Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) in a letter on Tuesday urged Republican leaders on House Appropriations Committee to stop the U.S. government from partnering with Ukrainian actors targeting Americans, after a Ukrainian non-governmental organization published an enemies list consisting of American lawmakers, think-tanks, and media figures who questioned or opposed sending more taxpayer aid to Ukraine.
Conservatives loathe Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), but he has a chummy relationship with at least one Republican.
Speaker Mike Johnson is considering granting free-spending establishment Republicans and Democrats one of the top items on their wish list.
Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX) announced that she will step down as chairman of the House Appropriations Committee.
House Republicans met Monday night for a family meeting-style vent session a week after Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s (R-CA) ouster from the speakership hurled the conference into chaos.
House Republicans must choose a nominee for Speaker of the House, a daunting predicament that resurrects haunting memories of January’s embarrassing 15-round floor fight.
Republicans are to push a “freedom act” preventing the banning of gas stoves in the House of Representatives on Tuesday.
Conservatives will have more of a voice in House floor procedure than ever now under House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA).
Establishment House Republicans signaled Thursday they oppose impeaching President Joe Biden after reclaiming the majority.
House Democrats blocked on Wednesday a Republican proposal to ensure and require that the Supreme Court be composed of nine justices, which would prevent lawmakers from packing the court.
GOP and Democrat legislators want to help hospital chains import at least 25,000 extra foreign nurses, even though tens of thousands of Americans are being denied places in underfunded nursing schools.
The ranking member of the Rules Committee Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) knocked President Joe Biden and Democrats for defunding Israel’s Iron Dome, which is simply a defense mechanism to reduce deaths from launched rockets from terrorists.
Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC) charged in an exclusive statement to Breitbart News that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is killing American jobs by preventing the House from revising the cryptocurrency regulation in the so-called bipartisan infrastructure bill.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has vetoed a misleading bill that would have allowed state sponsorship and funding of “action” or “protest” civics, an education method that permits students to earn class credit for participating in or helping to organize political protests or lobbying efforts.
A “Civics Alliance” is urging Sen. John Cornyn to withdraw his support for a bill that backs “action civics” based on Critical Race Theory.
Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) issued a statement responding to the Speaker Pelosi’s proposed House Rules, calling the package “a blatant and cowardly assault on the voices and views of the Republican minority.”
Rep. Rose DeLauro said the Hyde Amendment is a “discriminatory policy” because many women of color lack the funding to obtain an abortion.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) — alongside Republican leaders Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK.), ranking member of the House Rules Committee, and Rep. Rodney Davis (R-IL), ranking member of the House Administration Committee — on Monday outlined a plan to reopen the People’s House during the coronavirus pandemic.
On Sunday’s broadcast of NBC’s “Meet The Press,” Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) said there was no investigation into the Bidens by Ukraine, and they got military aid allocated to them by Congress, so there was no quid pro quo between President Donald Trump and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky.
During Sunday’s “Kasie DC” on MSNBC, Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) said he believes there is an emergency at the southern border, but cautioned against declaring a national emergency. Cole said if President Donald Trump were to declare a national emergency to
During MSNBC’s “Kasie DC” on Sunday, Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) discussed children being detained at the U.S.-Mexico border and said if people choose to cross the border illegally, they run the “risk” of their children being detained. “I certainly think
Tuesday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) touted the controversial spending bill for fiscal year 2017 expected to pass Congress and be signed into law by President Donald Trump. The legislation has been criticized by some Trump allies
Monday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) downplayed the possibility of a government shutdown as the deadline to pass a measure to fund the federal government approaches. Cole told host Joe Scarborough with the 60-vote rule in the
On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “At This Hour,” CNN National Political Reporter MJ Lee reported that House members are working on a deal on a healthcare bill “that could potentially bring on board 18 to 20 new yes votes from
Thursday on CNN’s “New Day,” Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) dismissed the allegations in a Washington Post story published a night earlier that Attorney General Jeff Sessions met with Russian officials and did not disclose the meetings during his confirmation hearing.
Tuesday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) took aim at President Barack Obama’s treatment of Israel, particularly after the United States declined to use its power on the U.N. Security Council to thwart a resolution condemning Israel for
Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) said Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was “the worst Republican nominee since George Wallace.” He was quickly corrected by Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) who pointed out Wallace ran as a candidate to be nominee
Congressional leaders have averted a government shutdown and have set new policies, such as strengthening the visa waiver program, according to Reuters.
A new analysis from the American Conservative Union (ACU) of voting records of various potential GOP candidates for Speaker of the House under the soon-to-be-ending Speakership of Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) shows that Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) is far and away the best viable candidate for Speaker.
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker—the clear Republican presidential frontrunner according to almost all GOP primary polls, even though he hasn’t announced a 2016 campaign officially yet—dazzled Republicans across Capitol Hill in meetings all day Tuesday.
When the House of Representatives votes to select new leadership on Tuesday, Speaker John Boehner is expected to retain his post. But his support seems weak.
Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) is not looking kindly at the current challenges to House Speaker John Boehner’s leadership post. “I don’t think they are very serious and frankly they are disappointing” Cole, a Boehner ally, told MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” panel
President Barack Obama bailed out House Speaker John Boehner on Thursday night. After the House embarrassed Boehner by almost killing his 1,774-page $1.1 trillion cromnibus bill on a purely procedural vote earlier in the day, House Democrats pitched in to
Speaker John Boehner’s more than $1 trillion omnibus spending bill is actually getting longer — it grew an extra 171 pages last night. “With the adoption of the rule in the House, the CRomnibus grew from 1,603 pages to 1,774
House Rules Committee ranking Democratic member Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY) admitted at the opening of the House Rules Committee hearing on Speaker John Boehner’s 1,603-page omnibus spending bill that nobody had actually read the bill before the hearing. “There’s some
House Republicans are expected to unveil their must-pass spending legislation Monday — and despite conservative opposition, Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) says he expects the measure to pass. “I think the votes are there. The agreements have been made and it’s
WASHINGTON, D.C. — House Republicans left their weekly closed door meeting Tuesday morning still skeptical of the plan to arm Syrian rebels but with the expectation that the amendment authorizing the action will pass as long as Democrats provide a
WASHINGTON,D.C.–In the Speaker’s lobby just off the House floor, members of Congress were full of recriminations over how the border bill had just died–until it sprang back to life. Now they have emerged from a last minute conference meeting vowing
The bill doesn’t touch President Obama’s “deferred” prosecution of illegal alien minors, or his threats to expand the program to as many as 6 million people, but House Republicans now appear to have firmly concluded they must pass something before
On Monday, six of the seven members of the Oklahoma Congressional Delegation demanded that the federal government reconsider using Fort Sill military base to house illegal immigrant children who have been flooding across the border. The Obama administration announced last
