Conservatives on Wednesday tanked a procedural rule vote in revolt against House Speaker Mike Johnson’s top-line spending deal brokered with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, effectively leaving the House at a standstill nine days ahead of a government shutdown deadline.  “We’re making a statement that what the deal . . . that doesn’t secure the border, and that doesn’t […]

Democrats won’t concede a defeat in the 2024 election. President Joe Biden’s Jan. 5 address at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, heralded the Democrats’ much-predicted decision to switch the focus of the president’s reelection campaign from “Bidenomics” to the one theme that has been a winner for them in the last two years: Democrats helped stave off […]

House Republicans are beginning a crucial election year with a heightened focus on border issues, as negotiations in the Senate on asylum policy changes drag on and the conference prepares to bring impeachment proceedings against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.  House Republicans are planning a trip to the border on Wednesday, with 60 members expected […]

The new year will begin with a slate of special elections that could shift the balance of power in the House ahead of the 2024 November elections.  Several incumbents have announced their early retirements from the House, opening up seats that must be filled just as the 2024 congressional cycle gets underway. Voters will also be deciding who will fill […]

Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., joined the growing chorus of GOP critics of Colorado’s ruling disqualifying former President Donald Trump from the state’s primary ballot, arguing “radical leftism” has “infiltrated” every institution in the U.S.. Trump’s campaign and a slew of GOP lawmakers have railed against the decision, arguing it is an illegal attempt by Democrats to […]