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SALT caucus rejects tax-writing panel’s offer of $30,000 deduction cap

Key New York House Republicans say they are rejecting a proposal from GOP leadership to raise the state and local tax (SALT) deduction cap to $30,000...

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House GOP passes bill to rename 'Gulf of America'

House Republicans on Thursday approved a bill to rename the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America,” the first step in codifying one of the executive...

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GOP moderates send warning shot to Republican leaders

House GOP moderates are telling Republican leaders they will not walk the plank and vote for Medicaid cuts in the party’s “big, beautiful bill”...

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Ocasio-Cortez passes on top Oversight Committee position bid

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Monday said she will not run for the top Democratic spot on the House Oversight Committee, passing on the...

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House Republicans hunt for deals on Medicaid, taxes

House Republicans are on the hunt for deals on Medicaid cuts, the state and local tax (SALT) deduction cap and other contentious topics this week, as...

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House committee delays key vote amid disagreements over Medicaid

The House Energy and Commerce Committee is delaying a key vote on its portion of the package full of President Trump’s legislative priorities amid...

02.05.2025 7

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Johnson, top House Republicans to huddle with Trump on agenda bill

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and a trio of top House Republicans are heading to the White House on Thursday to meet with President Trump about the...

01.05.2025 10

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‘The biggest utility player’: Rep. Brian Jack sees star rise in Trump’s Washington

It was a Sunday morning in Las Vegas in December 2023 — after a night of fights at UFC 296 — and Brian Jack marched into the Trump International...

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SALT Republicans, leadership ‘still have some work to do’ after key meeting

House Republicans in favor of increasing the deduction cap on state and local taxes (SALT) said they “still have some work to do” after the group...

01.05.2025 3

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Speaker Johnson meets with Stefanik as tensions linger

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) met with Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) on Wednesday, as tensions linger between the two lawmakers after the New York...

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SALT Republicans to huddle with Johnson on key Trump agenda sticking point

House Republicans are set to dive into discussions over the state and local tax (SALT) deduction cap on Wednesday, officially kicking off negotiations...

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House GOP blocks Democrats from forcing votes on Signal scandal, Musk conflicts of interest

House Republicans moved on Tuesday to block Democrats from forcing votes on the Trump administration’s use of Signal, potential conflicts of...

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Democrats wonder if Abrego Garcia case is a political fight worth having

A divide is developing among Democrats over the handling of Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s case, with some openly questioning whether leaning into the...

23.04.2025 2

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How Republicans got from 'DEAD ON ARRIVAL' to 'yes' on the Trump budget blueprint

As the fate of President Trump’s agenda hung in the balance in the House, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) turned to what he knows best: Prayer. At the...

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House GOP adopts Trump budget blueprint after last-minute scramble

House Republicans on Thursday adopted the Senate’s framework that will be used to enact key parts of President Trump’s legislative agenda, getting...

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House hard-liners press Senate GOP for details on spending cuts ahead of key vote

Hard-line House Republicans are pressing their Senate GOP colleagues for more information on the amount of spending cuts that will be included in the...

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Johnson scraps vote on Trump budget blueprint in face of conservative opposition

House Republican leaders on Wednesday scrapped plans to vote on the Senate’s framework to advance key parts of President Trump’s legislative...

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Why Trump faces toughest House GOP test yet on budget blueprint

President Trump has succeeded in uniting House Republicans ahead of a number of high-stakes votes this year — the Speaker’s race, the...

09.04.2025 2

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Trump budget blueprint in limbo as House conservatives dig in on opposition

The Senate’s framework for advancing President Trump’s legislative agenda is stuck in limbo as House conservatives dig in on their opposition to...

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Growing opposition from House conservatives threatens to derail Trump's agenda

Growing opposition among hard-line House conservatives to the Senate’s framework for advancing President Trump’s ambitious legislative agenda is...

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Johnson faces fraught week as House takes up Trump budget blueprint

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is walking into a storm this week as he looks to rally House Republicans around the Senate-passed framework to unlock...

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Johnson strikes deal with Luna on parental proxy voting

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has reached a deal with Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) over her push to allow new parents to vote by proxy, a...

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House Republicans bash Senate's Trump agenda blueprint: 'This is offensive'

The Senate GOP budget plan designed to usher President Trump’s sweeping domestic priorities into law is getting an ice-cold reception from...

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Speaker Johnson scrambles for solutions to parental proxy voting impasse

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is scrambling to break the impasse over the push to allow proxy voting for new parents, as the standoff between GOP...

03.04.2025 10

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Johnson: 'Working on every possible accommodation' for mothers amid parental proxy voting impasse

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Wednesday said he is “working on every possible accommodation” to make it easier for mothers to serve in Congress...

