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A group of ultra-conservative House Republicans, including Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., are discussing launching an “America First Caucus” that would protect “Anglo-Saxon political traditions.” Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, told reporters Friday that he’s “looking at” joining. “There is an America First Caucus,” he said, confirming that Greene is involved. The formation of a caucus could be another sign...

The House passed a $1.9 trillion pandemic relief package early Saturday that includes $1,400 checks for most Americans and billions of dollars for schools, state and local governments and businesses

Rep. David Cicilline, D-R.I., said Wednesday that former President Donald Trump did nothing to stop the Capitol Riot. “On Jan. 6, Trump did not once condemn this attack,” Cicilline said. “In fact, on Jan. 6, the only person he condemned was his own vice president, Mike Pence. By all accounts by the people that were around him, [Trump] was delighted.”

Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., on Thursday recalled her experience during the Capitol Riot: “I just remember taking a second thinking, if they touch these doors, if they hit these doors… and come anywhere near my staff, my thought process was, ‘We bangin’ ’til the end.’ I’m not letting them take out my people, and you’re not taking me...

Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., reads the Article of Impeachment against former President Donald Trump.

Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., slammed President Donald Trump on Wednesday and called on Congress to impeach the president. “The 117th Congress must understand that we have a mandate to legislate in defense of Black lives. The first step in that process is to root our white supremacy, starting with impeaching the white supremacist-in-chief.”

In a statement on Friday, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., called on President Donald Trump to resign. “But if he does not, I have instructed the Rules Committee to be prepared to move forward with Congressman Jamie Raskin’s 25th Amendment legislation and a motion for impeachment.”

The historically close race for Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District seat has gotten even closer

The final farewells to the late U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings began Wednesday in Baltimore, where constituents, family members, elected officials and others remembered the Maryland congressman for working tirelessly and fearlessly for social justice from childhood until his death.

U.S. House members are trying to block the transfer of U.S. Department of Agriculture jobs from D.C. to Kansas even though some of the move has already begun. Scott MacFarlane reports.

Flags with 51 stars have been lining Pennsylvania Avenue NW, intended to send a message to Congress and the rest of the country.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and a bus full of veterans flew 51-star flags on Monday to call for Congress to make the District the nation’s 51st state News4’s Mark Segraves reports. 

Fishermen insisted Monday to a congressional subcommittee looking at offshore wind energy that they be consulted when crucial decisions are being made on the development of such projects, including where they are located and the level of access to the waters near them. Fishermen should have been brought into the planning process from the start, Peter Hughes, of Atlantic Cape...

The U.S. House is preparing to hold its first full committee hearing since 1993 for a bill proposing to recognize Washington, D.C., as the nation’s 51st state.

Leaders of the troubled Washington DC VA Medical Center told Congress they’re suffering major staffing shortages but insisted they are making needed improvements. Reporting by the News4 I-Team led to a formal U.S. House hearing Thursday. Scott MacFarlane reports.

A breakthrough for thousands of government staffers in our area: Scott MacFarlane learned the U.S. House is considering a new system for paid family leave. The I-Team revealed there’s no required paid leave system in Congress, and some offices offer little to none for new mothers and fathers.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is being honored with the 2019 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award.

Iowa voters sent a record number of women to the Legislature during last year’s midterms. Women won two of the state’s most competitive U.S. House races, and a woman was elected governor for the first time. Yet across Iowa, there’s palpable anxiety among some Democratic women about nominating a female candidate to face off against President Donald Trump next year....

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has been named the recipient of the 2019 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award.

Former Rep. Ralph Hall, a political survivor whose career mirrored the massive partisan shift that marked the last 50 years of Texas politics and made him the oldest person to ever serve in the U.S. House, died Thursday. He was 95.