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Politics November 29, 2024

Present and Accounted For: House Republicans' small majority could make attendance a priority

While Congress doesn't usually take attendance, the GOP's small majority may make figuring out who is present a dramatic daily event in the coming year.

Politics November 25, 2024

Congress has just weeks to avoid a partial government shutdown after Thanksgiving

Congress will only have a few weeks to avoid a partial government shutdown before the pre-Christmas deadline.

Media November 21, 2024

Transgender lawmaker Zooey Zephyr insists being 'every bit as biologically female as cis women'

Amid a debate about single-sex bathrooms, a transgender female lawmaker argued that transgender people are just as physically female as biological women.

Politics November 21, 2024

Transgender women are 'every bit as 'biologically female' as cis women,' bisexual, trans state lawmaker claims

Montana state Rep. Zooey Zephyr claims transgender women are just as much "'biologically female' as cis women."

Mike Johnson November 20, 2024

Speaker Johnson announces new Capitol bathroom policy in response to controversy over trans House member

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., announced a new bathroom policy banning biological males from women's spaces at the Capitol and House office buildings.

Mike Johnson November 20, 2024

Speaker Johnson makes clarification after statement regarding transgender House member

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., clarifies that "a man cannot become a woman" after a question about transgender Rep.-elect Sarah McBride.

Mike Johnson November 20, 2024

After declining to state whether trans Rep-elect is a man or woman, Johnson says 'A man cannot become a woman'

After declining to answer a question about whether Rep.-elect Sarah McBride is a man or a woman, House Speaker Mike Johnson made a statement in which he declared that "A man cannot become a woman."

Mike Johnson November 19, 2024

Johnson declines to say if transgender rep-elect is man or woman, says House to treat everyone with 'respect'

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., refused to answer a reporter's question on whether transgender Rep-elect Sarah McBride, D-Del., is a man or a woman.

House Of Representatives Politics November 19, 2024

Speaker Johnson's government funding play hits the rocks within House GOP

House Republicans on opposite sides of the conference are grimacing at the potential plan to kick government funding into the new year.

House of Representatives November 18, 2024

Biden asks Congress for $98 billion in Helene, Milton disaster relief funding

President Biden is asking Congress for nearly $100 billion in disaster relief to deal with storms Milton and Helene.

Politics November 17, 2024

Speaker Johnson opposes releasing Matt Gaetz's House Ethics report: 'Open a Pandora's box'

House Speaker Mike Johnson says that releasing Matt Gaetz's House Ethics Committee report after his resignation would open a "Pandora's box."