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House erupts in disorder after Republicans censure top Democrat Adam Schiff, in rare move

The party-line vote punishes Schiff for comments he made about Trump and Russia.

In a a rare move, the House passed a censure resolution along party lines on Wednesday night against Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif. -- punishing one of the chamber's own members and inflaming rhetoric on both sides of the aisle.

The vote was 213-209, with Republicans voting yes, Democrats voting no and six GOP lawmakers voting present.

Schiff, a former intel committee chair, was censured over comments he made years a
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Republicans vow to keep investigating Biden family in wake of Hunter Biden plea deal

Congressional investigators haven't yielded many new details during their probe.

Republicans vow to keep investigating Biden family in wake of Hunter Biden plea deal

House Republicans, who have made one of their top priorities this session probing Hunter Biden and the Biden family's business dealings, still say they plan to continue their investigations despite Hunter Biden's plea deal with prosecutors.

"This does nothing to our investigation," Speaker Kevin McCarthy said outside his office T
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House Republican blasts Freedom Caucus with expletives for stonewalling on legislation

Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Wis., slammed the House Freedom Caucus and hardline conservatives for blocking a procedural vote pertaining to gas stove legislation last week amid their ongoing battle with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, invoking his ailing daughter to make his point.

Referencing his daughter fighting cancer, Van Orden had harsh words for the Freedom Caucus holdouts: "[I show] up to work every f------ day," he said in a closed-door meeting, referring to the four legislative days the Ho
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Standoff between McCarthy, hard-line Republicans continues as House remains in recess

The speaker said he was "blindsided" after hard-liners sank a gas stove vote.

House business has been brought to a halt until next week as the standoff continues between Speaker Kevin McCarthy and hard-line conservatives over McCarthy's handling of the debt ceiling deal.

McCarthy, who said he was surprised by the House Freedom Caucus revolt Tuesday on a procedural move to prevent gas stove bans, initially said it was his intention to hold more votes on Wednesday. By that evening, he had cancel
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GOP push to prevent gas stove ban is scuttled by members discontent with McCarthy

Rep. Matt Gaetz vowed to fight "the era of the imperial speaker."

GOP push to prevent gas stove ban is scuttled by Freedom Caucus members discontent with McCarthy

A procedural first step to take up GOP-backed legislation to prohibit the federal government from banning gas stoves failed on Tuesday afternoon -- at the hands of 12 GOP lawmakers.

It was merely the first opportunity for House Freedom Caucus members dissatisfied with McCarthy and President Joe Biden's debt limit deal to revolt publ
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House hearings against FBI director will begin over Biden doc dispute: Comer

The White House has labeled the claims about the president as "innuendo."

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer said Monday he will initiate contempt of Congress hearings this week over FBI Director Chris Wray's refusal to physically turn over a document that Republicans believe is related to President Joe Biden.

Comer's announcement followed a briefing by FBI officials in which the Kentucky Republican and the Oversight Committee's ranking Democrat, Jamie Raskin of Maryland, reviewed
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Debt ceiling deal passes the House as US moves closer to preventing historic default

Leaders in the Senate have said they want to act quickly to OK the legislation.

Debt ceiling deal passes the House as US moves closer to preventing historic default

The House on Wednesday night approved a bill to raise the nation's debt ceiling while cutting some government spending over the next two years, in a major victory for both the White House and Republican leaders as the country tip-toes closer to a historic default on its bills.

A majority of the GOP conference backed the legislatio
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Debt ceiling deal to stop default narrowly passes 1st big test in key House committee

The debt ceiling deal brokered by President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy cleared a major procedural hurdle on Tuesday night, just days before a potential default by the U.S. government.

The House Rules Committee gave the green light for the Fiscal Responsibility Act to advance to the full House so members can hold a planned vote on Wednesday night before sending the legislation to the Senate ahead of Monday’s default deadline.

The panel advanced the bill to the floor for debate i
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House moves closer to vote on debt ceiling deal as lawmakers race to prevent default

"On history, I'd want to be here with this bill today," Speaker McCarthy said.

House moves closer to vote on debt ceiling deal as lawmakers race to prevent default

A deal to raise the nation's debt ceiling is heading to a crucial vote in the House on Wednesday night, the next step in averting a potential default now just days away.

The bill, titled the "Fiscal Responsibility Act," cleared its first major hurdle Tuesday when the House Rules Committee advanced the bill in a 7-6 vote.

A subsequ
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Negotiators have 'made progress' but no debt limit deal as deadline nears: McCarthy

The House speaker said any deal has to "be worthy of the American people."

With a potential debt default just six days away, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy arrived at the Capitol Friday telling reporters he remained optimistic despite no deal in hand.

McCarthy said negotiators "made progress" overnight but wouldn't get into specifics of the framework being discussed.

"And I'm gonna work as hard as we can to try to get this done, get more progress today and finish the job," the speaker told repo
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Debt ceiling negotiators 'making progress,' Biden says even as deal remains elusive

There are just seven days left before potential default.

Seeking to strike a reassuring tone despite days of negotiations, President Joe Biden said Thursday afternoon that he's had several "productive conversations" with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and their teams are "making progress" on debt ceiling talks as the country inches closer to default.

"I've made it clear time and again: Defaulting on our national debt is not an option," Biden said as he delivered remarks in the Rose Garden before
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Biden and McCarthy seem positive on debt deal after meeting, but 'differences' remain

The House speaker has said an agreement is needed "this week" to avoid default.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy left a White House meeting with President Joe Biden on Monday saying he was optimistic about progress toward a deal on the nation's debt ceiling -- but "philosophical differences" with Democrats remained, as the clock continues to tick down toward an unprecedented default.

