The Latest Breaking News from House of Representatives

Special election to be held for Connecticut House District 5 on March 1

The special general election for the District 5 seat in the Connecticut House of Representatives is on March 1. Maryam Khan (D), Charles Jackson (R, Independent Party), Dean Jones (independent), and Lawrence Jaggon (independent) are competing in the special election. The deadline for parties to nominate candidates passed on Jan.…

Ballotpedia · Feb 7, 2022

Greens set climate terms for backing Labor in the case of a hung parliament after 2022 election

Leader Adam Bandt wants to set the terms of potential negotiations, should the Greens hold the balance of power in either the House of Representatives or the Senate, with an election due before the end of May.

ABC News · Feb 6, 2022

House again fails to muster a quorum

Yesterday afternoon's session of the House of Representatives came to an abrupt end when the body failed to attain a quorum.

Bangkok Post · Feb 4, 2022

Hubert Delany wins Connecticut House special election

A special general election was held for the District 144 seat in the Connecticut House of Representatives on Jan. 25. Hubert Delany (D) won the special election with 1,661 votes and defeated Danny Melchionne (R), who received 1,323 votes. 

Ballotpedia · Jan 28, 2022

US warns of chip shortage risks as companies' supplies shrink

The United States has warned that companies' stockpiles of semiconductor chips have shrunk dramatically due to a global supply shortage, putting production at risk from any disruption. A survey of 150 firms for the Commerce Department found the median stocks held by manufacturers had fallen from 40 days' worth in…

France 24 · Jan 26, 2022

Mississippi enacts new congressional districts

Mississippi enacted new congressional districts on Jan. 24 when Gov. Tate Reeves (R) signed the state’s congressional redistricting plan. Mississippi was apportioned four seats in the U.S. House of Representatives after the 2020 census, the same number it received after the 2010 census. This map will take effect for Mississippi’s…

Ballotpedia · Jan 25, 2022

House advances first redistricting map, but Democrats have many questions

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Democrats could gain as many as seven seats in the Florida House of Representatives and Republicans could retain a solid majority under a redistricting map approved Friday along partisan lines by a state House subcommittee.

Miami Herald · Jan 22, 2022

Colorado lawmakers propose ban on all flavored tobacco, nicotine products

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Selling flavored tobacco and nicotine products could soon be illegal in Colorado after a bill prohibiting the sale of the products was introduced in the state House of Representatives last week.

Tribune News Service · Jan 21, 2022

FBI searches home of Texas Democrat in Azerbaijan investigation

Henry Cuellar, a member of the House of Representatives since 2004, said he would fully cooperate with the investigation

The Guardian - US · Jan 21, 2022

Why getting Congress to fund help for US children in poverty is so hard to do

The Build Back Better bill, the centerpiece of the Biden administration’s domestic policy, cleared the House of Representatives by a slender margin largely along party lines in November 2021.

The Conversation · Jan 20, 2022