The Latest Breaking News from the Rules Committee

Republicans blew years of potential authority by weak leaders surrendering to keep power.

House Democrats hinted Thursday that they were committed to passing a foreign aid supplemental package even if it meant helping GOP leaders.

Staring down another spending deadline, Speaker Mike Johnson is facing a fresh round of criticism in the House over his go-to move to pass bills.

Legislators in the Washington State Senate introduced a bill on January 8, 2024, that proposed allowing striking workers to claim unemployment insurance benefits. Washington Senate Bill 5777 passed the Senate Committee on Labor and Commerce on January 16, 2024, and advanced to the Rules Committee on January 17, 2024, for…

Some lawmakers are making their New Year’s resolutions — and hoping to see less of the privileged ones.

Congressman Thomas Massie discusses his "no" votes on foreign aid, COVID-19 relief, and labeling anti-Zionism antisemitism on episode two of Just Asking Questions.

Hunter Biden skipped a closed-door deposition on Capitol Hill on Wednesday

The new rules were prompted after a number of intense and chaotic City Council meetings.

Cannon resisted government regulation of business, supported protective tariffs and frowned upon change in general. It was said that had he been present at the Creation he would have voted against it.

Some Republicans want to use a newly revived appropriations rule that effectively gives lawmakers the power to fire federal officials at will.

With help from two other ultraconservatives, the Texas Republican’s seat on the Rules Committee has let him press for red-meat priorities, even in traditionally bipartisan legislation.