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Senate Republicans revise ban on state AI regulations in bid to preserve controversial provision 0 Eugene Jun 7 Jun 7 1 265

Democratic senator places hold on Trump pick for top federal prosecutor in Miami saying Vance set precedent 1 Eugene May 25 May 25 15 618

Mace, alleging assault, shares nude photo of herself during House hearing she says was taken without her consent 7 Eugene May 21 May 21 4 883

GOP Senator Forced to Step in After RFK Jr. Loses His Cool in Hearing 5 Eugene May 21 May 21 9 1038

Measure targeting pro-Palestine NGOs disappears from US tax bill 1 Eugene May 20 May 20 2 361

Senate Republicans put House on notice: We won't accept your Trump agenda bill without changes 1 Eugene May 15 May 15 7 505

Marjorie Taylor Greene sends hearing off rails after pushing idea deported Maryland dad is MS-13 gang member 1 Eugene May 15 May 15 4 416

US Senate rejects bid for transparency on El Salvador deportations 1 Eugene May 15 May 15 4 410

GOP leaders draw the line at Trump's Library of Congress takeover 1 Eugene May 14 May 14 6 543

Texas Republicans pushing for death penalty in all 50 states for undocumented murderers 1 Eugene May 10 May 10 1 449

US Justice Dept mobilized armed Marshals to warn ex-DOJ lawyer Liz Oyer over congressional testimony, letter shows 10 Eugene Apr 7 Apr 9 16 1527

Face-Off Between Trump Diehards Marjorie Taylor Greene and Anna Paulina Luna Gets Ugly 5 Eugene Apr 6 Apr 6 6 942

Hakeem Jeffries threatens lawsuit over delayed Texas special election 1 Eugene Apr 2 Apr 2 1 552

GOP senators push ahead on Trump's tax cuts package and delay big decisions for later 2 Eugene Apr 2 Apr 2 1 589

House cancels rest of votes for week after GOP floor rebellion 1 Eugene Apr 1 Apr 1 7 610

GOP lawmaker to file censure resolution against Crockett over Abbott comments 2 Eugene Mar 25 Mar 25 4 796

Congress Live Net Worth Tracker 1 littlemissmartypants Mar 24 Mar 24 4 646

Chuck Grassley's community gave him an earful. 5 mahina Mar 22 Mar 23 9 1035

Make them own it 1 MaineBlueBear Mar 20 Mar 20 5 723

I have a question for the smart people 4 JMCKUSICK Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 858

Democrats seek to probe Musk conflicts and DOGE firings with resolutions of inquiry in the House 2 Eugene Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 563

Greene threatens criminal referrals at House DOGE hearing 0 Eugene Feb 2025 Feb 2025 4 746

How Trump Bullied MAGA Rep. Into Changing Her Vote on Budget Bill 4 Eugene Feb 2025 Feb 2025 5 874

House Republicans hit the brakes on town halls after blowback over Trump's cuts 9 Eugene Feb 2025 Feb 2025 6 1017

TYT Investigates - Rep. Balint Calls Out The Trump Admin For Removing The Word "Women" From Federal Research 3 ihaveaquestion Feb 2025 Feb 2025 7 790

Conservative ire threatens to jeopardize key vote on Trump agenda bill 1 Eugene Feb 2025 Feb 2025 4 854

Trump's push for quick passage of 'one powerful bill' meets realities on Capitol Hill 3 Eugene Jan 2025 Jan 2025 5 1276

This message was self-deleted by its author 1 Dennis Donovan Jan 2025 Jan 2025 0 543

John Bonifaz--a constitutional law expert and President of Free Speech For People 2 littlemissmartypants Jan 2025 Jan 2025 4 952

Tell the Senate: Don't Weaponize the Treasury Department Against Nonprofits (EFF) 0 usonian Nov 2024 Nov 2024 1 850

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Rep. Moskowitz's Statement: Republicans' Dismantle DEI Act 0 ihaveaquestion Nov 2024 Nov 2024 8 1247

Please tell me Democrats; WHAT EXACTLY IS WORTH FIGHTING FOR? 3 JMCKUSICK Nov 2024 Nov 2024 7 1246

CrowdStrike to apologize for global IT outage in congressional testimony 0 Eugene Sep 2024 Sep 2024 0 896

US House votes to bar new DJI drones as 'China week' gets underway 1 Eugene Sep 2024 Sep 2024 0 969

New documents show how disinformation expert Nina Jankowicz was unfairly tarred 1 Eugene May 2024 May 2024 7 1328

Joe Brennan, Democratic former governor of Maine and US congressman, dies at 89 0 Eugene Apr 2024 Apr 2024 3 936

Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) 5 notemason Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 1919

GOP House members quit, call colleagues stupid, crazy. 12 SarahD Feb 2024 Feb 2024 28 2886

House Democrats question Johnson's invitation of far-right preacher known for anti-LGBTQ views 0 Eugene Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 957

Congressional Hispanic Caucus Slams GOP Border Demands In Exchange For Ukraine Aid 1 littlemissmartypants Dec 2023 Dec 2023 2 1990

