Author: Cami Mondeaux

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) maintained that Republicans will move forward with President-elect Donald Trump’s plans to increase the debt limit, saying it will be tucked into the massive reconciliation bill GOP leaders plan to pass by early spring.  The debt limit fight arose in mid-December after Trump made an eleventh-hour demand for Republicans to…

Congress certified President-elect Donald Trump’s electoral win on Monday in a drama-free joint session that cemented the former president’s political comeback.  Unlike four years ago, when a mob attacked the Capitol, and eight years ago, when Democrats raised objections to Trump’s first win, lawmakers carried out their constitutional duty at the snowy Capitol without interruptions. …

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) laid out an ambitious timeline to pass a massive budget reconciliation bill later this year comprising all of President-elect Donald Trump’s biggest priorities into a single package.  The package will include policies ranging from taxes and energy to immigration and national defense, which will all be tied together in a…

The House passed its rules package for the 119th Congress on Friday, approving a change that makes it more difficult to oust the speaker and reserving that right for the majority party alone.  The rules package, which passed in a 215-209 vote, requires nine members of the majority party to co-sponsor a motion to vacate…

By the time the first roll call vote ended to elect the next speaker of the House, it appeared that Mike Johnson (R-LA) was in trouble. Three Republicans voted against him, placing him below the majority threshold needed to secure the gavel.  But after a series of conversations with two key holdouts, Reps. Ralph Norman…

The House will swear in its newest members as soon as Friday, marking the beginning of Republican control in both chambers of Congress. But first, GOP lawmakers must elect their new speaker — a task that has proven easier said than done in the last two years. The 119th Congress will convene for the first…

Incoming GOP freshmen are urging their colleagues to act swiftly to elect Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to a second term so Republicans can immediately begin preparing for President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the White House and enact his agenda.  The House is set to convene on Friday to elect its next speaker, a required procedure…

House Republicans’ investigations into President Joe Biden and his family won’t stop when he leaves office under new rules legislation up for a vote this week in the House. The rules for the 119th Congress, which will be approved by lawmakers after they are sworn in Friday, will authorize the House Judiciary Committee to issue…

The top House Democrat on the Rules Committee is denouncing Republicans for attempting to restrict the minority party’s ability to oust the speaker in the latest House rules legislation set to be approved this week.  The new legislation, which will be voted on for approval when the 119th Congress convenes Friday, would require nine members…

As Republicans settle into their new majorities in both the House and Senate, the party is planning to act swiftly to secure early wins that will allow President-elect Donald Trump to advance his agenda quickly. However, Republicans still need to agree on what matters to prioritize before they can get the wheels turning in the…