Author: Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner

James Walkinshaw, a Democrat who served as a longtime aide to the late Virginia Rep. Gerry Connolly, won the special election to succeed him in the House of Representatives on Tuesday night. The Associated Press called the race for Walkinshaw at 7:36 p.m., 36 minutes after the polls closed. Walkinshaw defeated Republican Stewart Whitson 74.9%…

Republicans are close to finalizing a short-term spending deal to avoid a government shutdown at the end of the month, with appropriators and GOP leadership hoping to return to holding an “old-school” formal conference between the House and Senate to advance the remaining appropriations bills. House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole (R-OK) said on Tuesday…

House Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) razor-thin majority is expected to shrink after Tuesday’s special election in Virginia, where the Democratic candidate is likely to sail to victory to finish the term of the late Rep. Gerry Connolly. James Walkinshaw, a Democrat who served as Connolly’s chief of staff and is currently a Fairfax County Board…

The White House is scheduled to meet with fiscal hawks and House Republican leadership on Wednesday as progress for the “one big, beautiful” reconciliation bill is stalling. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA), and Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) are heading to the White House for a 3 p.m. meeting with President…

Republican infighting over Medicaid work requirements and raising the state and local taxes cap is threatening to derail the “one big beautiful” reconciliation bill. There are currently enough Republican detractors to sink the bill’s markup in the Budget Committee on Friday. While all 11 committees in the House, tasked with cutting $1.5 trillion to offset…

Elon Musk‘s political action committee is being sued for allegedly failing to pay registered swing state voters as he promised to in return for signing petitions or referring others for the 2024 election. The lawsuit comes after the Tesla mogul-turned-presidential adviser dropped over a quarter of a billion dollars to secure a GOP victory in…

Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-MI) pulled articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump on Wednesday after a pressure campaign from Democratic leadership that rebuked their caucus member for pushing an agenda they called “not timely” and “unserious.” Thanedar’s seven articles against Trump sought to remove him from office for high crimes and misdemeanors. He filed it as…

Republicans’ battle over deductions for state and local taxes persists as Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) looks to compromise with blue-state GOP lawmakers as the budget megabill cycles through committees. Though the Ways and Means Committee passed its tax legislation out of committee on Wednesday, it did so without a decision on SALT. Several blue-state Republicans…

Rep. Buddy Carter (R-GA) is pushing to revoke the committee assignments of the House Democrats who are accused of storming an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Newark last week. Carter introduced a resolution on Tuesday that would remove the assignments for Reps. Rob Menendez (D-NJ), LaMonica McIver (D-NJ), and Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), who…

Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) is backing a primary challenger to her fellow House Democratic colleague Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-MI) in a rare dispute between members of the same congressional delegation and party. Tlaib is backing Democratic state Rep. Donavan McKinney to oust Thanedar in the primary for Michigan‘s 13th Congressional District, which represents the Detroit…