Tag: Congress

Most Americans are ringing in the new year at home, according to a survey from Rasmussen Reports. The survey asked respondents, “Where will you be at midnight when the New ...

“Extraordinary measures” will be needed to keep the US from defaulting on its obligations if the nation’s debt ceiling isn’t raised or suspended by mid-January, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned ...

The Treasury Department may need to take “extraordinary measures” by as early as Jan. 14 to prevent the US from defaulting on its debt, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told lawmakers ...

The White House announced on Christmas Eve that President Joe Biden signed a bill officially designating the bald eagle as the national bird. The bill, signed Monday after being passed ...

Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) commended President Biden Monday for commuting the sentences of 37 federal inmates on death row, arguing that capital punishment is “racist.”  “There is no action more ...

CNN and MSNBC have introduced countdown clocks as the U.S. government heads for a shutdown at midnight tonight, as congressional Republicans try to come up with a funding plan that ...

Actor Michael Rapaport was so outraged with ousted Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) using his parting words in Congress to call for a “Free Palestine” that he offered to take the ...

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has reportedly launched a behind-the-scenes effort to thwart Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-NY) bid to serve as the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee.  ...

Rep. Nancy Mace unveiled legislation Thursday aimed at protecting women and children from registered sex offenders in emergency shelters during natural disasters. Mace’s (R-SC) legislation, the Safe Shelters Act, is ...

A Massachusetts congresswoman said Saturday that she and her family were the target of a bomb threat – marking the latest in a series of similar threats made on House ...