House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) blasted the nine Democrats who voted against a pro-Israel resolution in the House of Representatives. The resolution passed on July 18, 412-9-1. Rep. Betty McCollum (D-Minn.) voted “present.” The members who voted against the resolution were Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Delia Ramirez (D-Ill.), Jamaal…

The House of Representatives passed a resolution on July 18 affirming Congress stands with Israel and condemns antisemitism. The resolution, introduced by Rep. August Pfluger (R-Texas), passed 412-9-1. Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), Delia Ramirez (D-Ill.), Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.), Summer Lee (D-Pa.), Andre Carson (D-Ind.), Cori Bush (D-Mo.), and Ayanna…

The New Democrat Coalition, the second-largest congressional Democrat caucus, released its economic agenda on July 18. The coalition, composed of liberal and centrist Democrats who take a pro-business and moderate stance on economics, released the text of a new plan that they said would “[outline] the next steps necessary to further ease the economic burdens…

The New Democrat Coalition, the second-largest congressional Democrat caucus, released its economic agenda on July 18. The coalition, composed of liberal and centrist Democrats who take a pro-business and moderate stance on economics, released the text of a new plan that they said would “[outline] the next steps necessary to further ease the economic burdens…

The House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on July 18 on resolutions that would lift terrorism-related sanctions. The resolutions would end national emergencies declared by Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama between 2003 and 2012. H.J.Res.68, introduced by Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.), would repeal the national emergency declared by Mr. Bush on Oct. 27,…

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) will meet with dissenting House Republicans to resolve concerns that erupted in a dissenting vote by 11 GOP members on a procedural issue on June 6. At stake for both McCarthy and the dissenters is the ability of the House to function, especially in exercising one of its core constitutional…

Several Republican hardliners on June 6 staged a small revolt against House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), frustrated by his handling of the Fiscal Responsibility Act. The group voted against the speaker on a procedural matter, preventing consideration of four bills favored by Republicans. The move was largely symbolic in that the bills are unlikely to…

The U.S. House of Representatives inched the country away from financial default by passing a temporary suspension of the nation’s debt ceiling. Members approved a compromise in the debt ceiling standoff negotiated by President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) in a bipartisan vote of 314 to 117 on May 31. Seventy-one Republicans…

The Fiscal Responsibility Act cleared its last procedural hurdle, paving the way for an up-or-down vote on the measure by the full House. The House approved a rule to limit debate on the bill and bar any amendments to the bill in a bipartisan vote of 241 to 187. The bill represents a compromise agreed…

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has the upper hand in negotiations with President Joe Biden on raising the debt ceiling and cutting federal spending, according to former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. Gingrich said that the House’s passage of the Limit, Save, Grow Act on April 26 was a key moment in breaking the stalemate Biden…