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Kevin McCarthy is charging straight into history with his quest to become House speaker

​WASHINGTON — The House passed a stopgap measure Wednesday to give Congress an extra week to complete an overdue omnibus spending package.

House Republicans unveiled a sweeping border security proposal they plan to advance once they hold the majority in the 118th Congress.

Texans will chair some powerful committees in the House, but their roles in top leadership elections last week were more often as anti-establishment voices than contenders.

The California Republican still needs at least 218 votes to become House speaker. That vote will be on Jan. 3.

WASHINGTON — Consider the following scenario: Following a contentious midterm election, the House gathers on the first day of the new Congress to organize itself. With an unpopular Democrat in the White House, the party appears to have lost its House majority. But something’s amiss.

Things could get “pretty messy” with challenges swirling after the midterm elections, legal experts say. Are lawmakers ready?

DUMFRIES, Va. — Hundreds of Virginia Republicans filled a church parking lot as the party bus turned down the long driveway.

WASHINGTON — At a Rockwall, Texas, town hall in August, U.S. Rep. Pat Fallon served up plenty of conservative red meat to the right-leaning crowd.