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McCarthy slated to meet with president of Taiwan in California, not Taipei: Report
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) is slated to meet with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen in California instead of Taipei in an effort to avoid acts of aggression from China, the Financial Times reported on Monday. → Read More
Hockey coach experience helps House Majority Whip Tom Emmer in new leadership role
Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN) played a key role in building the new House Republican majority. Now, as House majority whip, he's helping to coach it, a familiar position going back to his ice hockey days. → Read More
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise leads GOP in governing with a slim majority
House Republicans need to prove they can govern now that they have taken back control of the chamber, says House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA). → Read More
Tuberville bill would defund women's sports programs that allow biological men
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) is set to introduce legislation aimed at curbing biologically male transgender athletes from participating in women’s sports. → Read More
Kevin McCarthy raises money off Liz Cheney's possible 2024 White House bid
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) took aim at former Rep. Liz Cheney’s (R-WY) possible 2024 bid in a new fundraising email obtained by the Washington Examiner. → Read More
House Republican doubles down after questioning Democrat's loyalty to the US
Rep. Lance Gooden (R-TX) is standing by his controversial remarks questioning Rep. Judy Chu’s (D-CA) loyalty to the United States despite bipartisan criticism. → Read More
Democrats slam Lance Gooden's comments questioning Judy Chu's loyalty to US
Democrats have slammed Rep. Lance Gooden (R-TX) for remarks he made suggesting Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA), a Chinese American, should not have access to classified materials and briefings while citing a report that the California Democrat had ties to the Chinese Communist Party. → Read More
McCarthy and Jeffries form bipartisan task force on booting lawmakers from committees
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) have agreed to create a bipartisan task force aimed at revising the process for removing lawmakers from their committee assignments, three sources familiar with the matter confirmed to the Washington Examiner. → Read More
Freshman Sen. Katie Britt secures top GOP spot on Appropriations subcommittee
Freshman Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL) will serve as the top Republican on the Homeland Security Appropriations subcommittee in the 118th Congress. → Read More
Wyoming Rep. Harriet Hageman endorses Trump for president
Freshman Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-WY) threw her support behind former President Donald Trump for president in 2024, becoming the latest congressional Republican to back him for a second term. → Read More
DOJ decides not to charge Matt Gaetz in sex trafficking investigation
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) quietly took Rep. Chip Roy's (R-TX) place on the new subcommittee investigating the "weaponization" of the federal government. No announcement was made of the change last week, and it was only noticed when reporters read it in the Congressional Record on Tuesday. No reason was given for the switch, but Roy is also serving on two other demanding panels. → Read More
House Republicans launch subcommittee investigation into COVID-19 origins
Top Republicans on the House Oversight and Accountability Committee are calling for Dr. Anthony Fauci and a slew of other senior administration officials involved in the government's pandemic response to provide documents and written testimony as the Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic launches its inquiry into the origins of COVID-19. → Read More
Markwayne Mullin endorses Trump for president, lauding a 'proven champion'
Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) endorsed former President Donald Trump for his presidential bid on Friday, becoming the fifth member of the upper chamber to throw their support behind him for 2024. → Read More
House condemns China's 'brazen surveillance' following spy balloon incident
The Department of Defense shared photos of the military's recovery effort for the downed Chinese spy balloon on Tuesday. "Sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 2 recover a high-altitude surveillance balloon off the coast of Myrtle Beach South Carolina, Feb. 5, 2023," the U.S. Fleet Forces tweeted Tuesday morning, noting that the photos were taken on Sunday. → Read More
McCarthy rules out tax hikes in debt ceiling negotiations
In a closed-door meeting with House GOP leaders, McCarthy told party members he had told Biden they will not support raising taxes or passing a clean increase to the debt ceiling without making cuts elsewhere in the budget, a Republican lawmaker confirmed to the Washington Examiner. → Read More
State of the Union 2023: House GOP skeptical of Biden's call for 'unity' ahead of address
House Republicans are not optimistic that President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address will help unify Republicans and Democrats in the newly divided Congress. → Read More
House Foreign Affairs Committee set to have historically diverse leadership
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) announced the subcommittee gavels, with the new leadership being one of the most historically diverse as the panel looks to utilize the expertise of its members. → Read More
McCarthy breaks with MTG on officer who shot Capitol rioter Ashli Babbitt
Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) defended the police officer who shot Jan. 6 rioter Ashli Babbitt in the wake of conservative Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene‘s (R-GA) comments alleging she was murdered by law enforcement at the Capitol. → Read More
House passes resolution condemning 'horrors of socialism'
The House passed a resolution on Wednesday denouncing the “horrors of socialism” in a 328-86 vote, with 14 members voting "present." → Read More
House removes Ilhan Omar from Foreign Affairs Committee in party-line vote
The House passed a resolution to remove progressive Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) from her position on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs in a party-line vote on Wednesday. → Read More