Author: Reese Gorman

House and Senate Leadership have agreed to a topline spending number to write appropriations bills, a key milestone in writing and passing spending bills ahead of the first funding deadline on Jan. 19. According to a “dear colleague letter” sent to members by Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and obtained by the Washington Examiner, the topline…

Utah Republican state Sen. Mike Kennedy announced he is running for the open House seat of Rep. John Curtis (R-UT), who is vying to replace retiring Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) in the Senate. Kennedy has served in the state legislature since 2013, beginning as a state representative. He left the state House in 2018 to…

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is weighing the possibility of negotiating directly with the White House on border security as the issue gets tangled up with a fight over government funding and Ukraine. On a private conference call with freshman members of the House Republican Conference on Thursday, Johnson floated the idea of negotiating directly with…

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) will not return to Washington, D.C., until February as he undergoes a stem cell transplant as part of his cancer treatment, his office announced on Friday. Last year, Scalise was diagnosed with multiple myeloma and underwent chemotherapy, which he completed in December. According to his office, Scalise had a…

Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-CO) announced that he’s retiring from Congress at the end of his term, marking the third jolt to Republican-held Colorado seats. The Colorado Republican, who has been in office since 2007, announced he would be retiring on a local radio show on Friday. GOP TO PRESS FAUCI ON HANDLING OF ‘SCIENTIFIC DEBATE’…

House Oversight and Judiciary committees announced the first hearings to hold Hunter Biden in contempt of Congress will take place on Wednesday. The hearings were anticipated after the president’s son defied a subpoena to sit for a deposition in December and instead read a statement to media outside the Capitol saying he would only testify…

Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO) announced he would retire at the end of his term after serving for 15 years in Congress. He is the 44th member to announce they are retiring or seeking another office after a wave of retirements before the Christmas recess. The Missouri Republican represents a safely Republican district, meaning his departure…

House Republican Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY) withdrew her endorsement of an Ohio Republican candidate for Congress who was caught on a recording bashing former President Donald Trump. Craig Riedel, a former Ohio state representative, had an audio tape surface last month where he told a donor he thought Trump was “arrogant” and said he…

A new report from House Democrats found that 20 foreign governments spent at least $7.8 million at properties owned by Donald Trump while he was president. Democrats on the House Oversight Committee, led by ranking member Jamie Raskin (D-MD), put together the report comprising more than 100 pages that shows Trump’s businesses raking in millions…

EXCLUSIVE — House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) endorsed former President Donald Trump in the 2024 Republican primary, giving him the endorsement of the top four House Republicans going into the Iowa caucus later this month. In a statement obtained by the Washington Examiner, Emmer said it is clear that Democrats are trying any way…