Maine’s 2nd District congressman says progressives have held the infrastructure bill hostage to the president’s budget.
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Republicans rebel against mask requirement in House chamber
Democratic lawmakers say they are tired of it, too, but they worry that some of their GOP colleagues have declined to be vaccinated and could spread the virus.
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House to vote soon on bills to protect Capitol in wake of Jan. 6 attack
The leaders of the Homeland Security Committee have reached an agreement on a bipartisan commission to investigate the deadly insurrection.
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Woman sought in theft of laptop from Pelosi’s office during riot is believed to have fled
A source told the FBI that Riley June Williams intended to send the device to a friend in Russia who planned to sell it to that country’s foreign intelligence service, but that plan fell through and she either has the device or destroyed it.
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House speeding to impeach Trump for Capitol insurrection
But House Republicans block a resolution calling on Vice President Mike Pence to invoke constitutional authority to remove President Trump from office.
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Democrats plan for immediate impeachment as Trump is left with few defenders
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she spoke to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff about preventing an ‘unhinged’ president from ordering a nuclear strike.
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White House boosts offer in virus aid, resumes talks with Pelosi
But Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said that he doesn’t see a deal coming together soon and ‘the first item of priority of the Senate’ is confirming the appointment of a conservative justice to the Supreme Court.
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Citing 25th Amendment, Pelosi mulls Trump’s fitness to serve
The House speaker announces legislation that would create a commission to allow Congress to intervene under the amendment and remove the president from executive duties.
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Pelosi ‘at the table’ even after Trump scrapped virus talks
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she’s “at the table” and ready to negotiate a coronavirus aid package even after President Donald Trump halted talks abruptly
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Democrats to redraft virus relief in bid to jump-start talks
Recent talks between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin have gone nowhere, but neither side wants to give up.