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What Can the House Do to Address George Santos’s Falsehoods?
The representative-elect’s long list of fabrications has raised questions about whether he will even be allowed to take his seat next week. But House Republicans have shown little appetite for punishing him.
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The Next House Speaker Should Come From Outside the House
It may come as a surprise to many Americans to learn that the Constitution does not require the House speaker to be a member of the House. The Constitution provides for election of a speaker but does not require House membership to serve in that ...
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Congress Inches Toward Spending Deal, Clearing a Weeklong Extension
The Senate passed legislation to avert a government shutdown this weekend as negotiators worked to finalize an agreement to provide funding through September.
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Congress Set to Replace Dred Scott Author’s Statue With Thurgood Marshall
A bill passed Wednesday would require officials to remove a statue of Justice Roger Brooke Taney, who wrote the racist Dred Scott decision, from its place on the Senate side of the Capitol.
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Pelosi’s Decision to Step Aside Paves Path for a New Generation of Democrats
WASHINGTON — Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s announcement on Thursday that she would step away from the leadership ranks set in motion a long-anticipated ...