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Lawmakers urge Speaker Johnson to bring stock trading ban to floor for vote

More than 20 lawmakers on Friday called on House leadership to bring to the floor for a vote a bill that would ban members from participating in the stock market. The group said in a letter to Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana), House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (New York), and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (New […]

House panel advances tax deal with resounding bipartisan vote

On Friday, a proposed deal to cut taxes for businesses and increase the Child Tax Credit (CTC) passed the House Ways and Means Committee with broad bipartisan support. The tax deal advanced with 40 votes in favor and only 3 votes against. According to the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT), the total reductions over the […]

Big Money Donor Class Pushes Anti-Trump Dems to Vote for Nikki Haley

Behind the scenes of the Republican New Hampshire primary, the establishment and illiberal donors are encouraging Democrats and left-wing independents to vote against Trump for former South Carolina Republican Gov. Nikki Haley. . New Hampshire voters have until Friday to change their registered affiliation to vote in an alternative party's primary. A darling of the […]

‘They’re not going to take the vote away from the people’ 

Former President Donald Trump appeared confident Thursday that the Supreme Court will allow Colorado to remain on the 2024 ballot, with the three justices he appointed ruling in his favor. I predicted that it would fall. The 77-year-old Republican presidential primary front-runner told a Fox News host: “We've appointed three great judges, and there are […]

Senate Democrats Vote Down Rand Paul’s Effort to Condition Palestinian Aid

Senate Democrats on Thursday rejected an amendment proposed by Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) that would block future aid to the Palestinians, recognizing Israel, rejecting terrorism and abducted in the Oct. 7 attacks. A condition was the release of all Israeli hostages. all republicans I voted About the proposed amendment. All Democrats voted against it, including […]

Democrat knocks ‘Groundhog Day funding measures’ after CR vote 

Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) said in a statement to keep government agencies open after the House approved a third short-term spending bill through fiscal year 2024 to avert a government shutdown. He accused Congress of relying on “Groundhog Day funding measures.” Shortly after the Senate approved the bill earlier that afternoon, a two-step continuing resolution […]

Senate Passes Bill Averting Shutdown, Sends to House for Imminent Vote

The Senate introduced a new short-term spending bill Thursday afternoon. The continuing resolution (CR) passed 77-18 over the objections of conservatives, including Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky), who insisted on a vote to amend the bill, but it failed. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) immediately moved the House to set an afternoon vote. The passage extends funding […]

Virginia Democrats vote down bill that would serve harsher penalties to drug dealers

A Virginia Senate committee narrowly rejected a bill Wednesday that would expand the circumstances under which drug dealers can be charged with felony murder in connection with the death of a user. The bill, a priority of Gov. Glenn Youngkin and Republican lawmakers, was proposed as a crime deterrent that would save criminals' lives as […]