The Latest Breaking News from Andy Harris

Gas tax holiday bill on ice despite House rule fracas

A House Freedom Caucus push for a vote on legislation to suspend federal motor fuel taxes amid war-driven pain at the pump was thwarted Tuesday after a group of rebels briefly held up floor action on other matters to press their demands. Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Harris, R-Md., and other…

Roll Call · Sep 16

Funding extension clears House, avoiding shutdown threat

The House easily cleared a stopgap spending bill Tuesday that would keep federal agencies funded through Dec. 11, avoiding the risk of a partial government shutdown this fall. On a lopsided vote of 370-48, the House sent to President Donald Trump’s desk a short-term funding patch despite objections from hard-line…

Roll Call · Sep 1

Rule for debate on mining, whales, socialism measures squeaks by

House GOP leaders on Tuesday narrowly gathered enough support to adopt a rule allowing their side’s bills to come to the floor, after concerns related to a stopgap spending bill to keep the government funded through the midterm elections nearly derailed the procedural resolution. After resounding passage of the stopgap…

Roll Call · Sep 1

MAGA lawmakers face uproar as far right accuses them of flooding states with foreign workers

Freedom Caucus chair battles the likes of Steve Bannon over temporary workers from other countries as far right warns of ‘mass amnesty’

The Independent UK · Apr 12

Mike Johnson faces a rocky path to funding DHS

"Could the Senate be any more lazy than to send to us a bill that doesn't do the job and then leave town?" Chip Roy said.

Axios · Mar 27

House GOP rejects bipartisan Senate bill to end DHS shutdown

House Republicans — caught by surprise by the Senate’s early-morning deal on Department of Homeland Security spending — signaled they wouldn’t be jammed by the other chamber on their way out the door to a two-week recess, instead proposing a roughly eight-week stopgap measure to buy more time for negotiations. The…

Roll Call · Mar 27

How the Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks explain the 2026 midterms

The Seattle Seahawks' roster reveals a neat overlay between hometowns and college towns and key battleground states and districts.

Roll Call · Feb 10

Maryland Democrats advance new map that would eliminate sole GOP-held seat

The Maryland House approved a new congressional map that would favor Democrats, but the prospects in the state Senate remain unclear.

Roll Call · Feb 2

Maryland governor announces formation of redistricting commission - Roll Call

Commission formed after Senate leader Bill Ferguson, a Democrat, said that his chamber would not move forward with mid-decade redistricting.

Roll Call · Nov 4, 2025

After AI Trump drops poop on Americans in No Kings flyover video Mike Johnson makes bold claim about his prowess

House speaker says Trump was employing ‘satire’ when he posted a meme of himself wearing a crown and dumping a payload of apparent feces on protesters at the ‘No Kings’ rally

The Independent UK · Oct 20, 2025