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    Lee Faces Rodimer In House Race

    Oct 22, 2020

    Two years ago, voters in Nevada’s third congressional district sent Susie Lee to Washington to fill a seat left empty when Jacky Rosen ran for Senate.

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    Marjorie Taylor Greene (right) poses with a supporter in Rome, Ga., late Tuesday. Greene, criticized for promoting bigoted videos and supporting the far-right QAnon conspiracy theory, won the GOP nomination for Georgia's 14th Congressional District.
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    QAnon Supporter Who Made Bigoted Videos Wins Ga. Primary, Likely Heading To Congress

    Aug 12, 2020
    President Trump is congratulating Marjorie Taylor Greene, calling her a "future Republican Star." Greene has endorsed a theory that satanic pedophiles secretly run the world.
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    Elections
    President Donald Trump chats with reporters Friday as he heads to Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House. The day before, he floated the idea of delaying the election, prompting criticism from the Federalist Society's co-founder.
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    Citing Election Delay Tweet, Influential Trump Ally Now Demands His Re-Impeachment

    Jul 31, 2020
    President Trump's suggestion that the November election be delayed spurs Federalist Society co-founder Steven Calabresi to call for his removal from office.
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    Coronavirus Live Updates
    Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin gestures toward Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell, as they appear before a House Committee on Financial Services hearing on oversight of the Treasury Department and Federal Reserve pandemic response, on Tuesda
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    House Follows Senate In Passing Extension Of COVID-19 Business Loans

    Jul 01, 2020
    The Paycheck Protection Program, part of the $3 trillion pandemic response package passed by Congress in March, has been extended to Aug. 8.
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    Politics
    GOP House candidate and South Carolina state Rep. Nancy Mace, the first woman to graduate from The Citadel, smiles after being recognized by Vice President Mike Pence during a speech at the The Citadel on Feb. 13, 2020.
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    More Republican Women Than Ever Are Running For Congress: Here's Why

    Jun 17, 2020
    A record-setting number of women are running for the House this year, fueled by a surge in Republican candidates.
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    Mail-In Ballots, County Seats Highlight Upcoming Primary Election

    Jun 04, 2020

    Election season remains in full swing. Next Tuesday is Nevada’s primary, and due to the pandemic, every registered voter has the option of voting by mail. 

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    Amodei On Coronavirus Response: 'I Don't Need Sayin', I Need Doin''

    May 06, 2020

    Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, we've been hearing from members of Nevada's congressional delegation.

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    Titus: Stimulus Bill Aids Entertainers, Other Jobless Contract Workers

    Mar 27, 2020

    Rep. Dina Titus called the $2 trillion stimulus bill “worker-up,” saying the coronavirus pandemic response focuses on individuals, not corporations.

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    White House counsel Don McGahn in September. Lawyers for McGahn appeared in federal court on Thursday in a dispute over whether he will have to sit for questions from House investigators conducting the impeachment inquiry into President Trump.
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    Judge Pushes Back On Trump Lawyers Trying To Block Possible Impeachment Witnesses

    Oct 31, 2019
    A federal judge in Washington was skeptical in the face of arguments that current and former Oval Office aides have "absolute immunity" from ever sitting for questions about interactions with Trump.
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    Lawmakers have approved disaster aid funds to communities like Reno, Okla., which was struck by tornadoes last week.
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    House Passes $19.1 Billion Disaster Bill Despite Earlier GOP Efforts To Stall It

    Jun 03, 2019
    For months the Senate negotiated the bipartisan legislation, which provides money for states dealing with natural disasters. The bill now goes to President Trump, who had said he would sign it.
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    Then-Attorney General nominee William Barr testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington in January. Despite the House's vote on Thursday, the decision of how much of Mueller's report becomes public still rests in Ba
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    House Votes Almost Unanimously For Public Release Of Mueller Report

    Mar 14, 2019
    While it was a largely symbolic vote, it represents growing bipartisan pressure on the Justice Department to disclose as much as possible about the Mueller investigation.
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    Arizona House May Vote On Expelling Embattled Lawmaker

    Jan 29, 2019

    A Democratic Arizona lawmaker asked the state House of Representatives Monday to expel Republican Rep. David Stringer after a newspaper reported that he was charged with sex offenses in 1983 in a case that was later expunged.

