The Latest Breaking News from House of Representatives

Montana bans gender-affirming care for trans youth after protests and sanction against trans lawmaker

Montana lawmaker was barred from state House of Representatives for speaking out against bill

The Independent UK · Apr 28, 2023

SNAP work requirements don’t actually get more people working – but they do drastically limit the availability of food aid

The House of Representatives has passed a bill that would cut spending, in part by expanding work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, through which nearly 43 million low-income Americans get help buying groceries. The House bill calls for this policy to apply to adults as old as 55,…

The Conversation · Apr 28, 2023

Trump lawyers ask House GOP for ‘legislative solution’ to block classified documents probe

Mr Trump’s lawyers are asking Republicans for a ‘legislative solution’ to prevent the Department of Justice from continuing its’ probe into Mr Trump’s alleged unlawful retention of national defence information

The Independent UK · Apr 27, 2023

Watch live: Ukrainian survivors speak about Russian war crimes in US House of Representatives

Watch live as Ukrainians who say they are survivors Russian atrocities speak about war crimes in the US House of Representatives on Wednesday, 19 April.

The Independent UK · Apr 19, 2023

Ukraine's Zelenskiy, top US House Republican McCarthy discussed Russia sanctions

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday he and U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy discussed in a phone call Ukraine's need for weapons as well as increasing sanctions pressure on Russia.

Reuters · Apr 18, 2023

Analysis: LDP leads Yamaguchi No. 4; others close

Shinji Yoshida of the Liberal Democratic Party is leading the field for this Sunday's House of Representatives by-election in Yamaguchi Constituency No. 4, according to The Yomiuri Shimbun's analysis of its reportage and a telephone survey.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Apr 17, 2023

Taiwan President Thanks Fighter Pilots as Chinese Drills Ebb

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Friday thanked fighter pilots who scrambled against China's air force during its drills around the island and pledged to keep strengthening the armed forces, as Beijing's military activities around the island ebbed. China began the exercises, including simulated precision strikes with bombers and missile forces,…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 14, 2023

Mo. GOP votes to defund public libraries

Republicans are retaliating against a librarians’ organization for suing the state over a law on book banning

Salon · Apr 12, 2023

Kentucky state senator defends ‘Tennessee 3,' says expulsion is blatantly racist, insult to voters

A Lexington lawmaker said he admires the so-called “Tennessee Three,” two of whom were expelled late last week from that state’s House of Representatives.

WEKU · Apr 12, 2023

Francis Wilkinson: Tennessee politics and US gun policies are both warped by racism

The removal of two Black lawmakers from the Tennessee legislature last week, for disrupting proceedings in the state House of Representatives during protests of inaction on gun violence, dispensed with racial symbolism and dog whistles. It was a raw racial drama, an overt and aggressive complement to the racial realities…

Tribune News Service · Apr 11, 2023