2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (112+ words) Bloomberg Government News Republicans at their midterm convention this week focused on a narrow set of working-class tax breaks from the sprawling 2025 tax law, while largely sidestepping its broader changes to the tax code. “Our priority was going to the…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (112+ words) news.bgov.com President Donald Trump managed to squeeze in some discussion of his healthcare agenda during his sprawling, nearly two-hour speech on the first night of the midterm convention in Dallas — even as much of this agenda has stalled…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (85+ words) Bloomberg Government News The Republican midterm convention in Dallas puts vulnerable House lawmakers at a crossroads: attending can drum up national support from President Donald Trump’s base, but runs the risk of alienating voters who want their focus back home....

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (117+ words) Bloomberg Government News The only current House member who doesn’t officially belong to either major party argued it should be easier for future Independent lawmakers to serve on committees. Rep. Kevin Kiley (Calif.), who caucuses with Republicans and until this…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (332+ words) House Democrats are considering new rules for their caucus after the surprise defections of two members on a procedural vote Tuesday. The House Democratic Committee on Caucus Rules met Wednesday to discuss votes by Reps. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-Wash.) and…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (107+ words) Bloomberg Government News House Democrats overwhelmingly opposed a resolution to condemn socialism Tuesday that Republicans also used to elevate their voter ID and citizenship bill. The measure, which is non-binding and carries no legislative weight, was approved by the chamber…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (245+ words) Congress cleared funding legislation to avert an Oct. 1 government shutdown, sidestepping, at least temporarily, the partisan warfare that led to repeated disruptions over the last year. By a vote of 370 to 48, the House Tuesday overwhelmingly passed the stopgap funding bill…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (502+ words) Two Democratic lawmakers crossed party lines and joined Republicans to advance a procedural measure unlocking the House agenda this week, an unusual vote for a typically party-line process. A handful of Republicans rebelled against House GOP leadership in a bid…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (114+ words) Bloomberg Government News Everton Blair joined the House Tuesday, narrowing Speaker Mike Johnson’s majority for the final legislative stretch before the November midterm elections. Blair, a former school board chairman, won a special election last month to finish the term…...

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