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House GOP passes spending bill, sending plan to avert government shutdown to Senate

11:28am March 11, 2025

The bill puts significant pressure on Democrats in the Senate, whose votes will be needed in order to avoid a shutdown. The federal government runs out of money at the end of the day on Friday.

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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson in front of flag

Politics & Government

House Republicans vote to rebuke Kamala Harris over administration's handling of border policy

2:07pm July 25, 2024

by Stephen Groves, Associated Press

House Republicans are moving quickly to emphasize Vice President Kamala Harris's role in the Biden administration’s handling of the U.S.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., talks to reporters after meeting privately with House Speaker Mike Johnson at the Capitol earlier this year.

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene files motion to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson

4:35pm March 22, 2024

It's the second time in less than a year that House Republicans have pushed to remove their elected leader.

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Hunter Biden's lawyer reiterated that the president's son will only testify publicly before the House Oversight Committee.

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Hunter Biden's lawyer says again that president's son will only testify publicly

8:55am December 06, 2023

by Washington Desk

The development comes as House Republicans inch closer to a vote to officially begin an impeachment inquiry into President Biden.

Republicans in the House dashed Rep. Jim Jordan's speakership bid after three rounds of voting last week. The search for a House speaker is stretching into its third week, with nine new contenders vying for the job.

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As the House GOP struggles to pick a speaker, a lawmaker aims to simplify the process

1:07pm October 23, 2023

by Rachel Treisman

Previous efforts to elect a House speaker have failed at the floor vote. As the search stretches into a third week, Rep. Mike Flood wants Republicans to commit to voting for their party's nominee.

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Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, talks with reporters as House Republicans meet again behind closed doors to find a path to elect a new speaker on Friday.

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Jim Jordan tapped as Republican House speaker nominee

5:07pm October 13, 2023

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, has been nominated as the speaker designate in a closed-door meeting of House Republicans.

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., talks to reporters as he leaves Republicans' closed-door forum in which they heard from the candidates for House speaker on Tuesday.

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Rep. Steve Scalise wins the House GOP speaker nomination

9:05pm October 11, 2023

House Republicans picked the current majority leader for speaker: He won a majority of the Republicans' 221 votes in a closed-door, secret-ballot election. Timing for a floor vote remains unclear.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (center) walks with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., (left) and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., on September 21. Zelenskyy made his renewed case for American aid to Ukraine to a deeply divided Congress.

The fate of Ukraine funding lies in the balance with speaker's race

11:34am October 06, 2023

by Lexie Schapitl

The next House speaker will need to win the support of 218 members and Ukraine aid is expected to be a significant factor.

Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., enters his office at the U.S. Capitol on Monday, the day before he was voted out as speaker.

Politics & Government

The House can't work without a speaker. How will it choose McCarthy's successor?

10:17am October 05, 2023

by Rachel Treisman

Republicans plan to convene for a candidate forum on Tuesday and hold a speakership vote on Wednesday. While it's not clear who will be running, there's no question they face a tough road ahead.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy continues to battle a group of conservatives who oppose any short-term spending bill ahead of a likely government shutdown.

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House GOP hardliners block spending stopgap with shutdown looming

8:51pm September 29, 2023

by Deirdre Walsh

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy rejected a bipartisan Senate proposal to keep agencies funded through November 17 and instead moved a GOP bill that linked another month of spending with border security.