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PublishedNovember 30, 2022
Hakeem Jeffries elected first Black lawmaker to lead House Democrats
Showing rare party unity after their midterm election losses, the House Democrats moved seamlessly from one history-making leader to another, choosing the 52-year-old New Yorker.
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PublishedNovember 17, 2022
Republicans eye new priorities for House, starting with Biden probe
Come next year, Republicans have made clear, the Jan. 6 investigative committee will be no more. Instead, public probes into the president’s son, Hunter Biden, will begin.
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PublishedNovember 17, 2022
Nancy Pelosi won’t seek leadership role but plans to stay in Congress
Pelosi noted in a statement after the Associated Press called control of the chamber that, in the next Congress, House Democrats will have “strong leverage over a scant Republican majority.”
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PublishedNovember 15, 2022
Kevin McCarthy passes 1st House speaker test, but hurdles remain
The Republican leader needs 218 votes when the new Congress gathers in January.
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PublishedNovember 8, 2022
Republicans push in close races to break 1-party hold on Congress
A Republican win could bring a new intensity to Capitol Hill with promises to end President Biden’s most ambitious plans and to launch investigations – even, potentially, impeachment of the president.
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PublishedAugust 16, 2022
Democrats press for Secret Service records, hint at subpoena
In a letter released Tuesday, the leaders of the House Oversight and Homeland Security committees signaled they are willing to subpoena Inspector General Joseph Cuffari if he does not comply with their requests.
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PublishedJuly 15, 2022
House votes to restore abortion rights, but odds in the Senate are dim
Only two Senate Republicans, Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins, have been supportive of abortion rights, but they do not support the Democrats' proposal, calling it too far-reaching.
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PublishedApril 1, 2022
House votes to decriminalize marijuana, but Senate fate dim
Democratic Reps. Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden of Maine voted for the bill.
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PublishedMarch 12, 2022
Funding package passed by Congress includes money for long list of Maine initiatives
The omnibus package includes hundreds of millions of dedicated funds for projects in Maine requested by members of the state’s congressional delegation.
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PublishedDecember 2, 2021
Senate passes stopgap funding bill, avoiding shutdown
The measure now goes to President Biden to be signed into law.
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