with how to a [...]
House Speaker Mike Johnson Criticizes Biden’s Planned Executive Action on Immigration
House Speaker Mike Johnson was formerly an advocate for the president to issue executive orders to curb immigration, saying that existing laws gave B [...]
Lawmakers Urge Biden Administration to Shift Sudan Policy Amid Ongoing Civil War
Sudan’s army and the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group have been battling for more than a year now, a brutal conflict that has led to widesprea [...]
Senate Republicans to Oppose Legislation and Biden Nominees After Trump Conviction
Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) speaks with reporters at the U.S. Capitol on Feb. 5, 2024. | Francis Chung/POLITICO
Eight Senate Republicans, spearheaded b [...]
Senate Democrats Demand Justice Alito’s Recusal Over Jan. 6 Flag Controversy
Sen. Dick Durbin (left) confers with Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse at the Capitol in Washington, Nov. 2, 2023. | J. Scott Applewhite/AP
Senior Senate De [...]