Massie trails Trump-backed Gallrein in Kentucky House GOP primary: Poll

A new poll from Quantus Insights has Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) trailing challenger Ed Gallrein, just days before the May 19 Republican primary in Kentucky’s 4th Congressional District. The survey, conducted Monday and Tuesday, found that 48.3 percent of 908 respondents backed Gallrein, whom President Trump endorsed last year amid a feud with Massie, while…

House aims for housing bill vote next week, setting up clash with Senate

The House is moving ahead with a vote next week on an amended bipartisan housing bill, even after President Trump pressured the lower chamber to pass the Senate version. House Financial Services Committee Chair French Hill (R-Ark.) and Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), the committee’s ranking member, on Thursday released the House’s version of the “21st…

House leaders back bipartisan effort to combat sexual misconduct in chamber

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) are backing a bipartisan effort to come up with proposed reforms to combat sexual misconduct in the House. The effort, a partnership between the Republican Women’s Caucus and the Democratic Women’s Caucus, comes as the chamber has been roiled by a wave of sexual…