Rep. Zach Nunn (R-IA), who beat former Rep. Cindy Axne in one of the top congressional races last year, introduced legislation on Monday to increase the “cooling off period” members of Congress have before being able to lobby.
The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) on Monday released its first list of targeted seats for the 2024 election cycle, consisting of 37 House Democrats lawmakers.
Newly minted Rep. Zach Nunn (R-IA), who beat former Rep. Cindy Axne in one of the top congressional races last year, introduced legislation to end the automatic pay raises for Congress.
National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), the Republicans’ election arm, is hitting House Democrats for supporting reduced penalties on violent crime after 173 Democrats voted to support reduced sentences for violent crimes in Washington, DC.
Rep. Tom Tiffany (R-WI) introduced a bill on Tuesday, co-sponsored by 13 Republicans in the House of Representatives, that would ensure that the White House must recognize any World Health Organization (W.H.O.) binding international instrument on pandemics as a treaty, thus requiring Senate approval.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) will meet Taiwan’s president Tsai Ing-wen in California instead of in the island nation, the Financial Times reported.
Washington, DC, Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (D) sent a letter to the U.S. Senate on Monday morning in an attempt to withdraw the city’s criminal code revision legislation before the Democrat-controlled Senate is expected to vote with the Republicans on a disapproval resolution that would overturn the bill.
American Action Network (AAN), a nonprofit advocacy group with close ties to House Republican leadership, started an ad campaign on Friday to push Democrat House lawmakers to “stop [President] Joe Biden’s proposed cuts to Medicare Advantage benefits that would impact 30 million seniors.”
Rep. Jack Bergman (R-MI) introduced legislation on Wednesday to deny state-sponsored media outlets, such as Al Jazeera, from obtaining press credentials and access to Capitol Hill until such organizations comply with the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) and other U.S. laws.
The House Foreign Affairs Committee voted on Tuesday to advance a bill to sanction individuals implicated in China’s decades-long scheme of harvesting organs from political prisoners, a gruesome practice experts believe expanded significantly after the establishment of concentration camps for Muslims in 2017.
Rep. John James (R-MI) filed paperwork on Friday to run for reelection for his seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, according to the AP, meaning he is opting against running for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D) in 2024.
A watchdog group filed an ethics complaint this week with the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) to request an investigation into Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA), who recently launched a Senate campaign, for potentially abusing official taxpayer-funded resources for political purposes.
Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI) plans to resign from Congress in June to become the president and CEO of the Rhode Island Foundation. His plans will inevitably set up an off-year special election to fill the seat.
Newly minted Rep. Zach Nunn (R-IA) introduced bipartisan legislation on Thursday to “prevent Members of Congress and their spouses from holding or trading individual stocks” to make it harder to have insider trading.
China on Friday accused the United States Congress of “dramatizing” the Chinese spy balloon incident after the House of Representatives unanimously approved a resolution to condemn China for it.
The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously approved a resolution to condemn China for the spy balloon the military shot down over the Atlantic ocean over the weekend.
Led by Rep. Tom McClintock (R-CA) on the anniversary of Iran’s 1979 “anti-dictatorial” revolution, House lawmakers introduced a broad bipartisan resolution in support of a free, democratic, secular, and non-nuclear republic in Iran, with over 160 cosponsors.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) responded to Sen. Mitt Romney’s (R-UT) comments that he was disappointed the speaker had not asked Rep. George Santos (R-NY) to resign yet.
Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) slammed the Biden administration for not producing a “full crosscutting report” on Ukraine funding to Congress by the deadline date and is calling for the president to produce an “immediate plan” that would end the Ukraine conflict and also benefit American national security interests.
Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) and her husband will divorce after 12 years of marriage following a controversial campaign season.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) spoke out against a House resolution that would condemn the “horrors of socialism,” arguing that it is a “fraudulent” resolution that would “undermine” House Democrats’ agenda.
Republicans in the House of Representatives have a slight advantage in the 2024 election map, according to the first rating analysis from Cook Political Report.
Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO), who sits on the House Judiciary Committee, claimed that Republicans are trying to pursue a “racist” immigration agenda in Congress.
House Democrats tap Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) for the House Judiciary Committee, a high-profile committee investigating the Biden administration, after his being booted from the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI).
The Biden administration plans to submit the presidential budget request to Congress on March 9, over a month late.
Freshman New York Rep. George Santos (R) told his Republican colleagues on Tuesday that he is stepping down from his congressional committees, one day after meeting with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA).
Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) introduced a bill on Tuesday that would tie China’s trade privileges in the United States to improving its deplorable human rights record, requiring the communist government to shut down concentration camps, stop harvesting the organs of political prisoners, and cease “economic espionage” it wishes to enjoy normal trade relations with America.
Representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL) said Monday on MSNBC’s “The Beat” that the rule changes resulting from Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s (R-CA) House speaker vote negotiations were supported by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY).
China indirectly warned House Speaker Kevin McCarthy about visiting Taiwan during a press conference on Monday in response to a report indicating he has plans to go later this year.
Rita Hart was elected chair of the Iowa Democrat Party over the weekend, and she claims she wants to “start winning elections again” two years after she denied the election results when she lost against Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) in 2020.
Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA) said Saturday on MSNBC’s “Ayman” that some of the so-called right-wing conservatives in the House of Representatives were “domestic terrorists.”
Democrat Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA), who voted against the creation of the House committee to investigate China, is reportedly the “honorary president” of the non-profit that shared staff with alleged front groups from a Chinese intelligence service.
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) claimed that Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) kicking him and Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) off the Intelligence Committee would ultimately bring “distrust” to the intelligence community that shares the classified information with them.
A rebranding attempt from “moderate” House Democrats in the Blue Dog Coalition has reportedly ripped the group apart following tensions stemming from the group’s attempt to reboot after the midterms.
Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL) said he would be “sidelined” for the next “several weeks” while recovering from an accident at his Florida property last week.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) is reportedly planning to visit Taiwan later this year.
Arizona Democrat Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) announced his long-awaited 2024 United States Senate bid on Monday morning, setting up a face-off against newly independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ).
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), in an interview with the New York Times, briefly reflected on the Democrat losses in the U.S. House of Representatives, concluding that they likely could have held on to the lower chamber if Democrats in New York — namely, Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) — realized that crime was a major issue for voters in the state.
Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL) was released from the hospital on Saturday and is recovering after being involved in an accident at his Florida property late in the afternoon last Wednesday.
Actor Ben Savage, who starred in the popular Disney Channel series “Boy Meets World,” is considering a run for Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) Congressional seat, according to a recent Federal Election Commission filing.
