Scalise Undergoes Stem Cell Transplant
Congress
Scalise Undergoes Stem Cell Transplant
2024-01-05 20:17:54
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., announced Friday that he has successfully completed chemotherapy treatments for a form of blood cancer known as multiple myeloma, and is undergoing a stem cell transplant today. The statement released by Scalise’s... Read More

Majority Leader Releases House Election Year Schedule
Congress
Majority Leader Releases House Election Year Schedule
2023-11-08 18:09:39
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., has released the House calendar for the 2024 election year, a plan that calls for lawmakers to spend 28 workweeks in Washington, and optimistically has them breaking for the election season on... Read More

5th Circuit Blocks Oil and Gas Lease Sale in Gulf
Energy
5th Circuit Blocks Oil and Gas Lease Sale in Gulf
2023-10-27 21:15:08
by Dan McCue

NEW ORLEANS — A federal appeals court has temporarily paused a lower court ruling that required the Biden administration to proceed with and expand a planned offshore oil and gas auction in the Gulf of Mexico. The auction in question... Read More

Scalise Exits Speaker’s Race, Leaving Conference Scrambling After ‘Airing of Grievances’
Congress
Scalise Exits Speaker's Race, Leaving Conference Scrambling After 'Airing of Grievances'
2023-10-13 16:03:40
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., withdrew from the race to be the next speaker of the House Thursday night, a stunning development that appears to have left his Republican conference in a state of absolute dysfunction. Scalise... Read More

Republicans Nominate Steve Scalise to Be House Speaker
Political News
Republicans Nominate Steve Scalise to Be House Speaker
2023-10-11 21:39:30
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., narrowly won the Republican nomination to be the next speaker of the House on Wednesday, setting the stage for a floor vote that is still less than certain. The announcement of Scalise’s... Read More

Majority Leader Scalise Enters Speaker Race
Political News
Majority Leader Scalise Enters Speaker Race
2023-10-04 20:17:10
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., has entered the race to replace ousted House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., setting up a two-way contest for the post against Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio. In a lengthy letter to the members... Read More

House Passes GOP’s ‘Priority’ Energy Bill
Congress
House Passes GOP’s ‘Priority’ Energy Bill
2023-03-30 21:15:09
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — The House on Thursday passed the energy bill the new Republican leadership said was its top priority, but in the wake of the vote, the Senate’s top Democrat said the legislation is dead on arrival in his chamber.... Read More

House Republicans Roll Out Massive Energy and Permitting Overhaul
Congress
House Republicans Roll Out Massive Energy and Permitting Overhaul
2023-03-16 14:18:49
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — After weeks of introducing “messaging” resolutions aimed at pleasing the party’s hardcore base of so-called “MAGA Republicans,” the House GOP this week is rolling out its first major piece of legislation. Called H.R. 1 — the Lower Energy... Read More

War of Words Heats Up Over GOP Plan to Abolish Income Tax
Congress
War of Words Heats Up Over GOP Plan to Abolish Income Tax
2023-01-25 21:52:43
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — Democratic leaders from the House and Senate on Wednesday blasted away at a GOP proposal to do away with all income and payroll taxes and replace the lost federal revenue with a massive hike in the sales tax.... Read More

What They’re Saying About the End of Title 42 Expulsions
Immigration
What They’re Saying About the End of Title 42 Expulsions
2022-04-06 23:02:49
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration last week announced it will wind down the pandemic-era order known as Title 42 in late May.  Though always controversial, the decision to do away with what were, in essence, summary deportations in the name... Read More

Bipartisan Bill Aims to Prevent China from Threatening Telecom Networks
Telecom
Bipartisan Bill Aims to Prevent China from Threatening Telecom Networks
2021-07-01 15:04:22
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON -- Legislation intended to prevent China from threatening U.S. telecom networks was front and center Wednesday during a meeting of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology. Introduced by House Republican Whip Steve Scalise, R-La. and... Read More

No. 2 House Republican Backs Cheney Ouster Over Trump Barbs
Political News
No. 2 House Republican Backs Cheney Ouster Over Trump Barbs

WASHINGTON (AP) — The No. 2 House Republican publicly called Wednesday for the removal of Rep. Liz Cheney from the party's leadership, adding momentum to the drive to topple her after she clashed repeatedly with former President Donald Trump.  Rep.... Read More

House Caucuses Prepare for Leadership Votes
Congress
House Caucuses Prepare for Leadership Votes
2020-11-17 15:52:57
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON - It's the election insiders were talking about while most of America was still wondering what would happen on Election Day. Every two years, the election of a new Congress is followed closely by caucus leadership elections. On Tuesday,... Read More

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