Category: U.S. House of Representatives

LIVE 2 PM ET: House Resumes Debates

U.S. House of Representatives resumes debate at 2:00 p.m. ET on Jan. 17. The Epoch Times will livestream their meeting. …


House Resumes Debates

U.S. House of Representatives resumes debate at 2:00 p.m. ET on Jan. 17. The Epoch Times will livestream their meeting. …


US House Resumes Debate

The U.S. House resumes general debate at 11:00 a.m. ET on Jan. 13. The Epoch Times will livestream the event. …


LIVE NOW: US House of Representatives Resumes Debates

The U.S. House of Representatives resumes debates at 9 a.m. ET on Jan. 12. The Epoch Times will resume the livestream of the debates. …


US House of Representatives Resumes Debates

The U.S. House of Representatives resumes debates at 9 a.m. ET on Jan. 12. The Epoch Times will resume the livestream of the debates. …


McCarthy Facing Big Challenges Leading a Fractured Republican Party

Exhausted members of the U.S. House of Representatives took their seats a little after 1 a.m. on Jan. 7 to watch the maiden address of Speaker Kevin McCarthy (D-Calif.), who was finally elected to hold the gavel after the longest, most contentious, and bruising Speaker votes since the Civil War. And as the protracted episode…


Kevin McCarthy Drama Underscores Impotence of Republican Elite

Commentary After Republicans clinched their narrower-than-expected new House majority in November’s midterm elections, the only relevant questions for Congress-watchers seemed to pertain to what Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) impending House speakership would look like. To what extent, if any, would he return House rules to “regular order,” whereby bills are drafted and marked up in…


McCarthy Agrees to Back New House Rule Making It Easier to Remove Unpopular Speaker

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) in a major reversal has decided to support restoring a rule that allows a motion from the floor of the House of Representatives to “vacate the chair” and force a vote on a new Speaker of the House. McCarthy’s change of position comes as the first vote of the…


Newly-Passed ‘Respect for Marriage’ Act May Threaten Religious Liberty: Experts

The “Respect for Marriage” Act, after passing through the U.S. House of Representatives, is just a signature away from reaffirming the Supreme Court’s 2015 ruling that legalized gay marriage. President Joe Biden is expected to sign the Act, which would codify the Supreme Court’s 2015 ruling that requires states to license gay marriage. If it…


Kevin McCarthy, a Republican Leader for Complex Times

Commentary Republicans are rightly wondering what to expect from the upcoming House of Representatives controlled by their party. Conservatives are chomping at the bit to move a hardcore conservative agenda. My own beliefs and convictions are known. We need dramatic change to pull the nation out of its fiscal, cultural, and moral chaos. But the…