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    At an October news conference, the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus called on President Trump to reverse the administration's moves to limit women's access to birth control. Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colo., spoke at the lectern during the event on Capitol Hil
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    House Democrats' Focus On Abortion Could Stymie Work With Senate

    Jan 22, 2019
    Members of the new Democratic majority in the House vow to reverse restrictions that Republicans have imposed on abortions. But the efforts could lead to titanic fights that imperil other legislation.
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    House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Representative Ben Ray Lujan (D-MN), Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman, celebrate.
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    Democratic House Control Likely; GOP To Retain Senate Majority

    Nov 06, 2018
    With solid wins by GOP candidates in states President Trump won handily in 2016, Senate Republicans maintain their majority in the Senate. House Democratic leaders declared victory.
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    President Trump shakes hands with House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy during a rally this summer. If Republicans keep their majority, McCarthy could be the next speaker of the House.
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    'Miserable And Emboldened': If Republicans Lose The House, They'll Be On Defense

    Nov 05, 2018
    Keeping control of the House would validate President Trump's governing style and mean full speed ahead for his agenda. But if the GOP loses its majority it will need to protect Trump.
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    Elections
    Utah Republican Rep. Mia Love and her Democratic challenger, Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams, shake hands during a debate on Monday, Oct. 15, 2018, in Sandy, Utah
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    How Does A Red Seat Turn Blue? Utah Race Tests Democrats' Strategy To Take The House

    Oct 19, 2018
    As the national Democratic Party shifts to the left, control of the House in November very likely rests on moderate Democrats beating Republicans in red districts Donald Trump carried handily in 2016.
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    Ron's Office Hours.
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    WATCH: What Does It Take To Impeach A President?

    Aug 23, 2018
    No president of the United States has ever been removed from office by impeachment. But efforts to impeach presidents date back to the 1840s.
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    For Democrats, Pragmatists Are Still Trumping Progressives Where It Counts

    Jul 05, 2018
    A party leader's primary defeat energized progressive activists. But in the races that will decide control of the House, primary voters are sticking to the establishment's centrist strategy.
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    In his resignation letter to House Speaker Paul Ryan, the Rev. Patrick Conroy noted that he was stepping down "as you have requested" and has since made it clear that he had no interest in leaving Capitol Hill.
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    Ryan's Dismissal Of House Chaplain Sparks Outrage And Suspicion

    Apr 27, 2018
    Speaker Paul Ryan's quiet firing of the House chaplain, the Rev. Patrick J. Conroy, has erupted into a partisan fight on Capitol Hill.
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    Shots - Health News
    Sen. Tammy Duckworth walks across stage at the Democratic National Convention in 2016. She is the first senator to give birth while serving in office.
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    Make Room For Baby: After Giving Birth, Duckworth Presses Senate To Bend Rules

    Apr 11, 2018
    The Illinois Democrat is the first sitting senator to give birth. She's using the opportunity to call on the Senate to adjust its rules to accommodate new parents and elevate family-friendly policies.
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    Politics
    President Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., leave a meeting with House Republicans on Thursday, shortly before the House approved a GOP tax overhaul plan.
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    House Approves GOP Tax Overhaul, With Senate Outlook Uncertain

    Nov 16, 2017
    The GOP measure would sharply reduce corporate tax rates and double the standard deduction many individuals take. Senate Republicans have their own bill, which could pass a committee vote on Friday.
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    Majority Whip Steve Scalise arrives for a Republican caucus meeting on Capitol Hill in March. Scalise was playing second base at a congressional baseball team practice Wednesday morning when he was shot.
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    Who Is Rep. Steve Scalise? Republican Majority Whip Shot In Virginia

    Jun 14, 2017
    Scalise, a former systems engineer, served for 12 years in the Louisiana Legislature before being elected to the House. He was playing second base when he was shot in the hip on Wednesday.
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    Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen addresses attendees at the launch of a public service announcement about LGBT nondiscrimination that featured her family in 2016. Ros-Lehtinen was the first congressional Republican to publicly support gay marriage, and has been
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    U.S. Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, First Cuban-American Elected to Congress, Retiring Next Year

    Apr 30, 2017
    Ros-Lehtinen, the first congressional Republican to publicly support gay marriage and a fierce critic of Cuban politics, will retire after almost three decades in the House of Representatives
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    New Health Care Bill: Find Out Where Your Member Of Congress Stands

    Mar 10, 2017
    NPR and dozens of member stations are searching for public statements on Twitter and Facebook, on lawmakers' websites and in interviews with public media or other news organizations.
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    Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, fell short in his effort to topple Nancy Pelosi as the Democratic House minority leader.
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    Pelosi Overcomes Challenge To Win Re-Election As House Democratic Leader

    Nov 30, 2016
    The California Democrat got 134 votes to Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan's 63, but it was the most serious challenge to her leadership she has faced since taking over the top slot in the House in 2003.

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