Saturday, June 27, 2026

Tag: House of Representatives

House moderates move to force vote as ACA tax credits near...

Four Republicans join Democrats in discharge petition amid looming premium hikes for millions.

House vote moves to undo Trump orders stripping union rights from...

A bipartisan majority backed the Protect America’s Workforce Act to reverse what labor leaders call the “single-largest act of union busting in American history,” restoring collective bargaining protections for nearly 1 million federal employees.

House vote on defense bill pushes annual military spending past $1...

House advances $893 billion defense policy as culture war riders and audit penalties collide with pay raises, troop increases, and a looming Senate clash.

Heinrich-backed ORPHAN Cures Act returns in GOP reconciliation bill, critics say...

Senate parliamentarian reverses an earlier ruling, letting a provision that shields multi-use orphan drugs from Medicare price talks ride on Republicans’ budget package as patient advocates warn of higher costs for taxpayers and seniors.

House passes bill to shield Trump from legal accountability, restricts judges...

Republicans push sweeping limits on judicial authority after courts repeatedly block Trump’s executive actions as unlawful or unconstitutional.

House passes budget resolution slashing Medicaid to fund tax cuts for...

The Republican-led House advances sweeping Medicaid cuts, potentially impacting millions while paving the way for tax breaks for the richest Americans.

House passes Laken Riley Act, critics warn it dismantles constitutional rights...

A political tragedy: GOP uses personal grief to justify sweeping anti-immigrant crackdown.

Why Congress members face a lawsuit for funding Israel’s war on...

Suing Congress members who are complicit in genocide is a good step for exposing—and organizing against—the power of the warfare state.

Elon Musk for Speaker of the House? Republicans float billionaire amid...

Republicans propose Elon Musk as Speaker of the House after his role in sinking a spending bill, raising unprecedented ethical and governance concerns.

House passes bill granting Treasury power to shut down nonprofits without...

Legislation dubbed the “nonprofit killer” faces backlash over potential threats to free speech and civil liberties.

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Bipartisan bill introduced in House to ban use of pesticide paraquat in US agriculture

The bill would "direct the Environmental Protection Agency to cancel all existing paraquat registrations, revoke any tolerances permitting paraquat residue in food, and ban the sale and use of existing stocks upon enactment."

Why Biden’s debate disaster two years ago matters for the future

Looking ahead, a great need will be to overcome the ongoing culture of conformity that so badly damaged the Democratic Party in 2024 and helped Trump get back into the White House.

Losing face, losing the base, losing the midterm race—a tidal trifecta 

Though daring MAGA lies seem tidal,/ Denying outcomes suicidal.

Addicted to war?

War Fever, Trump-Style.

Anti-ICE protesters sentenced to decades as Trump turns ‘antifa’ label into prosecution tool

The Prairieland case transformed a July 4 protest outside a Texas immigration jail into a terrorism prosecution, with sentences from 30 to 100 years and warnings of a new federal playbook against left-wing dissent.