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How a congressional freshman is learning to balance people and party
Freshman GOP Congressman Denver Riggleman is now four months into his new job. Between the government shutdown and hearings over the Mueller report, he’s learning to balance life on the Hill with the needs of his Virginia constituents. Lisa Desjardins…
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Stuck in shutdown standstill, GOP seems to punt to next Congress
Leaders in Congress announced that the House won't hold any votes over the weekend and that the Senate won't vote before the last day of the current Congress. President Trump has said he isn't budging on his demands for funds…
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Where Congress stands now on government shutdown
The GOP's short-term spending deal to fund the government until February was expected to be solidified Thursday. Instead, Congress erupted into chaos as President Trump declared he wouldn't sign bill, resuming his insistence that $5 billion be allocated for a…
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Outgoing Reps. Mark Sanford and Carlos Curbelo on the political peril of disagreeing with your party
Rep. Mark Sanford, R-S.C. and Rep. Carlos Curbelo, R-Fla., are two Republican members of Congress who have sometimes broken with President Trump, and who won’t be returning to Capitol Hill in January. They sit down with Lisa Desjardins to discuss…
House Republican leaders Thursday sent their members an immigration bill that will likely be Congress’ last significant chance before the midterm elections to address the status of “Dreamers."…
House Republican negotiators are circling around ideas that would ensure that families seeking asylum are not divided while their cases are being processed.
Gaetz has been one of the most vocal members of Congress pushing the House Intelligence Committee to release a previously classified memo on the Russia investigation.
Although several analyses have found that the bulk of the legislation's benefits goes to corporations and the wealthy, Republicans argued vociferously that the legislation is targeted toward the middle class.
Rep. Mark Meadows said in a PBS NewsHour interview that the conservative House Freedom Caucus was working closely with House Speak Paul Ryan on a number of legislative issues.
