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Bipartisan efforts on child tax credit afoot in House - Roll Call

A bipartisan group of House members plans to work on beefing up a tax credit for families with young children.

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House GOP well funded for ’24, but Schiff censure opens cash spigot

New fundraising disclosures have details about Democrats Adam Schiff and Joe Manchin III, and Republicans Lauren Boebert and George Santos.

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Energy tax credits a big test for GOP vote counters on debt bill - Roll Call

The prospect of repealing clean energy tax credits is causing some House Republicans to waver on the GOP debt limit bill.

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McCarthy is coming up short in support for House debt-limit bill

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is coming up short in support for his first big legislative effort, a bill tying a debt ceiling increase to spending cuts, risking serious damage to both his stature and the U.S. economy.

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McCarthy touts measure that would 'responsibly raise' debt limit, looks to a vote next week

WASHINGTON — House Republicans unveiled legislation Wednesday to pair their favored spending cuts and energy and regulatory policies with a debt limit increase lasting through early next year.

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Debt limit bill in hand, McCarthy eyes vote next week - Roll Call

House Republicans unveiled legislation Wednesday to pair spending cuts and energy and regulatory policies with a debt limit increase.

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2022 vote studies: Division hit new high in Senate, fell in House

WASHINGTON — It seems counterintuitive in a time of intense partisanship and narrowly divided government, but the share of House votes where majorities in the two parties lined up on opposite sides from each other was lower last year than has been in more than a decade.

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2022 Vote Studies: Division hit new high in Senate, fell in House - Roll Call

Only one Democrat voted with the party less than 90 percent of the time on votes where the parties were split last year, CQ Roll Call found.

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Yellen, House Republicans spar over tax increases, debt limit

WASHINGTON — House Republicans slammed the Biden administration’s tax proposals in a hearing with Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen on Friday, giving the president’s latest budget request an icy reception.

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Yellen, House Republicans spar over tax increases, debt limit - Roll Call

House Republicans slammed the Biden administration’s tax proposals in a hearing with Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen on Friday.

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Ideological, regional diversity hallmarks of tax panel's frosh - Roll Call

The new Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee don't always jibe with their party's mainstream.

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McCarthy’s moderate Republican allies have their own debt-ceiling ideas

Ultraconservatives in the House have dominated the public discussion on the US debt ceiling, but Speaker Kevin McCarthy can’t afford to ignore GOP centrists if the country is to avoid a catastrophic payments default later this year.

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A few lawmakers make election legislation a priority in 2023

With the exception of important updates to the rules for counting electoral votes, Congress failed to pass meaningful changes to election laws in recent years. With Republicans running the House and Democrats controlling the Senate, it would take a Herculean bit of bipartisan negotiations to pass anything related to voting…

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Q&A: Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon on carjacking, women in politics and smoke-filled back rooms

WASHINGTON — It’s been a year since Mary Gay Scanlon was carjacked at gunpoint as she left a meeting in Philadelphia.

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Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon on carjacking, women in politics and smoke-filled back rooms - Roll Call

It's been a year since Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon was carjacked at gunpoint. “I don’t think my views changed really much at all,” she says.

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Inside Republicans' escalating war with the feds

A new committee to investigate federal abuses reflects years of public grievances.

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Ex-DC police officer calls lack of GOP support on Jan 6 anniversary ‘disgraceful’

The event honoured the families of police officers who were injured or killed as a result of the insurrection

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McCarthy, holdouts discussing possible deal for speaker's gavel - Roll Call

Republican leader Kevin McCarthy provided a written offer Thursday to his GOP opponents on rules changes and other demands.

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GOP leader Kevin McCarthy again didn't reach the magic number to be elected speaker on Thursday, as holdouts continued seeking rules changes.

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Late-night talks yield no breakthrough in speaker battle - Roll Call

A few of Kevin McCarthy's opponents say they’ll never vote for him, while others have continued negotiating with the California Republican.

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House clears omnibus spending package as end nears for 117th Congress

WASHINGTON — The House cleared a catchall omnibus bill Friday containing $1.7 trillion in fiscal 2023 annual and emergency spending and a bevy of unrelated legislation lawmakers wanted to pass before the end of the current Congress.

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House clears omnibus package as end nears for 117th Congress - Roll Call

The House cleared a catchall omnibus bill Friday containing $1.7 trillion in fiscal 2023 annual and emergency spending.

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House GOP push to impeach DHS chief could split caucus next year

WASHINGTON — A push from some House Republicans to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over U.S.-Mexico border security could divide the caucus as it wrangles with a narrow majority next year.

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House GOP push to impeach DHS chief could split caucus next year - Roll Call

A push from some House Republicans to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over border security could divide the caucus.

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GOPer threatens to block rail strike

Rail workers may be forced to accept a deal with no paid sick days if Congress steps in

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