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U.S. House Rep Beth Van Duyne (R) introduced legislation Wednesday that would ban schools receiving federal funding from mandating COVID-19 vaccinations. Van Duyne announced her introduction of the new act in a press release Wednesday, naming it the “Parental Choices Not School Mandates Act.” “It must remain a parent’s choice to decide if their children receive the COVID-19 vaccine,...

With Election Day approaching on July 27, here’s what you need to know about the runoff for the U.S. House seat vacated by former U.S. Rep Ron Wright, who died after contracting COVID-19 while fighting a prolonged battle with lung cancer, including where and when eligible voters can cast a ballot:

The Justice Department under former President Donald Trump seized data from the accounts of at least two members of the House Intelligence Committee in 2018 as part of an aggressive crackdown on leaks related to the Russia investigation and other national security matters

The U.S. House on Wednesday voted 252-175 to create an independent bipartisan commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Troy Carter has won a special runoff election for a vacant U.S. House seat based in New Orleans

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

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...

Former Texas Rep. Wendy Davis (D) is running for the U.S. House in 2020 against Rep. Chip Roy (R-Austin). Davis told NBC 5’s Julie Fine she thinks the political climate in Texas has changed since her 2014 bid for governor.

After a close race for a seat in the U.S. House, Round Rock’s MJ Hegar is running for U.S. Senate.  In an exclusive interview, Hegar shared what makes her think she can beat longtime incumbent John Cornyn.

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.