Congress one step closer to avoiding government shutdown after bill passes House
Just weeks before Election Day, Congress took a critical step toward averting a partial government shutdown at the end of the month. Faced with an Oct. 1 deadline and little bipartisan progress on spending priorities for fiscal year 2025, the House on Wednesday passed a short-term extension of current fiscal year federal funding levels to […]
House passes stopgap bill to avert government shutdown
The House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a three-month government funding bill to avert a government shutdown at the end of the month, sending it to the Senate for debate. The Senate passed the bill by a vote of 341-82 to fund the government at current levels through Dec. 20. The Senate is expected to […]
House Intel demands ‘critical’ briefing on CCP-linked company Temu
The House Intelligence Committee is seeking explanations from the FBI and the Securities and Exchange Commission about the Chinese Communist Party-linked e-commerce company Temu and its parent company Pinduoduo (PDD) amid concerns about misuse of U.S. data. Fox News Digital obtained the letter, led by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner (R-Ohio) and Rep. Darin […]
Dems eye possible Trump investigations if they win House majority
Some House Democrats are already considering the possibility of investigating former President Donald Trump if they win control of the House in November. Two key lawmakers, Rep. Richard Neal (D-Massachusetts) and Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), did not rule out the possibility of an investigation if Trump wins the White House in November. Neal, the top […]
‘Abuse of power’: House GOP opens probe into Ukrainian president’s trip to battleground Pennsylvania
The House Oversight Committee is investigating allegations that the Biden-Harris administration used taxpayer funds to fly Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to the battleground state of Pennsylvania ahead of the November presidential election, Fox News Digital has learned. Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), chairman of the House Oversight Committee, sent letters Wednesday to the White House, the […]
Ex-Gov. Cuomo ‘inappropriately influenced’ witness in text message as House probed COVID deaths: memo
Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo “improperly attempted to influence” a senior aide's testimony during a congressional investigation into his administration's disastrous order that forcibly admitted COVID-19 patients to nursing homes, a bombshell new House document alleges. As the House Select COVID-19 Subcommittee was investigating the March 25, 2020, nursing home “involuntary admissions” order, witness Jim Malatras […]
House panel probes Labor Department’s leak of revised jobs data to Wall Street firms
A Republican-led House committee is seeking an explanation from the Labor Department over how the federal agency leaked revised employment data to several Wall Street firms last month before it was released to the public, The Washington Post has learned. The House Education and Labor Committee, chaired by Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.), sent a letter […]
House GOP feels déjà vu as new funding fight ends with no wins
House Republicans are disheartened as they prepare to push back the government shutdown deadline for a second time without any major wins, an outcome some blame on dysfunction among their own party. Despite their majority in the House, Republicans will likely again have to rely on a few dozen Democrats to pass a three-month budget […]
In bipartisan vote, House approves forestry bill opposed by Biden
In a bipartisan vote, the House of Representatives approved the forestry bill, which the Biden administration opposed. The vote was 268 to 151. Fifty-five Democrats voted with Republicans in favor of the bill. The bill seeks to exempt projects such as tree cutting to prevent wildfires from being subject to environmental review. Supporters of the […]
House Republicans, RNC demand answers from Walz admin on voter roll clean up
First appeared on FOX – Minnesota Republican House members have joined the Republican National Committee (RNC) in demanding that the administration of Governor Tim Walz, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, provide updates on its voter roll cleanup efforts following discoveries that the state's automatic voter registration process improperly registered non-citizens and ineligible individuals. Reps. Tom […]