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A package of proposed amendments to the Pennsylvania constitution will likely not appear on the May primary ballot after legislators missed a Friday deadline to pass it.

The Michigan Legislature approved Thursday night a spending package amounting to $1.1 billion for industry and the state's economic development fund.

More than 60% of Texans polled by Texas Lyceum said the country is on the wrong course, and the poll found steep drops in the number of people who think democracy is the best form of government.

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries insists the looming debt ceiling crisis will be resolved without his party submitting to demands by Republicans who want to tie government spending cuts to a debt limit hike.

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Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz introduced a resolution on Thursday that would bar California Rep. Adam Schiff from accessing classified information.

GOP legislators, stung by the public scrutiny of Ginni Thomas’s emails and the work of the Cyber Ninjas, retreats into secrecy.

The spectrum of ideas on immigration could throw cold water on hope that there will be a breakthrough in Congress.

Richard Trumpka Jr. told the Washington Post the anger over his suggestion the government ban gas stoves due to health concerns was 'misdirected.'

On Thursday, a group of pro-abortion Democrats in the House, led by Reps. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) and Diana DeGette (D-Colo.), re-introduced The EACH Act, a bill that would reverse the Hyde Amendment, which bans federal dollars being used to pay for abortions. It’s been a target of abortion advocates since it was first introduced in the 1970s.

Rep. Adam Schiff posted a video on the Chinese-owned app TikTok after being kicked out of the Intelligence Committee by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

A Democratic-led Virginia Senate panel has defeated several bills that would have restricted abortion access in the state.

Fox News' Pete Hegseth lays out the 'extremely valid concerns' of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy after he refused to seat Reps. Eric Swalwell and Adam Schiff on the House Intelligence Committee.

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Fox News co-host Jude Jeanne Pirro said House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was right to kick Reps. Eric Swalwell and Adam Schiff off of the House Intelligence Committee.

The Freedom Caucus is a small portion of the House GOP. But thanks to newly announced committee assignments and spots on key panels, it will be the face of the party.

Democrats will be seeking to expand voting access and Republicans are pledging to make elections more secure.

The new chair of the House China Select Committee is accusing the Biden administration of being "divided" on whether climate change or China is most dangerous to U.S. national security.

The bill's author and Gov. Greg Abbott say changes will be made to protect immigrants seeking U.S. citizenship.

Democratic Reps. Morelle and Meeks asked McCarthy to limit Santos' ability to access classified material or attend classified briefings.

House Republicans are "reorienting" the structure of the powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee, a key panel that oversees a wide range of hot-button issues.

Democrats are seizing on a proposal to impose a national sales tax and abolish the IRS as a cudgel against the GOP, despite little chance of the bill passing.

Data from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) shows that President Joe Biden approved more oil and gas drilling permits in his first two years in office than did former President Donald Trump. From Jan. 20, 2021, to Jan. 19 of this year, the BLM approved 6,430 permits for oil or gas drilling on federal land, compared to s 6,172 drilling permits approved during the first two years of the Trump administration.

Families of the 21 victims killed in a Texas elementary school shooting last May gathered Tuesday at the state capitol in Austin to renew their calls for tighter assault weapon restrictions, just days after three separate shootings in California left 24 people dead.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., pushed back against a reporter who attacked his decision to bar Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., from the House Intelligence Committee.

Internal rules were passed within the Ohio House, allowing it to proceed with its work. There has been controversy within the state's GOP supermajority recently regarding the leader.

State policymakers have mapped out familiar territory early in the legislative session, with Democrats seeking to expand voting access and Republicans pledging to make elections more secure.

Senate Democrats returned to Washington to wield their newly expanded majority this week, but the specter of potential retirements in their ranks is already raising anxiety.

Kevin McCarthy disavows 30 percent national sales tax he promised a vote on to win House speaker race

A poll asked Republicans, Democrats and independents their views on whether the two leaders handled documents appropriately.

In recent years, more teachers have left their jobs at Texas public schools than ever before. A new bill aims to raise teacher salaries and help combat the statewide educator shortage.

'The Five' co-hosts discuss comedian Bill Maher calling out Democrats for pushing 'indoctrination' in public schools and why the left is losing the culture war.

In a letter to McCarthy, House Democratic leader Jeffries urged the new speaker not to boot Reps. Schiff and Swalwell from the Intelligence committee.

Conservative activists have pushed for legislative leaders to ban Democrats from leading committees.

