Author: Hailey Bullis
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Clock ticks as House tries to push through third party-line budget bill
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is set to meet with House Budget Committee Republicans on Wednesday, an important meeting that comes as Republicans race against the clock to advance a third party-line spending bill. Republicans have only seven working days left before the House leaves for a weeklong 4th of July recess. Upon the House’s…
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Congressional stock trading ban at make-or-break point
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Washington is considering new legislative efforts to limit congressional stock trading, which would be the first significant reforms to address conflicts of interest in more than a decade. Both chambers of Congress are working to…
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Trump nominated for Nobel Peace Prize by House GOP allies
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save President Donald Trump’s allies on Capitol Hill are recommending him for an honor he has long sought — a Nobel Peace Prize. Reps. Andy Ogles (R-TN) and Marlin Stutzman (R-IN) sent a letter to the…
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Trump and European leaders put on united front despite cracks over Ukraine war resolution
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A cadre of European leaders put on happy faces at the White House on Monday, offering praise for President Donald Trump’s efforts to broker peace in Ukraine while also seeking to keep the United States in the…
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House Ethics recommends Rep. Mike Kelly and wife divest of steel manufacturer stock
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The House Ethics Committee largely cleared Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) and his wife of allegations that they engaged in insider trading after a yearslong investigation into a 2020 stock purchase. However, the committee issued a…
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Rob Bresnahan puts more guardrails on stock trades after scrutiny
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save EXCLUSIVE – A Pennsylvania Republican has informed the House Ethics Committee of new restraints he has placed on his financial advisers regarding his stock portfolio. In a letter to Ethics Chairman Michael Guest (R-MS), obtained exclusively by…
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10 takeaways from Hunter Biden media blitz: drug use, laptop scandal, Joe Biden’s dropout
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Hunter Biden, the son of former President Joe Biden, sat down for two lengthy interviews in which he discussed his past drug abuse, denied that a bag of cocaine found at the White House during…
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House Republican makes ‘MAGA’ push for Pentagon to buy American-made guns
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save EXCLUSIVE – A GOP lawmaker is pushing for all guns used by the United States military to be made in America and by U.S. companies, an effort that could shake up how the Department of…
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House lawmakers push to increase drug price transparency in advertising
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save EXCLUSIVE – A bipartisan pair of House lawmakers are pressing for more price transparency for prescription drugs, introducing a bill on Thursday that would require pharmaceutical companies to disclose their cost in all direct-to-consumer advertising.…
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Mike Johnson tamps down ‘DOGE dividend’ talk at CPAC
NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland — House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) backed away from supporting a proposal to send 20% of any funding cuts the Department of Government Efficiency makes back to taxpayers. Johnson demurred on the proposal, which would send up to $5,000 to taxpayers if DOGE reaches its goal of cutting $2 trillion in federal…