Pelosi Mandates Masks in US House of Representatives
The U.S. House of Representatives begins a new mandated face mask policy Thursday, following an order from House Speaker Nancy Pelos...
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On House Floor, Democratic Women Call Out Abusive Treatment by Men
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's outrage over a Republican lawmaker's verbal assault broadened into an extraordinary moment...
Congress Passes Sprawling Plan to Boost Conservation, Parks
A bipartisan bill that would spend nearly $3 billion on conservation projects, outdoor recreation and maintenance of national parks...
House Votes on Statues of Confederates, Racist Chief Justice
The House moved toward a vote Wednesday on removing from the U.S. Capitol statues of Confederate heroes, including Robert E. Lee, an...
Trump, Republican Leaders to Discuss Virus Aid as Crisis Deepens
Top Republicans in Congress were expecting to meet Monday with President Donald Trump on the next COVID-19 aid package as the admini...
US House, Senate Move Toward Votes on Police Reform Bills
Democratic and Republican police reform proposals are moving ahead with both the House of Representatives and Senate planning to hol...
Senate GOP to Propose Policing Changes in ‘Justice Act’
Senate Republicans are proposing changes to police procedures and accountability with an enhanced use-of-force database, restriction...
Black Lives Matter Protests Push Congress to Act on Police Reform
U.S. lawmakers this week remembered the life of George Floyd, the black man who died while in police custody in Minneapolis on May 2...
Can Police Reform Laws Pass Congress in Election Year?
U.S. House Democrats took the first step Wednesday toward passing police reform legislation in response to the May 25 death of Georg...
Congress Confronts Dual Crises of Protests, Virus Outbreak
Congress convened Monday with protests outside its door and across the nation, the Capitol already struck by the COVID-19 outbreak n...
US Congress Approves China Sanctions Over Ethnic Crackdown
Congress voted Wednesday to toughen the U.S. response to a brutal Chinese crackdown on ethnic minorities, adding another factor to t...
