Category: Congress News
Analysis, News from The Election Post
Speaker Mike Johnson Faces GOP Rebellion Over Exclusion of Farm Aid in Spending Bill
Speaker Mike Johnson is facing a brewing rebellion from farm district Republicans after congressional leaders failed to secure an agreement to add ec [...]
Jamie Raskin Presses Trump-Vance Transition Team on FBI Background Checks
Rep. Jamie Raskin arrives for a House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing on Capitol Hill. | Francis Chung/POLITICO
Top House Oversight [...]
Nancy Pelosi Hospitalized After Injury During Luxembourg Visit for Battle of the Bulge Anniversary
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) at the U.S. Capitol. | Francis Chung/POLITICO
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was hospitalized in [...]
GOP Defends Sen. Joni Ernst Amidst Pressure on Hegseth Vote
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) faces mounting pressure within her party as she weighs her vote to confirm Pete Hegseth as President-elect Trump’s Defense S [...]
House Republicans Select Rep. French Hill to Lead Financial Services Committee
Rep. French Hill of Arkansas has been endorsed by the GOP's steering panel to become the next chair of the House Financial Services Committee. Hill, [...]
Congress Nears Deal on Disaster Aid and Funding Patch to Avoid Christmas Shutdown
Congress is nearing an agreement to fund the government through March 2025 and provide billions in disaster aid, aiming to avoid a shutdown before th [...]
Ramaswamy and Musk Criticize SEC After Court Overturns Nasdaq Diversity Rules
Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk, prominent Trump allies, are leading attacks on the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) after a court ruling inval [...]
Trump Allies Target Senate GOP Holdouts to Push MAGA Agenda
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) speak to reporters after a closed-door meeting with fellow Republicans, at the Capitol in Washington, on Sept. 24. | J. Scot [...]
Trump Names Ronald Johnson as U.S. Ambassador to Mexico
Trump's pick to be U.S. ambassador to Mexico, Ronald Johnson, spent more than 20 years at the Central Intelligence Agency before a diplomatic posting [...]
Mark Paoletta Joins Trump Administration’s Effort to Streamline Government
Attorney Mark Paoletta and his client, Ginni Thomas, walk into an interview with the House Jan. 6 select committee on Sept. 29, 2022. | J. Scott Appl [...]