Lawmakers to vote on censuring Rep. Jamaal Bowman for pulling a fire alarm in House office building 2 Eugene Dec 2023 Dec 2023 1 2174

Schumer Begins Confirming Massive Number Of Military Promotions After Tuberville Ends Block - Forbes Breaking News 3 TexasTowelie Dec 2023 Dec 2023 9 1460

Immigration talks collapse, threatening to sink aid to Israel and Ukraine 2 Eugene Dec 2023 Dec 2023 2 2020

Hispanics warn of dangerous trap in Ukraine-for-border talks 0 Eugene Nov 2023 Nov 2023 3 1531

Bipartisan AI bill unveiled 0 Eugene Nov 2023 Nov 2023 0 1174

Democrat Schools Lauren Boebert In Awkward House Floor Debate 7 Eugene Nov 2023 Nov 2023 8 2816

McConnell, Speaker Johnson headed for shutdown clash over Ukraine 0 Eugene Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 1409

Rep. George Santos has support of new Speaker Mike Johnson in expulsion fight -- for now 3 Eugene Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 2577

New York Republicans to push ahead with resolution to expel George Santos from House 1 Eugene Oct 2023 Oct 2023 0 2325

Across the Desk - S8:E14 (GOP - The Chaos & Dysfunction Continues) 0 Across-the-Desk Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 1093

The Republicans who opposed Jim Jordan on the third ballot -- including 3 new votes against him 2 Eugene Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 2600

Republican women are angry that they won't be able to wear that new dress! 1 New Haven Oct 2023 Oct 2023 7 1968

Kevin McCarthy's CBS interview, where he blamed Democrats for the near-government shutdown, tanked a 0 Eugene Oct 2023 Oct 2023 5 2667

Top Democrat demands ethics panel's findings from Santos investigation 0 Eugene Aug 2023 Aug 2023 0 1253

Senators could be forced to ram through some military nominations soon 0 Eugene Aug 2023 Aug 2023 4 3698

US wildland firefighter pay threatened by Republican feud in Congress 2 Eugene Aug 2023 Aug 2023 2 1377

House Oversight Committee member asks chairman to refer Dan Snyder to the DOJ for investigation 0 Eugene Aug 2023 Aug 2023 5 3885

House Republicans Vote to Block VA from Changing Motto to Include Female Veterans 2 Eugene Jul 2023 Jul 2023 0 2938

House Republicans plan to hold Meta's Mark Zuckerberg in contempt of Congress 4 Eugene Jul 2023 Jul 2023 1 1509

Senate Foreign Relations Chairman appears to slam Paul over block on State Department nominees 1 Eugene Jul 2023 Jul 2023 0 2519

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Indiana Republican pledges to vote against advancing GOP bills if McCarthy doesn't enact spending re 0 Eugene Jul 2023 Jul 2023 0 4088

House Ethics Committee requests interviews, documents in reopened Gaetz probe 2 Eugene Jul 2023 Jul 2023 7 2728

Senate examines role of 'dark money' in delaying climate action 0 Eugene Jun 2023 Jun 2023 6 1267

FBI to bring internal Biden-related document to Capitol Hill and brief House Oversight leaders 2 Eugene Jun 2023 Jun 2023 0 2998

George Santos - much worse than you thought. 1 appmanga May 2023 May 2023 7 4207

Is there another prefix we can use for Representative other than Rep? 4 housecat May 2023 May 2023 1 4078

Senate Democrats Ask Crow to Detail His Gifts to Justice Thomas 3 Eugene May 2023 May 2023 8 2384

Congress eyes new rules for tech: What's under consideration 0 Eugene May 2023 May 2023 1 2442

McTurtle 2 Jaydog Apr 2023 Apr 2023 5 2038

Since the GOP Congress thinks Twitter has no freedom of speech... 1 ECL213 Feb 2023 Feb 2023 4 5204

The House has a speaker. Here's what comes next 4 nightwing1240 Jan 2023 Jan 2023 10 2385

McCarthy gives Trump credit for victory: "He was all in" 3 nightwing1240 Jan 2023 Jan 2023 4 3775

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez reveals why she was talking to far-right Republicans 5 Eugene Jan 2023 Jan 2023 10 3784

Marjorie Greene And Lauren Boebert Get Personal In Very Public Spat 9 Eugene Dec 2022 Dec 2022 23 4960

Anti-Abortion Republicans Block Bill To Give Pregnant Workers Basic Accommodations 0 Eugene Dec 2022 Dec 2022 0 3177

House Ethics Panel Fines Madison Cawthorn for Crypto Shenanigans 0 Eugene Dec 2022 Dec 2022 1 1497

Senate poised to pass bill to protect same-sex, interracial marriages 0 Eugene Nov 2022 Nov 2022 2 2312

Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma could get first delegate to Congress in 200 years 5 Jilly_in_VA Nov 2022 Nov 2022 16 4017

Busting the Filibuster 0 niyad Nov 2022 Nov 2022 1 1501

We need a constitutional amendment on voting 1 Tatertot Oct 2022 Oct 2022 6 3347

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