The votes followed the House Ethics Committee’s decision against releasing the report publicly. The House of Representatives on Dec. 5 blocked a pair of Democrat-led efforts to force the release of the House Ethics Committee’s report about former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.). In a largely partisan vote, the House backed motions put forward by House
The conservative caucus said Congress should ensure responsible spending by identifying the truly necessary amount of relief funding for hurricane damages. WASHINGTON–The House Freedom Caucus on Dec. 4 called for Congress to reject a disaster relief funding request for $98.4 billion in the wake of Hurricanes Helene and Milton. Helene hit the southeastern United States
The Democratic Party is in upheaval following big losses in the November election. Members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus elected new leadership to steer the caucus at a time of unease and uncertainty within the Democratic Party following disappointing losses in the November election. The unanimously elected team, unveiled at a Dec. 5 press conference,
Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe had a heated exchange with a congressman during a hearing on Capitol Hill by the bipartisan House task force investigating the attempt on former President Donald Trump’s life on Thursday. The hearing devolved into a heated yelling match between Rowe and Rep. Pat Fallon (R-Texas). Fall… Original News Source
Over a dozen transgender activists were arrested Thursday for illegally protesting in a women’s bathroom near the office of House Speaker Mike Johnson (R., La.) on Capitol Hill, Axios reported. The protest comes in response to Johnson’s Nov. 20 announcement prohibiting biological males from using women’s “restrooms, changing rooms, and locker rooms” at the Capitol.
Top Democratic donors, furious with President Joe Biden for pardoning his son, Hunter, are threatening to withhold funding for his future presidential library. “If they had their s—t together, they would have been doing the work on this over the summer—right after he announced he was stepping aside,” one top Democrat told Axios, referring to
House GOP leaders are calling on the Biden-Harris administration to immediately freeze its behemoth green energy loan disbursements, which officials have accelerated in recent weeks ahead of President Donald Trump’s upcoming term, the Washington Free Beacon has learned. Reps. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R., Wash.), Morgan Griffith (R., Va.), and Jeff Duncan (R., S.C.), all of