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The new Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee don't always jibe with their party's mainstream.

Ultraconservatives in the House have dominated the public discussion on the US debt ceiling, but Speaker Kevin McCarthy can’t afford to ignore GOP centrists if the country is to avoid a catastrophic payments default later this year.

With the exception of important updates to the rules for counting electoral votes, Congress failed to pass meaningful changes to election laws in recent years. With Republicans running the House and Democrats controlling the Senate, it would take a Herculean bit of bipartisan negotiations to pass anything related to voting…

WASHINGTON — It’s been a year since Mary Gay Scanlon was carjacked at gunpoint as she left a meeting in Philadelphia.

It's been a year since Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon was carjacked at gunpoint. “I don’t think my views changed really much at all,” she says.

A new committee to investigate federal abuses reflects years of public grievances.

The event honoured the families of police officers who were injured or killed as a result of the insurrection

Republican leader Kevin McCarthy provided a written offer Thursday to his GOP opponents on rules changes and other demands.

GOP leader Kevin McCarthy again didn't reach the magic number to be elected speaker on Thursday, as holdouts continued seeking rules changes.

A few of Kevin McCarthy's opponents say they’ll never vote for him, while others have continued negotiating with the California Republican.

​WASHINGTON — The House cleared a catchall omnibus bill Friday containing $1.7 trillion in fiscal 2023 annual and emergency spending and a bevy of unrelated legislation lawmakers wanted to pass before the end of the current Congress.