Articles filed under U.S. Congress
-
Republicans nominate Steve Scalise to be House speaker but struggle to unite quickly and elect himOct 10, 2023 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — Republicans nominated Rep. Steve Scalise on Wednesday to be the next House speaker but struggled to quickly unite their deeply divided majority and elect th...
-
A look at the contenders for House speaker and the demands they're facing from fellow RepublicansOct 06, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - For Republicans, it's a question with no clear answer: Who becomes House speaker after Kevin McCarthy? Despite former President Donald Trump's endorsement o...
-
Kevin McCarthy is out as speaker of the House. Here's what's nextOct 04, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The House of Representatives is entering uncharted territory after a far-right effort to remove fellow Republican Kevin McCarthy from the speakership succee...
-
McCarthy becomes the first speaker ever to be ousted from the job in a House voteOct 03, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Speaker Kevin McCarthy was voted out of the job Tuesday in an extraordinary showdown, a first in U.S. history that was forced by a contingent of hard-right ...
-
'I cannot believe it's come to this': Suburban lawmakers weigh in on McCarthy's ousterOct 03, 2023 1:00 am - Reactions to the unprecedented ouster of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy from Illinois lawmakers Tuesday ranged from "good riddance" to "shameful" to disbelief at political...
-
Government shutdown averted with little time to spareSep 30, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The threat of a federal government shutdown suddenly lifted late Saturday as President Joe Biden signed a temporary funding bill to keep agencies open with ...
-
The Dianne Feinstein they knew: Women of the Senate remember a tireless fighter and a true friendSep 30, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - When Washington Sen. Patty Murray received a call early Friday morning that Sen. Dianne Feinstein had died, she immediately started calling her fellow femal...
-
'I'm preparing for absolutely the worst': How a government shutdown could impact IllinoisSep 27, 2023 1:00 am - Dysfunction in Washington D.C. will have consequences throughout the Chicago region if lawmakers can't strike a deal to avert a government shutdown this weekend, federal...
-
Where local members of Congress went on lobbyist-funded tripsSep 25, 2023 5:30 am - Six members of the congressional delegation serving the North, West and Northwest suburbs took trips abroad last year funded by special interest groups, federal document...
-
Duckworth has earned more than $1.6 million from memoir sales, documents showSep 25, 2023 5:30 am - Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth of Hoffman Estates has collected more than $1.6 million in royalties from the sales of her memoir since its initial publication more...