Health insurance CEOs testifying before Congress about whether they’re to blame for soaring health care costs have a plan: pass the buck. Five CEOs of major insurers will make the case that the health care premiums they set are rising because of prices charged by other health care players — like hospitals and drugmakers — […]
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries urged opposition to a contempt recommendation for Bill and Hillary Clinton before the House Oversight panel ultimately voted to send the measures to the floor Wednesday, according to two people granted anonymity to discuss the whipping efforts. Nine Democrats joined Republicans in supporting the measure to hold Bill Clinton in […]
GOP leaders are nearing a potential compromise with farm-state Republicans that will allow a $1.2 trillion government funding packageto move forward Thursday after a key ethanol provision was omitted, according to four people granted anonymity to comment on private negotiations. Speaker Mike Johnson is discussing whether to include the provision allowing year-round sales of E15 […]
Nine Democrats on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee voted with Republicans Wednesday to recommend holding former President Bill Clinton in contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena to testify as part of the panel’s investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Three Democrats sided with Republicans in voting for a separate measure to […]
Speaker Mike Johnson now supports the push inside his party to bring impeachment articles against judges perceived as antagonistic of President Donald Trump’s agenda — a notable shift for the Louisiana Republican who over the summer sought to squelch such effort. “I’m for it,” Johnson told reporters at his weekly news conference Wednesday, responding to […]
Only a handful of House Democrats are expected to back a DHS funding bill this week after top party leaders spoke out against it during a closed-door caucus meeting Wednesday, according to three people granted anonymity to describe the meeting. Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries was among the many Democrats who spoke out against the bill, […]
A federal judge on Wednesday denied a request by Reps. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) to appoint an independent monitor to oversee the Justice Department’s disclosure of files related to Jeffrey Epstein, while conceding the lawmakers have raised “legitimate concerns” about the department’s compliance with the law. In a 7-page opinion, U.S. District […]
Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime co-conspirator of Jeffrey Epstein, will sit for a deposition before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Feb. 9, chair James Comer said Wednesday. The announcement came during a markup of contempt measures for Bill and Hillary Clinton, who refused to comply with subpoenas to sit for scheduled depositions last […]
Congress is on track to avoid another shutdown, but it needs to clear several hurdles in a short amount of time in order to beat its month-end deadline. The pressure is on the House to pass four of the most challenging spending bills Thursday — to fund the departments of Defense, HHS, Labor, HUD, Transportation, […]
President Donald Trump’s threat to weaponize steep new tariffs as part of his bid to acquire Greenland could soon put queasy Republicans on the spot. House and Senate Democrats plan to force votes as soon as next month to block the European tariffs Trump announced over the weekend, according to two aides granted anonymity to […]