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Speaker Johnson refuses to allow Epstein vote as House set to recess early 3 Eugene 12 hrs ago 12 hrs ago 4 199

House Democratic leaders call on GOP congressman to apologize over 'unhinged, racist and Islamophobic' attack on Ilhan O 2 Eugene Jul 10 Jul 10 5 437

Senate Republicans revise ban on state AI regulations in bid to preserve controversial provision 0 Eugene Jun 7 Jun 7 1 496

Democratic senator places hold on Trump pick for top federal prosecutor in Miami saying Vance set precedent 1 Eugene May 25 May 25 15 811

Mace, alleging assault, shares nude photo of herself during House hearing she says was taken without her consent 7 Eugene May 21 May 21 4 1187

GOP Senator Forced to Step in After RFK Jr. Loses His Cool in Hearing 5 Eugene May 21 May 21 9 1376

Measure targeting pro-Palestine NGOs disappears from US tax bill 1 Eugene May 20 May 20 2 543

Senate Republicans put House on notice: We won't accept your Trump agenda bill without changes 1 Eugene May 15 May 15 7 698

Marjorie Taylor Greene sends hearing off rails after pushing idea deported Maryland dad is MS-13 gang member 1 Eugene May 15 May 15 4 605

US Senate rejects bid for transparency on El Salvador deportations 1 Eugene May 15 May 15 4 605

GOP leaders draw the line at Trump's Library of Congress takeover 1 Eugene May 14 May 14 6 734

Texas Republicans pushing for death penalty in all 50 states for undocumented murderers 1 Eugene May 10 May 10 1 643

US Justice Dept mobilized armed Marshals to warn ex-DOJ lawyer Liz Oyer over congressional testimony, letter shows 10 Eugene Apr 2025 Apr 2025 16 1929

Face-Off Between Trump Diehards Marjorie Taylor Greene and Anna Paulina Luna Gets Ugly 5 Eugene Apr 2025 Apr 2025 6 1223

Hakeem Jeffries threatens lawsuit over delayed Texas special election 1 Eugene Apr 2025 Apr 2025 1 750

GOP senators push ahead on Trump's tax cuts package and delay big decisions for later 2 Eugene Apr 2025 Apr 2025 1 806

House cancels rest of votes for week after GOP floor rebellion 1 Eugene Apr 2025 Apr 2025 7 819

GOP lawmaker to file censure resolution against Crockett over Abbott comments 2 Eugene Mar 2025 Mar 2025 4 1027

Congress Live Net Worth Tracker 1 littlemissmartypants Mar 2025 Mar 2025 4 908

Chuck Grassley's community gave him an earful. 5 mahina Mar 2025 Mar 2025 9 1328

Make them own it 1 MaineBlueBear Mar 2025 Mar 2025 5 934

I have a question for the smart people 4 JMCKUSICK Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 1137

Democrats seek to probe Musk conflicts and DOGE firings with resolutions of inquiry in the House 2 Eugene Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 782

Greene threatens criminal referrals at House DOGE hearing 0 Eugene Feb 2025 Feb 2025 4 931

How Trump Bullied MAGA Rep. Into Changing Her Vote on Budget Bill 4 Eugene Feb 2025 Feb 2025 5 1145

House Republicans hit the brakes on town halls after blowback over Trump's cuts 9 Eugene Feb 2025 Feb 2025 6 1396

TYT Investigates - Rep. Balint Calls Out The Trump Admin For Removing The Word "Women" From Federal Research 3 ihaveaquestion Feb 2025 Feb 2025 7 1011

Conservative ire threatens to jeopardize key vote on Trump agenda bill 1 Eugene Feb 2025 Feb 2025 4 1055

Trump's push for quick passage of 'one powerful bill' meets realities on Capitol Hill 3 Eugene Jan 2025 Jan 2025 5 1514

This message was self-deleted by its author 1 Dennis Donovan Jan 2025 Jan 2025 0 730

Congress Continued...

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John Bonifaz--a constitutional law expert and President of Free Speech For People 2 littlemissmartypants Jan 2025 Jan 2025 4 1169

Tell the Senate: Don't Weaponize the Treasury Department Against Nonprofits (EFF) 0 usonian Nov 2024 Nov 2024 1 1018

Rep. Moskowitz's Statement: Republicans' Dismantle DEI Act 0 ihaveaquestion Nov 2024 Nov 2024 8 1408

Please tell me Democrats; WHAT EXACTLY IS WORTH FIGHTING FOR? 3 JMCKUSICK Nov 2024 Nov 2024 7 1471

CrowdStrike to apologize for global IT outage in congressional testimony 0 Eugene Sep 2024 Sep 2024 0 1064

US House votes to bar new DJI drones as 'China week' gets underway 1 Eugene Sep 2024 Sep 2024 0 1162

New documents show how disinformation expert Nina Jankowicz was unfairly tarred 1 Eugene May 2024 May 2024 7 1509

Joe Brennan, Democratic former governor of Maine and US congressman, dies at 89 0 Eugene Apr 2024 Apr 2024 3 1111

Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) 5 notemason Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 2230

GOP House members quit, call colleagues stupid, crazy. 12 SarahD Feb 2024 Feb 2024 28 3287

