NEW ORLEANS DATA NEWS WEEKLY — Democrats on Tuesday captured the House of Representatives and are set to exert a major institutional check on President Donald...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “I will have a strategy question as to whether to ask for a vote on statehood because we only have Democratic support and...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Every single Democratic winner who picked up a new seat in Texas, especially one that has been under Republican-control prior to the 2018...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Though the popular vote was won by Hillary Clinton (in excess of 3 million votes) and the margin between victory and loss was...
“The House of Representatives cannot effectively create public policy that benefits all Americans if the people making policy decisions do not look like America,” — Spencer...
“This is a discriminatory state law that is antiquated and almost equates to the laws that discriminated against racial minorities decades ago when they were required...
MARK GILLISPIE, Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — Louis Stokes rose from an impoverished life in the projects of Cleveland to become one of the most influential...
DAVID ESPO, Associated Press ANDREW TAYLOR, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Retreating under pressure, House Republicans scrapped plans for a vote Thursday on allowing the display...
DAVID ESPO, AP Special Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Normally quarrelsome House Republicans came together Wednesday night and passed a boldly conservative budget that relies on nearly...
(Politico) – The House easily passed legislation Thursday afternoon changing the Affordable Care Act’s definition of a full-time workweek to 40 hours, the first step...
DONNA CASSATA, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats’ high hopes of mitigating House losses in a rough election year have been dashed by reality. The question...
(Detroit Free-Press) – The pending retirement of U.S. Rep. John Dingell means U.S. Rep. John Conyers is poised to become the dean of the U.S. House...
ALAN FRAM, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — In a victory for airlines and their workers’ unions, the House rejected consumers’ complaints and easily passed legislation...
JONATHAN LEMIRE, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — One of the longest-serving members of Congress, U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel, is in a fight just to hang...