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News: Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi is actively working to tank Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's (D-N.Y.) bid to become the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee.
For years, Democrats on Capitol Hill have gotten flak for being too California-centric.
By: Mica Soellner, John Bresnahan, Melanie Zanona
Longtime Virginia Democratic Rep. Bobby Scott is eyeing a bid to be governor of Virginia, according to multiple sources familiar with his thinking.
News: The House Republican Steering Committee has put a slew of freshmen on the Appropriations and Energy and Commerce panels at the beginning of Congress for the first time in 14 years.
Some House Republicans are discussing plans to introduce a resolution censuring outgoing Rep. Susan Wild (D-Pa.) over her handling of an ethics report on former Florida GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz.
President-elect Donald Trump's congressional allies are emerging in advance of his expected effort to gain more power over government spending.
By: Melanie Zanona, John Bresnahan
Two provisions that directly impact lawmakers were quietly added to the CR: a pay raise and an Obamacare opt-out.
By: John Bresnahan, Melanie Zanona, Jake Sherman
We wish we could say we didn't see this coming. Speaker Mike Johnson's 1,547-page overstuffed CR officially died on Wednesday, less than a day after the congressional leadership posted it online.
The Republican Steering Committee may have finished populating all the standing House committees this week, but Speaker Mike Johnson still has some
Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) was the loudest Republican critic of Speaker Mike Johnson's alternative CR plan. But he was hardly alone in opposing it.
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