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House Republicans running into trouble trying to nominate new speaker
“I don’t know how the hell you get to 218,” Rep. Troy Nehls, R-Texas, said. “It could be a long week.”
By Lisa Mascaro
Q&A: Census citizenship question sparks legal debate, fears
A request from the Census Bureau to ask everyone in the country about citizenship status has set off litigation and debate and raised some important questions.
Disaster aid bill again blocked in House by GOP conservative
Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky said that if Democratic leaders like Speaker Nancy Pelosi thought the measure was so important, they should have kept the House in session in Washington late last week to slate an up-or-down roll call vote.
GOP attacks Schiff at first post-Mueller Russia hearing
Republicans called for Rep. Adam Schiff's, D-Calif., resignation as chair of the Intelligence Committee over his comments about significant evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia.
Senate rejection of Trump border emergency no longer certain
It has long looked like the Republican-run Senate would join the Democratic-led House in voting to block President Donald Trump's border emergency. That would set up the first veto of Trump's presidency. But there have been signs that opposition by a few GOP mavericks is softening.
House OKs Democrats’ bill blocking Trump emergency on wall
The House chamber approved and sent it to the Republican-held Senate, where it would take only a handful of GOP defections to pass.
58 former national security officials to rebuke Trump’s emergency declaration
A bipartisan group of 58 former senior national security officials is expected to join opposition to President Trump’s national emergency declaration.
By Joe Gould
Here’s why 22 Republicans voted against blocking Trump from NATO pullout
Some House Republicans voted against a resolution supporting NATO this week because they saw it as an attack on President Donald Trump.
By Joe Gould
Israel defense aid bill snared in shutdown showdown
The way ahead is unclear for a bill to impose new sanctions on Syria, boost security assistance to Israel and reauthorize defense cooperation with Jordan.
By Joe Gould
Trump tells GOP leaders he won’t sign bill to avoid shutdown
"The president said he will not sign this bill," because it doesn’t include money for his border wall with Mexico House Speaker Paul Ryan said exiting a hastily called meeting with Trump and other GOP lawmakers at the White House.
70 House lawmakers to Trump: Kill proposed $33B defense cut
Lawmakers urge the president to stick to a planned top line of $733 billion for his fiscal 2020 defense budget.
By Joe Gould