Republicans have been angling to deny spots on key panels to Democrats partly in retaliation for votes by the Democratic-led House in the last Congress to remove Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and Reps. Paul A. Gosar (R-Ariz.) from committees.

Rep. Ruben Gallego will run for Senate in Arizona, setting up a potential three-way race in the battleground state that poses a threat to independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s hold on the seat.

While Democrats and the far-right edge of the Republican Party remain focused on abortion, leaders in both chambers have not yet spent much time discussing the issue this session.

While Democrats and the far-right edge of the Republican Party remain focused on abortion, leaders in both chambers have not yet spent much time discussing the issue this session.

Vice President Kamala Harris, who has emerged as the face of the White House fight for abortion rights, said Biden will take steps to protect abortion pill access.

Senior Democrats, dismayed by a steady stream of startling disclosures, expressed criticism Sunday of how President Joe Biden handled classified materia l after leaving office as vice president and disappointment that the White House has not been more forthcoming with the public. Lawmakers who might have anticipated questions focusing on the debt limit or Ukraine aid when they were booked last week for the Sunday news shows found themselves quizzed about the latest development over the weekend in the document drama that has put Biden's presidency on the defensive: During a search Friday of Biden’s home in Wilmington, Delaware, the FBI found additional documents with classified markings and took possession of some of his handwritten notes, the president’s lawyer said Saturday.

Top Senate Democrat Dick Durbin on Sunday said President Biden "bears ultimate responsibility" for the classified documents that were found at his house, not his staff.

Nancy Pelosi claimed during an interview that Democrats would have kept the House if New York politicians recognized that crime was a top issue in New York.

A poll of registered Mississippi voters shows incumbent Gov. Tate Reeves narrowly leading Democratic challenger Brandon Presley by just four points in the upcoming gubernatorial election.

Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Tim Kaine, D-Va., are calling for a full investigation into the classified documents found at President Biden's home and former office.

Generally, if the other party has the White House, lawmakers' support tends to drop. But there are notable differences between how the two parties behave.

The Republican party is continuing to oppose real health care reform. Long-term, it will hurt the GOP politically. But short-term they are dug in.

President Biden and the DNC selected their early states, but what are yours? Our tool uses income, voter turnout and other aspects to pick your early states.

In the rough and tumble days before Kevin McCarthy became Speaker one of the biggest victories House Republicans secured was on the debt ceiling. Now new rules will make a difference.

The White House has called on Congress to pass legislation raising the limit without conditions, but Republicans are insisting on spending concessions for their support.

“She doesn’t know what the hell she’s talking about,” he said of the conspiracy theorist lawmaker.

The vast majority of new Democrats are part of the nearly 100 Member, center-left New Democrat Coalition in the House.

The House speaker relied on numbers that don’t tell the full story of what happened — and how the GOP-controlled Congress boosted spending.

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., said Wednesday there's an "element" to the Biden classified documents scandal that "feels like the Democrats" are trying to unseat the president.

Santos will be on the Small Business Committee, despite allegations of impropriety in his business background. And Greene will be on Homeland Security, despite lodging conspiracy theories about the homeland.

North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein evokes Charlottesville and Jan. 6 in announcing his 2024 bid and contrasts himself to a likely Republican rival, the lieutenant governor.

Democratic Virginia lawmakers introduced a bill that would grant minors access to medical and health care without requiring parental consent.

First son Hunter Biden purportedly paid an enormous sum in rent at his father's Greenville, Delaware home, listing the address on various forms, reports said.

Women who serve in the Missouri House will face a tougher dress code when they return to the floor this week after a debate that Democrats panned as a pointless distraction from the issues facing the state.

House Speaker Dade Phelan, R-Beaumont, snuffed out a monthslong push Wednesday to end the chamber’s longtime tradition of having committee chairs from both parties.

The IRS is beginning to see “a light at the end of the tunnel” of its customer service struggles, thanks to tens of billions of new money from the Democrats’ climate and health law and the authority to hire more people.

House Republicans have moved to swiftly establish the marquee investigations of their new majority, voting to create panels focused on China and what they assert is rampant abuse of power in the federal government.

Lawmakers begin work today for their biennial legislative session. They’ll debate over the state budget, school issues, border security and property taxes, among other issues.

As Republican infighting debilitates Washington, some state legislatures have managed to launch sessions complicated by similar GOP partisan divides or razor-thin margins of party control with creative, if yet untested, solutions.

There are 64 Democrats in the 150-member House, one fewer than before the election. There is also one fewer Democrat in the Senate.

