PoliticsNews
After Republicans pulled a bill to repeal and replace Obamacare last week, conservative members of the House Freedom Caucus are shrugging off criticism leveled at… Read More
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Some consider it the most powerful investigative committee in Congress: the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. It has nearly unlimited purview to look into… Read More
Health CareNews
House Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows, R-N.C., opposed the Republican plan to replace the Affordable Care Act, and his constituents love him for it, according… Read More
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House Speaker Paul Ryan abruptly withdrew the GOP’s bill to repeal and replace Obamacare Friday afternoon after it became clear Republicans didn’t have the votes… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Americans who are concerned about unsustainable and reckless government spending have faced a fundamental problem: It’s hard to track what their representatives are doing to… Read More
SecurityNews
Congressional IT staffers who are the subject of a criminal investigation into misusing their positions had full access to members’ “correspondence, emails, confidential files,” and… Read More
PoliticsNews
Imran Awan—the lead suspect in a criminal probe into breaches of House of Representatives information security systems—possessed the password to an iPad used by then-Democratic… Read More
SecurityNews
Congressional staffers are accused of holding their stepmother in “captivity” with violent threats in a plan to use her to access money stashed away in the Middle East…. Read More
PoliticsCommentary
I have rarely been one to argue that Congress spend more time in Washington. In general, the less they are here to create new laws… Read More
PoliticsAnalysis
Five weeks into President Donald Trump’s presidency, the first time in eight years a Republican has been in the White House, where do conservatives see… Read More
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“We must think big, we must act bold. That’s the American way.” That was the message Jim DeMint, president of The Heritage Foundation and former South… Read More
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Rep. Dave Brat shocked the political establishment in 2014 when he defeated then-Majority Leader Eric Cantor in the GOP primary for Virginia’s 7th Congressional District…. Read More
SecurityNews
Congressional aides suspected of criminally misusing their access to House computer systems owed $100,000 to an Iraqi politician who is wanted by U.S. authorities and… Read More
PoliticsNews
Rogue congressional staffers took $100,000 from an Iraqi politician while they had administrator-level access to the House of Representatives’ computer network, according to court documents examined by The… Read More
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In the four weeks since President Donald Trump was inaugurated, congressional lawmakers have moved to address some of the 22,700 regulations adopted under President Barack… Read More
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Democrats who used to work on Capitol Hill are helping to disrupt Republican lawmakers’ town hall meetings across the country through a nationwide effort to… Read More
EducationCommentary
Last week, the House Committee on Education and the Workforce took an important step toward rescinding some of the most burdensome regulations levied under the… Read More
PoliticsNews
Former and current Republican congressional lawmakers raised concern against reinstating the practice of earmarks during a discussion hosted by the largest conservative caucus in Congress… Read More
PoliticsNews
A group of conservative leaders has come out to warn against the possibility of Congress bringing back earmarks. On Thursday, the Conservative Action Project released… Read More
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At least three Democratic senators own significant health care industry stocks that could undermine their Senate leadership’s push against the nomination of Rep. Tom Price,… Read More
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Six months shy of serving 30 years, Brig. Gen. Don Bacon decided to end his Air Force career so he could speak out on the… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
There currently hangs in the United States Capitol building a painting that depicts police officers as anthropomorphic pigs. Yes, you read that correctly. The painting… Read More
PoliticsNews
The GOP-led House voted Tuesday against impeaching IRS Commissioner John Koskinen, delaying indefinitely the conservative effort to hold President Barack Obama’s top taxman accountable for… Read More
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Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., was elected the next chairman of the House Freedom Caucus on Monday. He has big plans for what he’ll accomplish in… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
The election happened, and now the establishment would like you to forget about it. Focus on 2017, they say. Focus on the inauguration, they say…. Read More
EconomyNews
House Republicans voted Thursday to block the sale of aircraft to Iran, a move GOP lawmakers and some Democrats said would protect taxpayer dollars from… Read More
PoliticsNews
Rep. Mark Walker, R-N.C., was voted Thursday to be the next chairman of the Republican Study Committee, a caucus of 178 Republican lawmakers in the… Read More
PoliticsNews
Two House Republicans are in the running to be the next chairman of the Republican Study Committee, a caucus of 178 Republican lawmakers in the… Read More
PoliticsNews
House conservatives can picture a place for themselves in President-elect Donald Trump’s world, but it’s not so black and white. In one sense, conservatives say,… Read More
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House Republicans unanimously backed Rep. Paul Ryan for another term as House speaker in a closed-door meeting Tuesday, with GOP lawmakers signaling they’re putting aside… Read More
