House leadership

House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana (left) and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California are running to keep their leadership jobs when Republicans move to the minority next year.

Politics & Government

House Republicans To Choose Leaders After Midterm Defeat

1:49pm November 14, 2018

by Kelsey Snell

With Democrats winning control of the House in the midterm elections, GOP representatives and party freshmen will elect leaders to run a smaller, more conservative conference in the next Congress.

Rep. Steve Scalise (center) is helped off the field by Rep. Cedric Richmond (right) and Rep. Bran Wenstroup (left) after playing second base during the Congressional Baseball Game on Thursday in Washington, D.C.

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Politics & Government

Scalise Returns to Baseball Field One Year After Shooting Left Him Seriously Injured

9:44pm June 14, 2018

by Kelsey Snell

One year after being attacked at a GOP baseball practice, Louisiana GOP Rep. Steve Scalise talks to NPR about serving as the top vote counter and his relationship with President Trump.

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Speaker of the House John Boehner responds to reporters about the impasse over passing the Homeland Security budget on Friday.

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Politics & Government

Funding Homeland Security: Where Do We Go From Here?

10:07am February 28, 2015

by Scott Neuman

President Obama late Friday signed a stopgap measure to keep the department running for another week, but the tussle over his executive action on immigration, linked to the funding, is not over yet.