"I think the tone tonight was better than any other time," McCarthy said. "We still will have some philosophical di
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McCarthy tells House Republicans 'nowhere near a deal' on debt, spending

He also told ABC News "we can still finish this by June 1st."

In a closed-door meeting with House Republicans Tuesday morning, Speaker Kevin McCarthy told his conference he and the White House are "nowhere a deal" on the debt limit and spending, urging members to hold firm, sources told ABC News.

"I need you all to hang with me on the debt limit," McCarthy told members in the room, according to sources. "We are nowhere near a deal yet."

He spoke with nine days to go until the June 1 "X-date,"
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'Work requirements' emerge as flashpoint in debt ceiling, spending talks

As Washington struggles to reach a debt ceiling deal with little more than a week until potential default, a key hangup in the negotiations is turning out to be -- "work requirements."

A long-sought effort by Republicans to impose stricter conditions on recipients of Medicaid and other federal assistance programs is now front-and-center in the debt ceiling standoff.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has described tougher work requirements as a "red line" in his ongoing negotiations with President J
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Biden to call McCarthy to discuss debt ceiling after G7 summit

President Joe Biden asked his team to set up a call with Speaker Kevin McCarthy for Sunday morning to discuss the debt ceiling negotiations "following his meetings at the G7," a White House official said Saturday night.

The official didn't say what time exactly the call would take place or where Biden would call from as he could call from Hiroshima or even from Air Force One.

Biden "received an update from his team both last night and this morning on the status of negotiations," the White Hous
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Biden and McCarthy to meet on Monday to negotiate directly on debt ceiling

The nation could default on its bills as early as June 1.

Biden and McCarthy to meet on Monday to negotiate directly on debt ceiling

President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy will meet on Monday to directly negotiate on how to raise the federal government's debt ceiling in the final days before the country defaults on its bills.

McCarthy, R-Calif., told reporters on Sunday that a conversation he'd just had with Biden as the president flew back from an international summit in Hirosh
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McCarthy praises debt limit negotiators, but GOP hardliners say talks should stop

"I see the path that we could come to an agreement," Speaker McCarthy said.

As House Speaker Kevin McCarthy expressed his most positive view yet on debt ceiling talks, a group of hardline conservatives on Thursday urged Republicans to stop negotiating altogether.

McCarthy said that while no deal has been reached, they're in a "much better place" than a week ago.

"We're not there. We haven't agreed to anything yet," McCarthy said during an impromptu gaggle with reporters. "But I see the path t
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Democratic Rep. Sara Jacobs reintroduces legislation to ensure privacy on period-tracking apps

As oral arguments begin in a federal appeals court case Wednesday weighing access to the widely-used abortion pill in the United States, some lawmakers on Capitol Hill are sounding the alarm about data privacy.

Rep. Sara Jacobs, a Democrat from California, said in an exclusive interview with ABC News that restricting the use of mifepristone -- a pill used to end pregnancies of less than 10 weeks -- could have a greater impact than the Supreme Court's decision last June that overruled the consti
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House sends Santos expulsion resolution to ethics panel instead; rep calls him 'a stain'

House Republican leaders on Wednesday avoided an on-the-record vote on whether GOP Rep. George Santos should be expelled, instead holding a vote to move the Democratic-proposed resolution to the House Ethics Committee.

The full House adopted the Republican motion by a party-line vote of 221-204, with seven members voting present.

All five Republicans on the House Ethics Committee voted in favor of the motion, while the Democrats on the committee all voted present. Reps. Chrissy Houlahan, D-Pa.
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Biden cuts upcoming foreign trip short amid debt ceiling showdown

Speaker McCarthy said it's "possible" to reach a deal by the end of the week.

With time running short to address the debt ceiling or risk default, President Joe Biden said Tuesday he will cut his upcoming foreign trip short to be back in time for "final negotiations."

Biden will depart Wednesday to meet with G-7 leaders in Japan, but will now travel back Sunday and no longer visit Papua New Guinea or Australia.

Biden would have become the first sitting U.S. president to visit Papua New Guinea
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Bernie Sanders introduces his largest minimum wage proposal yet

A Senate committee will soon take up a bill that would more than double the minimum wage -- though the legislation's chances of passage are slim.

Sen. Bernie Sanders, an independent from Vermont who chairs the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, said a $17-an-hour minimum wage is needed to help workers keep pace with the rising cost of living across the United States.

"I am delighted to announce this morning that on June 14, the Senate HELP Committee will be marking up a
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House Republicans voting on their debt ceiling plan after McCarthy caves on last-minute compromise

House Republicans began voting Wednesday on legislation that would raise the nation's debt limit while cutting federal government spending -- an effort intended to force Democrats into negotiations even as the bill has scant chance of becoming law.

"This week we will pass a bill on this floor that will lift the debt ceiling -- something the Senate has not done, something the president has not negotiated -- and send it over to the Senate, because we think this is a responsibility," Speaker Kevin
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House GOP narrowly passes bill to raise debt limit and cut spending; White House called it 'ransom'

House Republicans on Wednesday narrowly passed a bill to increase the nation's debt ceiling while cutting federal government spending -- and while the legislation has no prospect of becoming law, GOP leaders hope it will help force negotiations with Democrats.

The proposal, known as the Limit, Save, Grow Act, passed 217-215, with four Republicans joining all Democrats in voting no.

Those Republicans were Reps. Andy Biggs, Ken Buck, Tim Burchett and Matt Gaetz.

McCarthy held a news conference
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