House Democrats question Johnson's invitation of far-right preacher known for anti-LGBTQ views 0 Eugene Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 1123

Congressional Hispanic Caucus Slams GOP Border Demands In Exchange For Ukraine Aid 1 littlemissmartypants Dec 2023 Dec 2023 2 2190

Lawmakers to vote on censuring Rep. Jamaal Bowman for pulling a fire alarm in House office building 2 Eugene Dec 2023 Dec 2023 1 2401

Schumer Begins Confirming Massive Number Of Military Promotions After Tuberville Ends Block - Forbes Breaking News 3 TexasTowelie Dec 2023 Dec 2023 9 1711

Immigration talks collapse, threatening to sink aid to Israel and Ukraine 2 Eugene Dec 2023 Dec 2023 2 2240

Hispanics warn of dangerous trap in Ukraine-for-border talks 0 Eugene Nov 2023 Nov 2023 3 1699

Bipartisan AI bill unveiled 0 Eugene Nov 2023 Nov 2023 0 1337

Democrat Schools Lauren Boebert In Awkward House Floor Debate 7 Eugene Nov 2023 Nov 2023 8 3105

McConnell, Speaker Johnson headed for shutdown clash over Ukraine 0 Eugene Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 1577

Rep. George Santos has support of new Speaker Mike Johnson in expulsion fight -- for now 3 Eugene Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 2808

New York Republicans to push ahead with resolution to expel George Santos from House 1 Eugene Oct 2023 Oct 2023 0 2500

Across the Desk - S8:E14 (GOP - The Chaos & Dysfunction Continues) 0 Across-the-Desk Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 1277

The Republicans who opposed Jim Jordan on the third ballot -- including 3 new votes against him 2 Eugene Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 2804

Republican women are angry that they won't be able to wear that new dress! 1 New Haven Oct 2023 Oct 2023 7 2152

Kevin McCarthy's CBS interview, where he blamed Democrats for the near-government shutdown, tanked a 0 Eugene Oct 2023 Oct 2023 5 2852

Top Democrat demands ethics panel's findings from Santos investigation 0 Eugene Aug 2023 Aug 2023 0 1435

Senators could be forced to ram through some military nominations soon 0 Eugene Aug 2023 Aug 2023 4 3878

US wildland firefighter pay threatened by Republican feud in Congress 2 Eugene Aug 2023 Aug 2023 2 1584

House Oversight Committee member asks chairman to refer Dan Snyder to the DOJ for investigation 0 Eugene Aug 2023 Aug 2023 5 4067

House Republicans Vote to Block VA from Changing Motto to Include Female Veterans 2 Eugene Jul 2023 Jul 2023 0 3151

Congress Continued...

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House Republicans plan to hold Meta's Mark Zuckerberg in contempt of Congress 4 Eugene Jul 2023 Jul 2023 1 1724

Senate Foreign Relations Chairman appears to slam Paul over block on State Department nominees 1 Eugene Jul 2023 Jul 2023 0 2714

Indiana Republican pledges to vote against advancing GOP bills if McCarthy doesn't enact spending re 0 Eugene Jul 2023 Jul 2023 0 4252

House Ethics Committee requests interviews, documents in reopened Gaetz probe 2 Eugene Jul 2023 Jul 2023 7 2935

Senate examines role of 'dark money' in delaying climate action 0 Eugene Jun 2023 Jun 2023 6 1441

FBI to bring internal Biden-related document to Capitol Hill and brief House Oversight leaders 2 Eugene Jun 2023 Jun 2023 0 3236

George Santos - much worse than you thought. 1 appmanga May 2023 May 2023 7 4421

Is there another prefix we can use for Representative other than Rep? 4 housecat May 2023 May 2023 1 4328

Senate Democrats Ask Crow to Detail His Gifts to Justice Thomas 3 Eugene May 2023 May 2023 8 2614

Congress eyes new rules for tech: What's under consideration 0 Eugene May 2023 May 2023 1 2596

McTurtle 2 Jaydog Apr 2023 Apr 2023 5 2250

Since the GOP Congress thinks Twitter has no freedom of speech... 1 ECL213 Feb 2023 Feb 2023 4 5400

The House has a speaker. Here's what comes next 4 nightwing1240 Jan 2023 Jan 2023 10 2643

McCarthy gives Trump credit for victory: "He was all in" 3 nightwing1240 Jan 2023 Jan 2023 4 3999

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez reveals why she was talking to far-right Republicans 5 Eugene Jan 2023 Jan 2023 10 4043

Marjorie Greene And Lauren Boebert Get Personal In Very Public Spat 9 Eugene Dec 2022 Dec 2022 23 5274

Anti-Abortion Republicans Block Bill To Give Pregnant Workers Basic Accommodations 0 Eugene Dec 2022 Dec 2022 0 3355

House Ethics Panel Fines Madison Cawthorn for Crypto Shenanigans 0 Eugene Dec 2022 Dec 2022 1 1679

Senate poised to pass bill to protect same-sex, interracial marriages 0 Eugene Nov 2022 Nov 2022 2 2490

Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma could get first delegate to Congress in 200 years 5 Jilly_in_VA Nov 2022 Nov 2022 16 4305

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