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Daughter Will Finish Her Dad's Term in Congress

Democrat Adelita Grijalva wins special election for southern Arizona congressional seat

(Newser) - Southern Arizona voters on Tuesday chose Adelita Grijalva to succeed her father, the late US Rep. Raúl Grijalva , a progressive stalwart who represented the state for more than two decades in Congress. She defeated Republican candidate Daniel Butierez to represent a district that stretches from Yuma to Tucson and...

House Passes Spending Bill, Avoids Partial Shutdown

But prospects in the Senate look dim

(Newser) - The House on Friday passed a short-term spending bill to extend government funding for seven weeks and avoid a partial government shutdown on Oct. 1, but prospects looked dimmer in the Senate, where the two parties show no signs of budging on the matter. The bill would generally continue existing...

House Rejects Mace's Move to Censure Omar

GOP has list of efforts answering Trump's call for retribution

(Newser) - The House declined late Wednesday to punish one of its own over commentary in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk's assassination, but the effort showed the reach of President Trump's push for political retribution and set the stage for more to come, the AP reports. The 214-213 roll call...

Shouting Match Erupts in House After Kirk's Shooting

Boebert demands Johnson pray aloud, then Democrats holler about gun laws and school shootings

(Newser) - Two thousand miles east of Orem, Utah, where Charlie Kirk was shot to death on Wednesday, the House of Representatives honored the political commentator with a moment of silence—followed by a shouting match. With every lawmaker in the chamber still standing quietly in observance, Rep. Lauren Boebert demanded that...

Special Election Narrows GOP's House Majority

Democratic candidate James Walkinshaw wins in Virginia's 11th District

(Newser) - The Republican majority in the House narrowed to 219-213 Tuesday with Democratic candidate James Walkinshaw's victory in a special election in Virginia. He defeated Republican candidate Stewart Whitson in the the state's 11th District, the Hill reports. The seat was formerly held by Democratic Rep. Gerry Connolly, who...

Another State Joins Trump's Redistricting Parade

Missouri's GOP governor calls legislature into session to approve new congressional maps

(Newser) - Republican Gov. Mike Kehoe is calling Missouri lawmakers into a special session to redraw the state's US House districts as part of a growing national battle sparked by Republicans' efforts at President Trump's behest to improve their chances in next year's congressional elections. Missouri, whose legislature is...

Former MLB All-Star Is Running for Congress

Mark Teixeria says he's 'ready to defend President Trump's America First agenda'

(Newser) - The Republican side has won the annual Congressional Baseball Game five years in a row, and the wins could become more lopsided after next year's midterm elections. Former Major League Baseball All-Star Mark Teixeira announced Thursday that he is running for a House seat in Texas, NBC News reports....

House Shutting Down Early Over Epstein Drama

Republicans block votes to ward off Epstein amendments, will recess on Wednesday

(Newser) - The House is putting the Jeffrey Epstein controversy on the back burner until at least September. House Speaker Mike Johnson said Tuesday that the chamber will begin its summer recess earlier than expected, on Wednesday, to avoid "political games," reports the New York Times . And don't expect...

House Votes to Claw Back $9B for Broadcasting, Foreign Aid

'Republicans have tried doing this for 40 years and failed,' Trump says

(Newser) - The House gave final approval to President Trump's request to claw back about $9 billion for public broadcasting and foreign aid early Friday as Republicans intensified their efforts to target institutions and programs they view as bloated or out of step with their agenda. The vote marked the first...

13 Republicans Team With Dems to Derail 'Crypto Week'

Trump-backed crypto bills stall in House after GOP bloc unexpectedly defects from party line

(Newser) - A trio of cryptocurrency bills that had been expected to pass the House this week stalled Tuesday after a bloc of Republicans unexpectedly joined with Democrats to prevent the legislation from coming up for debate and votes. The procedural snafu brought the House's "Crypto Week" to a standstill...

