Congress news

“Each of us knows we should be taking a look in the mirror and acknowledging that lives lived in a politicized echo chamber are unworthy of a place that calls itself a deliberative body, let alone the world’s greatest deliberative body,” he said. “When we’re being honest with each other, which usually means when on one of the very rare occasions where cameras aren’t present, we all know that a big chunk of the performative yelling that happens here and in every hearing room is just about being booked for even more performative yelling at night on TV,” he said. Sasse's departure opens up the seat to an appointment by Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen, a Republican. The previous governor, As a senator, Sasse was a conservative China hawk who backed repealing the Affordable Care Act and voiced opposition to same-sex marriage, having abstained from voting on landmark legislation codifying gay marriage rights in November. He served in President George W. Bush’s administration as an assistant secretary of health and human services and was first elected to the Senate in 2014. Sasse frequently aired grievances with Trump, as well as his supporters in the Republican Party. When Trump ran for re-election in 2020, Sasse Sasse was among seven Republicans who voted to impeach Trump a second time after the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. He blamed Trump for intimidating election officials and repeatedly boosting baseless claims of widespread election fraud in the 2020 election.

Anastasiia Riddle, Associated Press WASHINGTON – His election came two years after the deadly Jan. 6, 2021, attack at the Capitol – a day when McCarthy, his top deputies and 19 of the 20 holdouts he negotiated with to win all voted to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. On that day two years ago, It has been a Latest developments: • He did it:House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy survived one of the longest and most chaotic speaker elections since the Civil War after winning over conservative naysayers within his own party. • House GOP agenda: After two years of Democratic control in both chambers, allowing for an 18-month congressional investigation into the Capitolattack, • House honoring January 6 anniversary: Before the House reconvened Friday, Democrats and Republicans remembered the Jan. 6 anniversary in press conferences to honor those impacted by the violent attack two years ago. Stay in the conversation on politics: McCarthy, in his new role as speaker, administered the oath to all members-elect early Saturday morning. He officially swore in the members of the 118th Congress and kickedoff the start of legislative business in the lower chamber after a marathon speaker vote since Tuesday. - Rachel Looker “That was easy, huh?” McCarthy said as he took the podium following chants of "U-S-A" from his caucus. “I never thought we’d get up here.” McCarthy touched on spending, “My father always told me, it’s not how you start, it’s how you finish and n...

The House Oversight Committee plans to vote Thursday to hold FBI Director Christopher Wray in contempt over what they say is the bureau's refusal to hand over records tied to the GOP-led panel's investigation into President Biden and his family. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Drew Angerer/Getty Images The House Oversight Committee plans to vote Thursday to hold FBI Director Christopher Wray in contempt over what they say is the bureau's refusal to hand over records tied to the GOP-led panel's investigation into President Biden and his family. Drew Angerer/Getty Images House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., said he's seen enough to move forward with plans for a contempt hearing against FBI Director Christopher Wray over his handling of a GOP-led The unprecedented move to hold an FBI director in contempt comes after Comer and other GOP members claimed the agency was withholding information tied to a investigation. Earlier Monday, Comer and the Oversight panel's top ranking Democrat, Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin, were briefed behind closed doors by the FBI about the record in question. "At the briefing, the FBI again refused to hand over the unclassified record to the custody of the House Oversight Committee, and we will now initiate contempt of Congress hearings this Thursday," Comer told reporters. Comer and other Republicans claim the document is tied to their investigation alleging Biden, as vice president under President Obama, engage...