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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., discusses next steps for the foreign aid package for Ukraine and Israel on the day after the bipartisan Senate border security bill collapsed, at the Capitol in on Wednesday.

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Senate GOP blocks border bill, Democrats shift focus to Israel and Ukraine aid

3:09pm February 07, 2024

by Deirdre Walsh

After four months of bipartisan talks on border security Senate Republicans backed off backing changes to the Biden administration's policies they demanded. Democrats moved to pass aid for allies.

Adam Kinzinger delivers remarks during the fifth hearing by the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack, in June 2022.

He says he's a moderate Republican, and the party is on a 'slide to authoritarianism'

5:21pm October 30, 2023

by Manuela López Restrepo

Adam Kinzinger describes himself as a Republican moderate; something he says is a dying breed in American politics.

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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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.

The U.S. Capitol, pictured on Thursday. Congress has a lot to do, but House business is stalled without a leader.

The House has no speaker, but plenty to do. Here are 5 of the most pressing issues

12:32pm October 09, 2023

by Rachel Treisman

The House can't do legislative business until it elects a new speaker. Their growing to-do list includes keeping the government open, as well as policy issues like Ukraine aid and defense spending.

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

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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.

Kevin McCarthy became the first speaker removed by a U.S. House vote.

4 takeaways from the historic ousting of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy

10:22am October 04, 2023

Kevin McCarthy's run as speaker was relatively short and anything but sweet.

House Clerk Cheryl Johnson receives a standing ovation in the House chamber on Thursday, the third day of speaker elections.

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Meet Cheryl Johnson, the House clerk managing the speaker votes

11:15am January 06, 2023

by Rachel Treisman

Johnson has served as House clerk since 2019, the fourth woman and second Black person to do so. She's drawn praise from both sides of the aisle for running the speaker vote and maintaining order.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks with Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., during a news conference with House Democrats about the Build Back Better legislation, outside of the Capitol in 2021.

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Nancy Pelosi is stepping down as a party leader. Here's who might replace her

1:04pm November 18, 2022

by Ximena Bustillo

Nancy Pelosi, the first and only woman to serve as speaker, says she will step down as leader of the House Democrats next year. Now, a new batch of lawmakers is in the leadership spotlight.

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, of Calif., talks to reporters, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

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McCarthy nominated speaker in internal GOP vote but he faces conservative resistance

11:01pm November 15, 2022

House Republicans have nominated Kevin McCarthy to serve as Speaker of the House in the next Congress. It's the first step on McCarthy's path to presiding over the House chamber.