There Were Only 2 GOP Holdouts on Big Bill

Thomas Massie didn't back down

(Newser) - Numerous House Republicans criticized parts of the "Big Beautiful Bill" in the days leading up to Thursday's vote, but in the end, there were only two GOP holdouts—the same number as in the Senate vote . As with the Senate vote, multiple Republican lawmakers ended up supporting the...

Senate Bill 'a Non-Starter' for Some House Republicans

Dozens of GOP lawmakers are leaning no, per Axios

(Newser) - Keeping with Republicans' July 4 deadline, House Speaker Mike Johnson has just two days to push through the Senate's changes to President Trump's so-called "big, beautiful bill," which won't be easy. Dozens of "no" votes will need to be flipped, Axios reports. Johnson admitted...

Capitol Police Speak on 'Troubling' Pizza Deliveries

Federal authorities are probing odd deliveries to lawmakers, Capitol Police leaders

(Newser) - Federal authorities are investigating a string of anonymous pizza deliveries sent to the homes of US lawmakers and US Capitol Police leadership nationwide. Sources say both Democratic and Republican House members have received the unsolicited pizzas, per ABC News . Deliveries have also targeted current and former Capitol Police leaders....

Friends Say It's Time for Oldest House Member to Call It a Day

Colleagues say Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, 88, has slowed down and is 'missing stuff'

(Newser) - Washington DC's nonvoting delegate to the House is the oldest member of the chamber—and some colleagues believe it could be time for Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton to call it a day. House Democrats tell Axios that Norton, who turned 88 last week, has slowed down significantly at a...

Trump Wins House Vote to Cancel Billions in Funding

GOP narrowly pushes through cuts in foreign assistance, money for NPR, PBS

(Newser) - The House narrowly voted Thursday to give President Trump the authority to cancel billions of dollars in funding already approved for foreign aid and public broadcasting. It measure is part of the Trump administration's effort to codify a portion of the cuts proposed by the Elon Musk's Department...

Bipartisan Bill Would Guard Weather Service From Job Cuts

Agency wasn't hired up even before Trump's cuts

(Newser) - After the National Weather Service lost nearly 600 positions in the Trump administration's cuts, a bipartisan bill was introduced in the House—backed by the only meteorologist in Congress—to make firing the agency's employees more difficult. Its cosponsors include lawmakers from states that have been hit with...

Both Parties Attack Miller Over Post on Guest Chaplain

Group says congresswoman should apologize to Sikhs and Muslims

(Newser) - Rep. Mary Miller's objection to a Sikh man delivering the morning prayer in the House on Friday, which she called "deeply troubling" and something "that should have never been allowed to happen," has united Republicans and Democrats in outrage. Among the facts the Illinois Republican got...

Congresswoman Misfires on Post About House Blessing

Mary Miller incorrectly identifies Sikh man as Muslim before deleting

(Newser) - GOP Rep. Mary Miller found fault with the man who led Friday's prayer on the House floor, but she got some fundamentals wrong before deleting her post altogether. As Politico explains, the gaffe happened after Giani Singh, a Sikh from New Jersey, led the prayer at the invitation of...

'Big Beautiful Bill' Passes With 2 GOP Holdouts

Measure crucial to President Trump's domestic agenda finally clears the House

(Newser) - The "big beautiful bill" has finally cleared the House, by a whisker. The massive spending package crucial to President Trump's domestic agenda passed 215-214 early Thursday after a marathon House session led by Speaker Mike Johnson, reports Axios .
  • The bill: The One Big Beautiful Bill Act includes tax
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AOC Turns Down New Party Role, Makes 'Seniority' Dig

Congresswoman won't be vying for Dem leadership spot on House Oversight Committee

(Newser) - New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has career options , but one thing she won't be doing is vying for the top Democratic spot on the House Oversight Committee. "It's actually clear to me that the underlying dynamics in the Caucus have not shifted with respect to seniority as...

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