House vote hits 2-hour mark amid revolts
Republican factions are using a budget resolution vote to protest leadership’s move on a separate farm bill and ethanol fight.
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Senate to seek short-term punt for key surveillance power
Majority Leader John Thune said a House-passed three-year extension can’t pass without changes.
The headache that won’t go away for Mike Johnson
House GOP hardliners are driving a tough bargain — a full ban on a central bank digital currency, or bust.
Six takeaways from Hegseth’s first hearing since Iran war started
House Democrats came out firing during Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s first hearing since the Iran war started, peppering the Pentagon chief with questions on his characterization of the conflict and recent high-profile firings of top military officials. Their Republican counterparts were notably conflict-averse, apart from a couple of supportive comments toward Gen. Randy Goerge, the…
House passes 3-year extension of key spy power
But the bill renewing the Section 702 surveillance law likely cannot pass the Senate without changes.
National redistricting war reignites with Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Act ruling
The Supreme Court’s decision to weaken a key part of the Voting Rights Act has reignited a national redistricting war likely to have widespread implications for voters across the country. The high court on Wednesday handed down its much-awaited ruling on Louisiana’s House map, striking down its second majority-Black district. Justice Samuel Alito, writing for
House approves reauthorization of warrantless spy powers
The House on Wednesday approved the renewal of the nation’s warrantless spy powers in a 235-191 vote that cleared the chamber with support from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. The bill, which would renew Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), still has to clear the Senate, another challenging hurdle before…