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August 30, 2021

Over 100 House Republicans sign letter promising not to vote to raise debt ceiling, as partisan battle looms

The House Republicans letter saying they won't vote to raise the debt limit is almost identical to one Senate Republicans sent earlier this month.

August 18, 2021

Pelosi, top House Dems won't budge in infrastructure tussle with moderates, tout Biden support for her 'rule'

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her leadership team are mounting a pressure campaign on centrist Democrats to get them to support their party's budget resolution without a vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill.

August 17, 2021

GOP Rep. Fitzpatrick says Pelosi doesn’t have votes to block infrastructure bill on House floor

Moderate Republican Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick said Monday that there are likely enough GOP votes for the bipartisan infrastructure bill to overcome the number of Democrats vowing to block it.

July 29, 2021

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, Texas Democrat, arrested during DC protest

U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, a Texas Democrat who has served in Congress since 1995, was taken into custody Thursday during a voting-rights protest in Washington, D.C.

July 23, 2021

Congressman who served with Afghan interpreters says they’re ‘most deserving’ group for US visas

Rep. Michael Waltz reacts to the House overwhelmingly voting to expedite visas for Afghan interpreters who helped the U.S. during the war.

June 30, 2021

House Dems set to vote on Jan. 6 select committee as GOP leadership pushed members to oppose Pelosi effort

The House is set to vote Wednesday afternoon on creating a select committee to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, a move Republicans say is likely to advance "a partisan agenda" rather than pursue the truth.

June 24, 2021

Stefanik, Daines push bill to force Biden to open Canadian border, lament that Mexico border is 'wide open'

Rep. Elise Stefanik and Sen. Steve Daines on Thursday plan to introduce a bill to force Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to begin re-opening the U.S.-Canada border after more than a year of international travel being essentially cut off due to the coronavirus pandemic.

June 24, 2021

Republican Rep. Warren Davidson introduces bill to ban vaccine passports

Rep. Warren Davidson Thursday is introducing a bill to ban the federal government from issuing vaccine passports, severely restrict states from doing so and ban private businesses from requiring proof of COVID vaccination.

June 8, 2021

Republicans pan 'incomplete' Schumer-sponsored China bill, but likely to reluctantly go along

The Senate is likely to pass a sprawling bill aimed at helping the United States compete against China on Tuesday despite criticism from many Republicans that the bill either doesn't do enough, costs too much, or both.

June 7, 2021

Progressives lash out at Manchin after senator opposes Dems election bill, ending filibuster

Progressives in and out of Congress are lashing out at Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia after the Democrat wrote Sunday that he will oppose his party's sweeping elections bill and won't vote to end the legislative filibuster in the Senate.