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Bipartisan efforts on child tax credit afoot in House - Roll Call

A bipartisan group of House members plans to work on beefing up a tax credit for families with young children.

Roll Call · Jul 17, 2023

House GOP well funded for ’24, but Schiff censure opens cash spigot

New fundraising disclosures have details about Democrats Adam Schiff and Joe Manchin III, and Republicans Lauren Boebert and George Santos.

Roll Call · Jul 17, 2023

Energy tax credits a big test for GOP vote counters on debt bill - Roll Call

The prospect of repealing clean energy tax credits is causing some House Republicans to waver on the GOP debt limit bill.

Roll Call · Apr 25, 2023

2022 Vote Studies: Division hit new high in Senate, fell in House - Roll Call

Only one Democrat voted with the party less than 90 percent of the time on votes where the parties were split last year, CQ Roll Call found.

Roll Call · Mar 24, 2023

Yellen, House Republicans spar over tax increases, debt limit

WASHINGTON — House Republicans slammed the Biden administration’s tax proposals in a hearing with Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen on Friday, giving the president’s latest budget request an icy reception.

Tribune News Service · Mar 10, 2023

Yellen, House Republicans spar over tax increases, debt limit - Roll Call

House Republicans slammed the Biden administration’s tax proposals in a hearing with Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen on Friday.

Roll Call · Mar 10, 2023

Ideological, regional diversity hallmarks of tax panel's frosh - Roll Call

The new Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee don't always jibe with their party's mainstream.

Roll Call · Feb 10, 2023

McCarthy’s moderate Republican allies have their own debt-ceiling ideas

Ultraconservatives in the House have dominated the public discussion on the US debt ceiling, but Speaker Kevin McCarthy can’t afford to ignore GOP centrists if the country is to avoid a catastrophic payments default later this year.

Tribune News Service · Jan 26, 2023

A few lawmakers make election legislation a priority in 2023

With the exception of important updates to the rules for counting electoral votes, Congress failed to pass meaningful changes to election laws in recent years. With Republicans running the House and Democrats controlling the Senate, it would take a Herculean bit of bipartisan negotiations to pass anything related to voting…

Tribune News Service · Jan 24, 2023

Q&A: Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon on carjacking, women in politics and smoke-filled back rooms

WASHINGTON — It’s been a year since Mary Gay Scanlon was carjacked at gunpoint as she left a meeting in Philadelphia.

Tribune News Service · Jan 13, 2023