Tag: House of Representatives
Why Pelosi’s Visit to Taiwan Is Utterly Reckless
I have a lot of respect for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. But if she does go ahead with…
Top Democrats, Alleging Cover-Up, Seek Testimony on Secret Service Texts
WASHINGTON — Two influential House Democrats called on Monday for two officials at the Department of Homeland Security’s…
Liz Cheney Is Prepared to Lose Power, and It Shows
If you start clicking these binaries together, you can trace logical paths to wildly different arguments about the…
A Pelosi Trip to Taiwan Would Test China’s Appetite for Confrontation
Soon after Beijing’s last big confrontation with Washington over Taiwan, Xi Jinping, then a rising official in a…
House Passes Assault Weapons Ban That Is Doomed in Senate
WASHINGTON — Responding to a string of mass shootings, a divided House passed a ban on assault weapons…
As Congress Debated Landmark China Bill, Beijing Surged Ahead
In the weeks before the House and the Senate ended 13 months of arguments and passed the $280…
House Passes Bill to Codify Contraception Rights After Dobbs
WASHINGTON — The House on Thursday passed legislation to codify access to contraception nationwide, moving over almost unanimous…
Lawmakers Who Traveled With Biden Are at Capitol But Testing and Masking
President Biden’s positive coronavirus test offered a stark reminder of how the pandemic and the increasing number of…
House Moves to Protect Same-Sex Marriage From Supreme Court Reversal
WASHINGTON — The House on Tuesday passed a bill that would recognize same-sex marriages at the federal level,…
Jan. 6 Panel to Dissect Trump’s 187 Minutes of Inaction During Riot
WASHINGTON — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol is planning to return to…
House Passes Two Bills Seeking to Ensure Access to Abortion
WASHINGTON — The House on Friday passed two bills aiming at ensuring access to abortion in the post-Roe…
Here’s How Democrats’ Big Domestic Agenda Bill Has Shrunk
WASHINGTON — Call it the incredible shrinking domestic policy initiative.As Democrats toil to salvage pieces of President Biden’s…