So what are the Democrats’ chances for maintaining control of the U.S. House of Representatives, with Republicans fewer than 10 wins away from a majority as of Friday afternoon? “For Read more
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Here are the House seats that have flipped in the midterm elections
Republicans need to flip just five seats during Tuesday’s midterm elections in order to win majority control of the House of Representatives and would need to net one Senate seat Read more
Here are the House seats that have flipped in the midterm elections
Republicans need to flip just five seats during Tuesday’s midterm elections in order to win majority control of the House of Representatives and would need to net one Senate seat Read more
What bipartisanship could look like if Republicans take back the House in the midterm elections
Most House Republicans most likely to buck party leadership and side with Democrats are leaving Congress, raising questions about what bipartisanship will look like in the next Congress. A MarketWatch Read more
Kevin McCarthy vows to restore Marjorie Taylor Greene’s committee assignments, secure border if he becomes House speaker
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, a California Republican, pledged to restore Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s committee assignments, should Republicans retake the House and he become speaker. Greene was stripped of Read more
‘I’ve had enough.’ Loyal Conservative politician livid at Truss government’s handling of chaotic fracking vote.
A U.K. conservative MP has slammed prime minister Liz Truss’ administration and its “inexcusable” handling of a vote on fracking in Parliament, he told BBC News on Wednesday evening. The Read more
‘The prime minister is not under a desk.’ Liz Truss avoids debate on Kwasi Kwarteng dismissal.
“The prime minister is not under a desk. I can assure the House.” That was how Penny Mordaunt, the leader of the House of Commons, answered Labour MP Stella Creasy, Read more
House Democrat in tough race rips Pelosi for not holding vote on stock-trading ban before midterms, seeing ‘blatant instances of Lucy pulling the football’
“‘And after first signaling her opposition to these reforms, the Speaker purportedly reversed her position. However, our bipartisan reform coalition was then subjected to repeated delay tactics, hand-waving gestures, and Read more
Watchdog blasts top House Democrats’ plan for banning congressional stock trading: ‘They’ve included poison pills’
Top House Democrats have offered a proposal for stopping congressional stock trading, but it’s drawing criticism for including a ban on trading for Supreme Court justices, as that provision could Read more
House to vote Thursday on chips and science bill, but measure faces some trouble after Manchin bombshell
The U.S. House of Representatives is slated to vote Thursday on a $280 billion bill focused on domestic semiconductor manufacturing and scientific research. But the measure, once anticipated to sail Read more