Despite a wave of Republican opposition, the House on Wednesday passed a stopgap spending bill well ahead of the Oct. 1 government shutdown deadline. The three-month spending patch then easily passed in the Democrat-run Senate, and the White House signaled its support for it.  Speaker Mike Johnson had to rely on Democrats to pass the bill as his option of […]

The House handed Speaker Mike Johnson an expected defeat Wednesday, voting down his stopgap, six-month funding bill that requires proof of citizenship to vote.  “I’m already talking to colleagues about their many ideas. We have time to fix the situation,” Johnson said. Though most Republicans supported the push to again force Democrats to consider the SAVE Act, some were unwilling […]

Republicans on the House Administration Committee grilled a bipartisan panel of state officials Wednesday on how they will ensure safe and secure elections, as concerns about voter fraud in the 2020 election persist. Secretaries of state from Arizona, Florida, Ohio, Michigan, New Mexico, and West Virginia appeared at the hearing titled “American Confidence in Elections: Looking Ahead to the 2024 General Election.”  […]

House lawmakers are debating how to fund the government after Speaker Mike Johnson revealed his plan on Wednesday, which attaches the proof-of-citizenship voting bill SAVE Act.  His proposal is not being met with unanimous support among some Republicans, particularly those facing tough reelection bids in toss-up districts, who feel a clean resolution might be the […]

We cannot be sure what the Founding Fathers would say about the current state of our republic. However, we do know what one of them famously said about it then. A Philadelphia socialite named Elizabeth Powel asked Benjamin Franklin a question that resonates more than ever: “Well, doctor, what have we got, a republic or […]