Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) wrangled his raucous members to advance major legislation this week, but the rocky and turbulent deal-making process angered a number of House Republicans and left looming hurdles. The ambitious legislative agenda and the fights the bills were sure to spur led Rep. Troy Nehls (R-Texas) to dub the week “hell week”...
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is facing a tough decision on whether to bring a Senate-passed bipartisan bill to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to the floor on Thursday, as pressure from the White House and the upper chamber intensifies. Walking onto the House floor Thursday, Johnson told CNN and other reporters he will...
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Wednesday quashed a rebellion over the farm bill to allow the House to adopt a budget blueprint for a second reconciliation bill that would fund immigration enforcement. The 215-211-1 party-line vote, with Rep. Kevin Kiley (I-Calif.) voting present, brings Congress one step closer to ending the Department of Homeland Security...
Republican leaders snapped the House out of a state of limbo caused by GOP infighting as the House Rules Committee advanced an ambitious slate of high-profile, must-pass bills on Tuesday evening — tacking on two major sweeteners to appease corn-state Republicans and hardline conservatives. The panel, after a marathon hearing that stretched over two days...
British monarch King Charles III made an appeal to the shared values between the U.S. and the U.K. while stressing the importance of international cooperation and service in a historic address to a joint meeting of Congress on Tuesday. “The challenges we face are too great for any one nation to bear alone,” Charles said....
Lori Chavez-DeRemer’s exit as Labor secretary last week amid a wave of misconduct allegations is raising questions about the fledgling coalition between Republicans and labor. The next moves from the administration and from Republicans more broadly will determine whether the political alliance and appeal to union workers that boosted President Trump in 2024 has fizzled out, or...