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6 Questions Congress May Ask Robert Mueller During His Testimony
In two separate hearings on Wednesday, Democrats want Americans who haven't read Mueller's findings to see and hear them instead. Republicans want to take the former special counsel down a peg. -
Coal Miners To Demand Congress Restore Full Black Lung Benefits Tax
Coal miners will press members of Congress to fully restore a coal excise tax that supports miners diagnosed with black lung. The tax was cut more than 50% at the end of last year. -
Budget Negotiators Close On Debt, Agency Spending Deal
The deal would mostly eliminate the risk of a repeat government shutdown this fall. -
Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse To Challenge Congressman Richard Neal
Morse is challenging a powerful incumbent, Neal, who is the chair of the House Ways and Means Committee -
Will Robert Mueller's Testimony Shift The Prevailing Winds In Washington?
All eyes in the capital — and many more in the nation — will be on the former special counsel this week in Congress. Whatever takes place, the political stakes are high. -
Homeland Security Chief To Face Off With Democrats On Border Crisis
Acting DHS Secretary Kevin McAleenan will appear before the House Oversight and Reform Committee amid a heated debate between the GOP and Democrats about the administration's immigration policies. -
House Blocks Maverick Democrat's Trump Impeachment Effort
The House easily killed a maverick Democrat's effort Wednesday to impeach President Donald Trump for his recent racial insults against lawmakers of color. -
House Holds Attorney General And Commerce Secretary In Contempt Over Census Probe
Democrats have demanded documents related to the origins of Trump administration's decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census. The effort to add the question was ultimately halted. -
The US House May Be The Only Place With Rules Against Calling The President Racist
Tuesday's battle over using the word "racist" joins a long history of efforts to maintain "decorum" in the House. -
Trump Denies Racism As House Dems Try Condemning His Attacks
The Democratic-led House voted Tuesday night to condemn President Donald Trump's "racist comments" against four congresswomen of color.