House rejects effort to force a balanced budget in the US
Even the chair of the House Budget Committee was forecasting the symbolic measure would fall flat.
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House Ethics will forge ahead with Cherfilus-McCormick trial
The panel denied the Florida Democrat’s request for a delay.
Mullin’s DHS nomination set for quick vote ‘as of now,’ Rand Paul says
The Oklahoma senator’s secretive travel a decade ago emerged as a late-breaking issue in his confirmation.
Kiley switches parties, loses committees
Rep. Kevin Kiley, the former Republican who recently registered as an Independent, said in an interview Wednesday he plans to caucus with the House GOP and will seek to regain his committee assignments. The California lawmaker was formally removed from his panels Wednesday after giving official notice he was switching parties to serve as an
House Democrats open investigation into Lewandowski
House Democrats on Wednesday heightened their investigation into Corey Lewandowski, a special government employee at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) who has been accused of mismanagement and corruption. Lewandowski was reportedly serving as a de-facto adviser to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and oversaw the approval of contracts and grants totaling more than $100,000 under…
Quick vote on Mullin’s DHS nomination hangs on classified briefing
The Oklahoma senator’s secretive travel a decade ago has emerged as an issue in his confirmation.
Tim Scott to run for reelection to the Senate
The South Carolina Republican had long pledged to only serve two full terms in the chamber.