Matt Gaetz Is Polarizing, in Both Congress and His Florida District In an overwhelmingly Republican district, Mr. Gaetz is admired for shaking up the House, but he also has plenty of critics.

Congress Can’t Let Gary Gensler Regulate Digital Assets Out of Existence We should support an amendment from House Majority Whip Tom Emmer to limit the SEC’s authority over the industry, say Tim Ryan and David McIntosh, co-chairs of the Blockchain Innovation Project.

Congress Narrowly Averts Shutdown and Passes Stopgap Bill In a stunning reversal, Speaker Kevin McCarthy pushed through a bill with Democratic votes to temporarily keep the government open. President Biden signed it late Saturday.

A Brief History of Consequential Deaths in Congress Lawmakers’ deaths have sometimes helped to flip partisan control. With an aging, narrowly divided Senate, it could be a possibility again.

The Republicans Driving Congress Toward a Shutdown With a Sept. 30 deadline looming, hard-right House Republicans have formed a wall of opposition to a temporary measure to fund the government.

We are defeating global poverty. Congress could set us back. (RNS) — Far-right Republicans are insisting on deep cuts in domestic and international poverty programs — though we have ample evidence both are working. The post We are defeating global poverty. Congress could set us back. appeared first on Religion News Service.

CFTC Denies Kalshi’s Plan to Let Users Bet on Control of U.S. Congress Regulators said the plans weren’t in the public interest, after a court squabble involving rival service PredictIt

Congress needs to live up to its Christian protestations (RNS) — Do we really want Christian values to prevail? The post Congress needs to live up to its Christian protestations appeared first on Religion News Service.

Ex-Senator Who Once Shepherded Crypto Legislation Sees No Path in Current Congress Former U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, who tried and failed to push his own crypto legislation through Congress before leaving at the start of the year, can’t see how the current Senate will have any better luck, despite recent progress in the House of Representatives.

Republicans have accused Garland of misleading Congress about the Hunter Biden investigation.

Bill eyes Congress honor for tennis legend King Three U.S. senators will introduce a bill Wednesday that would award the Congressional Gold Medal to Billie Jean King.

African churches urge US Congress to reauthorize PEPFAR NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — The leaders are writing in response to a letter sent to Congress in June by religious groups and legislators asserting that the funds for the program were financing family planning and reproductive health programs, including abortion.  The post African churches urge US Congress to reauthorize PEPFAR appeared first on Relig…

Facing a Shutdown, Congress Melts Down Bands of Republicans in the House and the Senate have brought the spending debate to a screeching halt with a shutdown just days away.

Ufologist Claims to Show Mummified Alien Specimens to Mexico’s Congress In a jaw-dropping presentation, a self-proclaimed ufologist showed members of Congress what he claimed were two mummified specimens of extraterrestrial beings.

Congress Embarks on Spending Battle as Shutdown Looms at End of September The House returns this week with conservatives threatening both spending levels and Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

Here Are the 20 Oldest Members of Congress Congress has long been an institution that runs on seniority and rewards longevity, and these veteran lawmakers are still running the country at an age when most people are well into retirement.

Jury Begins to Deliberate in Navarro’s Contempt of Congress Trial In dispute is whether Peter Navarro’s decision to ignore a subpoena from lawmakers amounted to a willful defiance of Congress, or a simple misunderstanding.

The auto industry’s Congress member is worried about losing the EV race to China Photo by Chip Somodevilla / Getty ImagesRepresentative Debbie Dingell (D-MI) is among the prominent voices in Congress advocating for a smooth transition to electric vehicles. Dingell, who was first elected in 2015, represents suburban Detroit, home to a large swath of the American car industry and the labor force that builds those vehicles. I …

iFixit wants Congress to let it hack McDonald’s ice cream machines Image: iFixit via YouTubeMcDonald’s ice cream machines are so notorious for breaking that it’s become a meme. But now we may have some glimmer of Shamrock Shake-flavored hope: not only has iFixit performed a teardown of McDonald’s machines, but it’s also petitioning the government to let it create the parts required for people to fix them. As sh…

Two Justices Clash on Congress’s Power Over Supreme Court Ethics For the second summer in a row, Justices Samuel A. Alito Jr. and Elena Kagan sketched out dueling conceptions of their institution’s place in the constitutional structure.