Last March, when Rob Bresnahan, Jr., a wealthy business executive, was running to represent a competitive House district in northeastern Pennsylvania, he published a letter to the editor in a local newspaper demanding an end to stock trading by members of Congress. “The trust our political leaders and institutions have from Americans is at a…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) – The House of Representatives passed a bill Thursday that could potentially ban cell phone usage in Alabama schools. The Focus Act would prohibit students from using any wireless communication device in K-12 classrooms. Representative Leigh Hulsey, the bill’s sponsor, says the act is meant to protect the well being of children….
President Trump on Thursday said he had asked Representative Elise Stefanik, Republican of New York, to stay in Congress rather than serve as ambassador to the United Nations, amid concern about the minuscule voting margin that Republicans hold in the House. “There are others that can do a good job at the United Nations,” Mr….
The House of Representatives has granted travel clearance to Davao City Rep. Paolo Duterte for his personal trip to 16 countries and Hong Kong, a special administrative region of China. Based on the travel clearance, a copy of which was secured by GMA News Online, issued by House Secretary General Reginald Velasco, Duterte will go…
With time running short to avoid a government shutdown at the end of next week, President Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson are pitching Republicans on a stopgap bill that would keep federal dollars flowing at current levels through the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30. The idea is something of a surrender by…
There were props and costumes, guest stars, hecklers, a couple of turncoats and one freed hostage. There was wicked laughter, imperial imaginations, fantastical arithmetic and one declaration of divine providence. President Trump’s speech on Tuesday was a long and loud spectacle that went on for about 100 minutes, making it the longest presidential address to…
The night before Speaker Mike Johnson defied the hard-right wing of his party and brought up a bill to send more than $60 billion in aid to Ukraine, he spent a mostly sleepless night in a luxury hotel suite overlooking the Potomac River, bracing for a mutiny that would end his speakership. “He was in…
Speaker Mike Johnson toiled on Tuesday to find the votes to squeeze the G.O.P. budget resolution through the House, facing potential defections from centrist Republicans fearing the plan would tee up deep Medicaid cuts and conservatives who want to slash federal spending even more deeply. Mr. Johnson announced an evening vote on the budget outline,…
By Michael Martina and Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Legislation to curb U.S. investment in China will be reintroduced in Congress, the chair of the House of Representatives’ select committee on China said on Tuesday, adding that the bill’s failure to pass into law last year was not due to opposition from billionaire Elon Musk….
Republicans in the US Congress introduced legislation on Thursday to repeal China’s preferential trade status that it has held for over two decades, garnering a Democratic co-sponsor for the first time. China’s permanent normal trade relations (PNTR) status is a legal designation in the US for free trade with a foreign state, and was conferred…