![GOP, Democrats on House Panel United on Increasing Judicial Transparency, Accountability]()
by Julia Mueller | Oct 26, 2021 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Republican and Democratic lawmakers found a rare moment of agreement on Tuesday when discussing the need to expand ethics rules for the federal judiciary. The subcommittee met to discuss what Chairman Hank Johnson, D-Ga., called the “disturbing facts” of...
by Cristobella Durrette | Oct 24, 2021 | Politics
WASHINGTON—Discussion of a partisan inquiry into the United States’ withdrawal from Afghanistan dominated Wednesday’s House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing, which had been scheduled to advance a block of bills aimed at addressing human rights abuses in South East...
by Julia Shapero | Oct 21, 2021 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — The House voted Thursday to cite former Trump aide Steve Bannon for criminal contempt after he defied a subpoena from the committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection. The vote fell largely along party lines, with all 220 Democrats voting in favor of...
![House Democrats Advocate for Housing to be Prioritized in ‘Build Back Better’ Bill]()
by Hannah Schoenbaum | Oct 21, 2021 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Facing pressure from President Joe Biden to hash out the final details of his reconciliation package, House Democrats sparred with their Republican colleagues over the necessity of government investments in affordable housing at a Financial Services...
![Lawmakers Debate Native American Voting Rights Act, Voter Fraud Risk]()
by Julia Mueller | Oct 21, 2021 | Politics
WASHINGTON—Democrats and Republicans clashed Wednesday over the electoral implications of the Native American Voting Rights Act. In his opening remarks before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, ranking member Ted Cruz (R) called the discussion a...
by Hannah Schoenbaum | Oct 20, 2021 | Environment, Politics
WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Michelle Steel (R-Calif.) has carefully monitored efforts to salvage Southern California’s wetlands after a major offshore oil spill, but the lawmaker’s record shows she accepted thousands of campaign dollars from oil and gas...
