Tag: US House of Representatives
Mo Brooks supports Donald Trump’s voter fraud assertions from House floor
Alabama 5th District U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks took to the House floor Wednesday to support President-elect Donald Trump’s assertion of voter fraud in the recent...
Reckoning for Nancy Pelosi as House Democrats vote for leader
Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi faced a reckoning from fellow House Democrats on Wednesday as frustrated lawmakers tried to oust her from the leadership post...
Martha Roby: America must keep the upper hand with Iran
Recently the U.S. House of Representatives took up and overwhelmingly passed the Iran Sanctions Extension Act, which reauthorizes for another ten years the economic...
Chance of Dem challenge to Nancy Pelosi grows
Reeling from an electoral shellacking, discontented House Democrats on Thursday signaled they may challenge Rep. Nancy Pelosi as minority leader. Republicans focused on wrapping...
House GOP nominates Paul Ryan as speaker, with Donald Trump’s support
Speaker Paul Ryan unanimously won his GOP colleagues' votes on Tuesday for another term at the helm of the House. He told fellow Republicans...
House GOP seems ready to renew Paul Ryan, other leaders for...
House Republicans seem ready to keep Speaker Paul Ryan and other leaders in their posts as a GOP exultant over Donald Trump's White House...
This week in the U.S. House of Representatives, Senate: Nov. 14-17,...
Congress returns to Washington D.C. this week in the wake of one of the most historic elections in U.S. history for a lame duck...
Martha Roby narrowly wins re-election to fourth Congressional term
Alabama's 2nd Congressional District re-elected Martha Roby to the U.S. House of Representatives Tuesday.
The Montgomery Republican narrowly defeated Democratic challenger Nathan Mathis 46-43 percent.
Roby faced a...
Incumbent Gary Palmer defeats challenger David Putman in Alabama’s 6th District
Republican U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer has defeated Democrat David Putman in Alabama's 6th District.
Palmer had 57,642 votes as of 9:30 p.m. CT compared to his opponents'...
GOP battles to limit losses, control House for 2 more years
Republicans seemed on track to secure two more years of House control as the first votes in Tuesday's elections were counted. But the GOP...
