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‘Stand your butt up': Fistfight nearly breaks out during Senate hearing until Bernie Sanders steps in
Tensions erupted on Capitol Hill on Tuesday after a fistfight nearly broke out in a Senate hearing and one Republican congressman accused former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of assaulting him.
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House votes to censure Rep. Rashida Tlaib over her Israel-Hamas war comments
The 234-188 tally came after enough Democrats joined with Republicans to censure Tlaib, a punishment one step below expulsion from the House
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George Santos on House expulsion vote: ‘Due process won today'
Rep. George Santos, R-New York, spoke to reporters after the House voted down a resolution to expel him.
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Senate Republicans clash with Tommy Tuberville over hold on military promotions
Sen. Tommy Tuberville has said he will continue to hold the nominees up unless the Pentagon ends its new policy of paying for travel when a service member has to go out of state to get an abortion or other reproductive care
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5 things to know about House Speaker Mike Johnson
The congressman from Louisiana was elected speaker of the House. Here are some things to know about the Republican representative.
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Mike Johnson, a staunch conservative from Louisiana, is elected House speaker with broad GOP support
Republicans elected Rep. Mike Johnson as House speaker Wednesday, elevating a deeply conservative but lesser-known leader to the seat of U.S. power and ending for now the political chaos in their majority.
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Republican Mike Johnson elected House speaker with broad GOP support
Rep. Johnson, a member of the House GOP leadership team, becomes the fourth nominee for House speaker in what has become an almost absurd cycle of political infighting since Kevin McCarthy’s ouster
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Americans' faith in institutions has been sliding for years. The chaos in Congress isn't helping
For many Americans, the Republican dysfunction that has ground business in the U.S. House to a halt as two wars rage abroad and a budget crisis looms at home is feeding into a longer-term pessimism about the country’s core institutions.
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Rep. Jim Jordan fails to secure House speakership on third vote
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, failed to secure the House speakership for the third time.
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Hardball tactics by Jim Jordan allies are backfiring with detractors in House speaker's race
Jordan’s supporters have made some GOP lawmakers more entrenched in their opposition to his bid for the speaker’s gavel. “They’re harassing our spouses,” says Rep. Don Bacon.
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Republicans reject Rep. Jim Jordan for House speaker on a first ballot, signaling more turmoil ahead
Republicans rejected Rep. Jim Jordan for House speaker on Tuesday on the first ballot, as holdouts denied the hard-charging ally of Donald Trump the majority needed to seize the gavel.
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Republicans pick Jim Jordan as nominee for House speaker, putting job within the Trump ally's reach
Republicans chose Rep. Jim Jordan as their new nominee for House speaker on Friday during internal voting, putting the gavel within reach of the staunch ally of GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump.
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House Republicans nominate Rep. Steve Scalise for speaker after ousting McCarthy
Republicans nominated Rep. Steve Scalise on Wednesday to be the next House speaker but now must try to unite their deeply divided majority to elect the conservative in a floor vote after ousting Rep. Kevin McCarthy from the job.
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Interim Speaker McHenry is effectively powerless on Israel matters, experts say
The House’s unelected speaker pro tempore is limited in what he can do to advance support for Israel, experts say.
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Biden pledges continued support for Ukraine amid turmoil in Congress
After Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-California, was removed as Speaker of the House, President Joe Biden expressed concern that congressional infighting could upend efforts to support Ukraine. “It’s overwhelmingly in the interest of the United States of America that Ukraine succeed.”
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Biden announces $9 billion in additional student debt relief
President Joe Biden announced student debt relief for an additional 125,000 Americans on Wednesday under the Higher Education Act, clearing $9 billion in student loans for select groups of borrowers.
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McCarthy's ouster leaves the House adrift as divided Republicans seek to unite behind a new leader
The stunning removal of Kevin McCarthy as speaker has left the House adrift as Republicans struggle to bring order to their fractured majority and begin the difficult and potentially prolonged process of uniting around a new leader.
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Biden challenges Congress to end the ‘poisonous atmosphere in Washington' after McCarthy's ouster
The day after Congress voted to remove Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-California, as Speaker of the House, President Joe Biden called on the House to work together to avoid partisan roadblocks. “We have a lot of work to do and the American people expect us to get it done.”
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Pelosi accuses interim House speaker of ordering her to give up office in Capitol
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi accused new interim Speaker Patrick McHenry on Tuesday night of kicking her out of her workspace in the Capitol just hours after the chamber’s abrupt change in leadership.
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Kevin McCarthy is out as speaker of the House. Here's what's next.
The House of Representatives has entered uncharted territory after a successful effort to remove Republican Kevin McCarthy as speaker.