New state data shows that an election eve Pennsylvania court decision that said mail-in ballots without accurate handwritten dates on their exterior envelopes can’t count resulted in otherwise valid votes being canceled in the high-stakes November election.

New Hampshire Democrats are asking the national party not to “punish” them while overhauling its 2024 presidential primary calendar.

Democrats took full control of state government as the Minnesota Legislature convened for its 2023 session Tuesday.

A Democrat who promised to govern as an independent was elected speaker of the narrowly divided Pennsylvania House of Representatives on Tuesday on the strength of every Democrat and more than a dozen GOP votes.

An explosion of new election-related legislation followed former President Donald Trump's lies about losing the 2020 presidential election due to fraud.

A sweeping national survey of the electorate, AP VoteCast, finds that Republican House candidates nationwide won the support of 38% of independent voters during last month's midterm elections.

Gov. Greg Abbott reportedly sent the migrants, who arrived at Vice President Kamala Harris’ residence Saturday night. The governor has been busing migrants to Democratic-let cities since April and first sent buses to Harris’ home in September.

The legality of abortions has been in flux in some states since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade six months ago.

Congressional leaders have unveiled a $1.7 trillion bill to fund the government.

Republican Adam Hinojosa conceded Friday after a recount that included three counties in Senate District 27, the most competitive senate district in the state.

Lawmakers who eagerly accepted piles of cash from Samuel Bankman-Fried now can’t move fast enough to offload contributions from the disgraced crypto mogul to anywhere but their own campaign coffers.

Florida lawmakers have advanced sweeping GOP legislation intended to shore up the state’s struggling home insurance market in the year’s second special session devoted to the topic.

Young voters who have been critical to Democratic successes in recent elections showed signs in November's midterms that their enthusiasm may be waning.

The impacts of climate change hit communities across the country, yet voters in rural areas are the least likely to feel Washington is in their corner on the issue.

Kari Lake, the Republican defeated in Arizona governor’s race, is formally challenging her loss to Democrat Katie Hobbs.

After disappointing results in this year's elections, Republicans are reevaluating their antipathy to mail voting.

Sen. Chuck Schumer has been elected for another term as Democratic leader in the Senate.

The House has given final approval to protections for same-sex marriages.

Martinez Fischer replaces Rep. Chris Turner of Grand Prairie, who has led the caucus since 2017 and did not seek reelection.

A U.S. Supreme Court case involving North Carolina's congressional districts could have ramifications for the way voting districts are drawn in other states.

Democrats have voted to remove Iowa as the leadoff state on the presidential nominating calendar and replace it with South Carolina starting in 2024.

House Democrats unanimously chose Rep. James Clyburn of South Carolina for a new role in party leadership next year.

Adam Hinojosa finished 659 votes behind Democrat Morgan LaMantia in a race that garnered 175,415 total votes.

New York congressman Hakeem Jeffries has been elected House Democratic leader and will become in the new year the first Black American to lead a major political party in Congress.

The Senate is set to vote Tuesday on legislation to protect same-sex and interracial marriages, putting Congress one step closer to passing the landmark bill and ensuring that such unions are enshrined in federal law.

Outgoing Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey says his Republican administration will ensure an orderly transition to Democrat Katie Hobbs.

A day after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced she would step aside, congressman Hakeem Jeffries of New York has announced his history-making bid to become the first Black person to helm a major political party in Congress as leader of the House Democrats.

Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal has taken herself out of the running for Democratic leadership in the next Congress.

A Democrat who is the top official in Texas’ largest county on Thursday acknowledged problems around Houston on Election Day that included paper ballot shortages and delayed openings of polling locations.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi says the attack on her husband, Paul, by an intruder in their family home made her think about staying on as the House Democratic leader.

Arizona voters who overwhelmingly cast their ballots by mail have rejected a measure that would have would have required them to add more information to the simple signature and date they now put on the back of the return envelope.

Legislation to protect same-sex and interracial marriages has crossed a major Senate hurdle, putting Congress on track to take the historic step of ensuring that such unions are enshrined in federal law.

With Republicans just one win away from gaining control of the House, Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy is maneuvering to lock up support to become the next House speaker.

In a press call Monday, O’Rourke’s team reflected on its failures during the election, but said Gov. Greg Abbott had the advantage with his ability to attract media attention and rely on” established narratives” that historically favor Republicans.

President Joe Biden says he doubts there are enough votes in Congress to codify abortion rights.

There was no violence in the midterm elections last week, and many election deniers lost and quietly conceded.