Gym Jordan, who has spent many years in Congress and has yet to sponsor a bill that actually gets signed into law, is poised to become the head of the House Judiciary Committee if the MORE
Friday, the House of Representatives passed a signature piece of President Biden’s agenda, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). The House voted 220-207, with no Republicans joining Democrats in supporting the act. It now heads to Biden, MORE
The U.S. Senate voted nearly unanimously to allow Sweden and Finland to join the North American Treaty Organization (NATO) on Wednesday. Josh Hawley voted no, and Rand Paul voted present, but an overwhelmingly bipartisan Senate MORE
While Chuck Schumer struck a climate and tax deal with Joe Manchin on July 27, Kyrsten Sinema was left in the dark. Seven days later, Senate Democrats are still trying to find out where Sinema MORE
The U.S. Senate finally passed the PACT Act, which will expand “lifesaving health care benefits for Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans exposed to toxic burn pits. The 86-11 vote came after Republicans agreed to lift MORE
After Uncle Clarence stated the Extreme Court should overturn Griswold v. Connecticut, the landmark case that prohibited states from banning contraceptives, the House of Representatives will vote Thursday on the Right to Contraception Act, a bill that MORE
HRC director Sarah Warbelow, who identifies as bisexual, corrected Gaetz during a House Judiciary Committee hearing. Rep. Matt Gaetz fumbled on the proper understanding of what “bisexual” means during Thursday’s U.S. House Judiciary Committee hearing and Human MORE
After the Build Back Better efforts were killed by Joe Manchin back in December, Democrats have been hammering away at a new bill that would include a plan to lower prescription drug costs. Because the MORE
After numerous, too many to count and too exhausting to research mass murders and injuries because of guns, “the Senate advanced a bill Tuesday night that would toughen federal gun laws and provide billions of MORE
Wednesday night, the House of Representatives passed the Protecting Our Kids Act, a sweeping gun safety package that will undoubtedly die in the US Senate. It passed mostly along party lines (223-204) with a few MORE
Things just keep getting worse for the kicked to the curb, Congresscritter Maddie Cawthorne. Committee Chair Ted Deutch (D-Fla.) and top Republican member Jackie Walorski (Ind.) of the House Ethics Committee just released a statement MORE
Rep Jamie Raskin (D-Md) followed a two-minute speech made by the gentlelady of Georgia, Marjorie Taylor Greene. He ended up admitting he used “unparliamentary” language on the House floor and agreed to having his words MORE
A wide field of candidates are in the running for Alaska’s lone U.S. House seat following the death of long time office holder Don Young, Alaska’s only representative for 49 years. Fifty candidates in all MORE
It took 14 seconds for the U.S. Senate to approve an order to make Daylight Saving Time permanent, without hearings, discussion, debate, or votes. It happened because no one objected, largely because most Senators didn’t MORE
A GOP-backed ban on weed sales in Washington, D.C., was preserved in a sprawling government funding bill passed by Congress on Thursday, despite opposition from advocates who say the provision overrides the will of the MORE
The House on Tuesday miraculously passed a bipartisan bill to overhaul the finances of the United States Postal Service. The Postal Service Reform Act — which cleared the House by 342-92 — would require retired MORE
Senator Ben Ray Lujan, 49, a Democrat from New Mexico, suffered a stroke last week and is recuperating at a New Mexico hospital, resting comfortably. Lujan was experiencing dizziness and fatigue before he checked himself MORE
The House Veterans’ Affairs Committee took Wednesday as an opportunity to hold a virtual hearing on how toxic chemicals are killing U.S. soldiers. Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) took the hearing as an opportunity to clean MORE
During a news conference on Wednesday, reporter Pablo Manríquez asked McConnell what his message was for voters of color who are concerned about their voting rights ahead of November’s midterm elections. “Well, the concern is MORE
Rep. Matt Gaetz’s ex-girlfriend testified Wednesday before a federal grand jury investigating him for sex crimes, a major development that suggests the Department of Justice may be moving closer to indicting him. The ex-girlfriend, whose name MORE
During a Senate hearing on the federal response to new variants of Covid-19, Dr. Fauci and Senator Rand Paul (Grifter-KY) got into it again. This time, Dr. Fauci came fully prepared and accused Poodle Head MORE
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., attempted to downplay the tumultuous week in the Republican conference on Friday, acknowledging only that some of his hard-right members distract from the GOP midterm message in their feuds MORE
The drama for lawmakers returns to Washington following the Thanksgiving break with the comments of Lauren Boebert accusing Ilhan Omar of being a terrorist stinking up the House of Representatives. There is a faction of MORE
Like many members of today’s Republican Party, Rep. Lauren Boebert finds it completely acceptable and normal to be an ignorant, bigoted, and racist ‘buffoon.’ At one of her latest grifting events, Boebert suggested suggested Rep. MORE
With no help from the GQP, House Democratic Party members just passed the most massive expansion of the social safety net in decades, a $1.75 trillion bill that funds many of President Joe Biden’s top MORE