Category: House of Representatives

House GOP Leader Asks Supreme Court to End Proxy Voting

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is taking his fight against what he calls the “patently unconstitutional practice” of proxy voting in the U.S. House of Representatives to the Supreme Court. In the early days of the pandemic in May 2020, the House approved a resolution allowing members to cast votes on the House floor…


Growing List of Democrat Retirements Bolster GOP Hopes of Retaking House Majority in 2022

When Rep. Ron Kind (D-Wis.) announced Aug. 10 that he would not seek re-election, he became the eighth House Democrat to decide either to retire or seek a different office in November 2022. Congressional incumbents always start a re-election campaign with major advantages over challengers, so losing eight of them at this point in the…


House Aides Can Make More Than Lawmakers Due to New Pelosi Order

House of Representatives staffers can make nearly $200,000 a year due to a new order from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.). Pelosi announced this week that her order means staffers can make as much as $199,300 a year. That’s more than virtually all House and Senate members make. Most receive $174,000 a year, though Pelosi…


House Panel Upholds $500 Mask Fines for 3 GOP Lawmakers

Three Republican House lawmakers lost their appeals on Tuesday after being rejected by the House Ethics Committee over $500 fines for not wearing their masks on the House floor. The three lawmakers, Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) were previously fined in May for repeatedly choosing to not wear their…


Pelosi: Not the Right Time to Remove House Chamber Metal Detectors

The metal detectors that were installed at entrances to the House of Representatives following the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol breach will remain in place for now, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said on Thursday. “As long as there is a threat, we’ll have to have protection,” Pelosi told reporters in Washington. She was responding to…


Trump Huddles With GOP Congress Members to Plan How to Flip House in 2022

About a dozen Republicans in the House of Representatives met with former President Donald Trump this week, going over the border crisis and how the GOP plans to flip the lower chamber in 2022. Leaders of the Republican Study Committee, which bills itself as the largest conservative caucus in the House, went to Florida to…


Californians to Lose Congressional Seat

Commentary The results of the 2020 census are in, and California is going to lose a congressional seat. The state will only be sending 52 members to the U.S. House of Representatives after the 2022 elections, down from the 53 it sent following the 2020 elections. For the first time since it gained statehood, California…


Pelosi Suggests House Won’t Resume Normal Operations Until All Members Are Vaccinated

The House of Representatives may not return to normal operations unless all members get a COVID-19 vaccine, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Friday, shooting down calls from Republicans to open because about three quarters of the representatives have gotten shots. “One of the most substantial steps that can be taken is that everybody should be…


House Narrowly Passes ‘George Floyd’ Police Reform Bill

The House of Representatives late Wednesday narrowly passed a bill that would ban controversial police tactics such as chokeholds and no-knock warrants.


Video: Live Q&A: UN Gave China Names of Dissidents; Democrats Push ‘Equality Act’ Through House

The United Nations provided the Chinese government with names of dissidents, who then faced persecution, according to newly released emails. And in other news, Democrats have successfully pushed their “Equality Act” through the House of Representatives. In this live Q&A with Crossroads host Joshua Philipp we’ll be discussing these stories and others, and answering questions…