Tag: United States House of Representatives
Pelosi floats new proposal for bipartisan Jan. 6 commission
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is renewing her push for a bipartisan commission to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, floating a new...
Leaders honor late Rep. Hastings as an outspoken fighter
WASHINGTON — Congressional leaders and colleagues remembered Rep. Alcee Hastings on Wednesday as a straight-talking, tenacious champion for the disadvantaged who overcame hurdles in...
As extreme weather increases, climate misinformation adapts
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Climate scientists have warned for years that a warming planet would cause more extreme storms, like the one that walloped...
House votes to curb power of presidency on travel bans
WASHINGTON — The Democratic-led House passed legislation Wednesday designed to constrain a president’s power to limit entry to the U.S., a response to former...
Gaetz, Greene flaunt new paths to power, testing GOP leaders
WASHINGTON — Congressional leaders have always faced rebels in their ranks. But Reps. Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene are presenting top House Republicans...
Former Oregon U.S. Rep. Elizabeth Furse dies at age 84
PORTLAND, Ore. — Elizabeth Furse, who represented northwestern Oregon in Congress for three terms in the 1990s, has died from complications related to a...
Democrats point to Georgia in push for new elections law
WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats are spotlighting Georgia as they build their case for a broad overhaul of U.S. election law, arguing the new voting...
Gaetz, Greene, flaunt new paths to power, trying GOP leaders
WASHINGTON — Congressional leaders have always faced rebels in their ranks. But Reps. Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene are presenting top House Republicans...
Judge in Chauvin trial calls Waters’ comments ‘abhorrent’
MINNEAPOLIS — The judge overseeing the trial of former Officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd on Monday called recent comments...
GOP leaders diverge on Trump, putting party in limbo
WASHINGTON — One by one, the Republican leaders of Congress have made the trip to Mar-a-Lago to see Donald Trump.
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