Sixteen House Republicans have never voted to raise the debt ceiling — even under former President Donald Trump — complicating Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s hand as he seeks to browbeat the Biden administration into spending cuts. Why it matters: The entrenched opposition means McCarthy could need Democratic votes for any package that ties hiking the debt ceiling to budget cuts.  As it stands, […]

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., is going after healthcare institutions for refusing to treat patients who were not vaccinated against COVID-19. Earlier this week, Paul introduced legislation preventing healthcare facilities that denied unvaccinated people treatment, including organ transplants, from receiving taxpayer dollars.  Under the “COVID-19 Vaccination Non-Discrimination Act,” patients will also be protected to make decisions […]

Frustration on Capitol Hill is mounting after a string of aerial objects were shot down over U.S. and Canadian airspace in the last few days, raising a long list of questions that lawmakers say President Joe Biden should publicly address.  Three unidentified flying objects (UFOs) have been shot down over North America since Friday, and the Pentagon […]

The House approved a pair of resolutions on Thursday that disapprove of the District of Columbia’s bill on noncitizen voting and its criminal code, as part of an effort to block the nation’s capital from enforcing the measures. According to the D.C. Home Rule Act, Congress has the ability to block laws in the city […]

House Republicans are preparing to issue subpoenas to senior members of the intelligence community and withhold spending in order to get information about why it took President Joe Biden eight days to respond to the Chinese spy balloon. The Biden administration has so far been tight-lipped on details about the balloon and the administration’s response […]