03.04.2025 4

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Luna accuses House Freedom Caucus of smear; exits group over parental proxy voting battle

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) announced Monday that she is leaving the House Freedom Caucus amid her battle with GOP leadership and hard-line...

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Senate GOP races toward vote on Trump agenda blueprint

Senate Republicans are racing to consider a compromise budget resolution as they look to advance President Trump’s legislative agenda, with a vote...

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Withdrawal of Stefanik's UN nomination prompts questions about her future in House

President Trump’s decision to yank Rep. Elise Stefanik’s (R-N.Y.) nomination to be ambassador to the United Nations is prompting a plethora of...

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Speaker Johnson: Waltz, Hegseth shouldn’t be disciplined over war plans Signal chat

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Monday dismissed any potential disciplinary action for national security adviser Mike Waltz and Defense Secretary Pete...

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Congress to dive into Trump feuds, agenda upon return to Washington

Congress returns to Washington on Monday after a week-long recess that featured controversial moves from the White House, raucous town halls in...

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Johnson faces complicated path amid push to impeach Judge Boasberg

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is facing a tricky path forward as President Trump and Elon Musk publicly — and persistently — push for the...

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Voters boo Nebraska Republican over Musk, Ukraine, Trump tariffs during raucous town hall

Rep. Mike Flood’s (R-Neb.) town hall turned raucous Tuesday night as he fielded questions from voters about Elon Musk, President Trump’s tariffs,...

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Congress averts a shutdown — but Democratic divisions ensue: 5 takeaways 

The Senate approved a House GOP-crafted spending bill hours before the shutdown deadline Friday evening, capping off the first funding fight of...

15.03.2025 30

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Rep. Raúl Grijalva dies at 77

Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.), a more than two-decade veteran of the House who rose to high levels of power in the Democratic Caucus, died on...

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Lone Democrat to back House GOP spending bill explains decision

Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) defied House Democratic leadership on Tuesday when he voted for the GOP’s bill to avert a government shutdown — the...

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House Republicans pass bill to avert government shutdown

The House on Tuesday passed a funding bill to avert an end-of-the-week government shutdown, teeing up the measure for consideration in the Senate. The...

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House GOP tees up final vote on bill to avert shutdown

House Republicans on Tuesday advanced their bill to avert an end-of-the-week government shutdown, teeing up a final vote on the legislation later in...

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Vance gives House GOP closing pitch on Trump-backed funding bill ahead of vote

Vice President Vance delivered a closing pitch in favor of Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) government funding bill during the House GOP’s private...

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Speaker Johnson looks to jam Senate Democrats with bill to avert shutdown

Before Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) can dare Senate Democrats to reject a Republican-crafted bill to avert an end-of-week shutdown, he has to pull off...

11.03.2025 6

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House Rules Committee advances GOP’s stopgap ahead of shutdown deadline

The House Rules Committee voted Monday night to advance the GOP's bill to avert a government shutdown, dispatching the measure to the full chamber for...

11.03.2025 10

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Johnson looks to pass stopgap as government shutdown deadline looms

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is looking to lock down the votes to pass his stopgap funding bill and avert a government shutdown by Friday’s...

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Tensions flare in House over Al Green censure

Tensions flared in the House on Thursday as lawmakers voted to censure Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) for his disruptive protest during President Trump’s...

06.03.2025 4

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House votes to censure Al Green for disrupting Trump speech

The House voted Thursday to censure Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) for his protest during President Trump’s address to Congress this week — a disruptive...

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House Republicans gush over DOGE in meeting with Musk

Billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk met with House Republicans Wednesday night to update them on work done by the Department of Government Efficiency...

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House tees up final vote to censure Al Green for protest at Trump speech

The House on Wednesday teed up a final vote on a resolution to censure Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) for disrupting President Trump’s address to a joint...

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Freedom Caucus vows quick censure resolution against Al Green

The conservative House Freedom Caucus is vowing to introduce a censure resolution against Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) on Wednesday, less than 24 hours...

05.03.2025 20

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Rep. Sylvester Turner, first-term Democrat, dies at 70

Rep. Sylvester Turner (D-Texas), the former Houston mayor who won a seat in Congress in November, succeeding the late Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D),...

05.03.2025 10

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Photos: Trump's joint address to Congress

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) should be censured for his “shameful” protest during President Trump’s speech to a...

05.03.2025 7

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Johnson: Democratic Rep. Al Green should be censured for ‘shameful’ protest

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) should be censured for his “shameful” protest during President Trump’s speech to a...

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In shift, hardline conservatives signal openness to stopgap to avert shutdown

Hardline House conservatives are signaling an openness to supporting a continuing resolution to keep the government open later this month — a...

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