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Lin-Manuel Miranda introduced a Hamilton cast performance of Dear Theodosia as part of the congressional events marking the first anniversary of the January 6th attack on the Capitol. “We should never take our rights and liberties for granted, but we must remain committed to finding a way forward together,” said…

UPDATED, 6:27 AM: The House passed the Build Back Better Act after a marathon session, sending the roughly $1.9 trillion legislation to the Senate. The vote was 220-213. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced the vote after a sometimes raucous voting session, with some members shouting “Nancy!” after its passage. One…

The House on Wednesday voted to censure Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) and to remove him from his committee assignments over his Twitter post featured an altered anime video in which he is shown killing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and threatening President Joe Biden with swords. The vote was 223-207, with two…

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called for investigations into Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) after he posted an altered anime video in which he is depicted killing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and threatening President Joe Biden with swords. Meanwhile, some Democrats are calling on Twitter to take greater action against…

The House on Tuesday passed an extension of the debt ceiling, averting the threat of a default until at least Dec. 3. The vote was 219-206, a party line vote for the $480 billion increase. The legislation now goes to President Joe Biden, who plans to sign it. The Senate passed an extension last week, after a standoff…

Joe Biden visited Capitol Hill on Friday to meet with House Democratic lawmakers to press them to pass two key parts of his agenda, as the legislation has stalled amid an effort to find common ground between the party’s progressive and moderate wings. “We’re going to get this done,” Biden told reporters afterward. “It…

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said Wednesday that this week's high-stakes, unresolved and unpredictable drama on Capitol Hill was "like an episode of a TV show." A reporter quickly asked, “What TV show?” “Maybe The West Wing, if something good happens. Maybe Veep if not," she said. She was talking specifically…

"Every day we're on the ground is another day that we know ISIS-K seeking to target the airport and attack both U.S. and allied forces and innocent civilians," President Joe Biden said Tuesday from the White House, throwing new urgency and specter into the American withdrawal from now Taliban-ruled <a href="https://deadline.com/tag/afghanistan/" id="auto-tag_afghanistan"…

The House of Representatives voted on Tuesday to move forward a key part of President Joe Biden’s agenda: a massive, $3.5 trillion budget plan to expand social programs like Medicare, tackle climate change and fund pre-K and community college. But the narrow vote — 220 to 212 — signaled the tricky process facing the…

More than six months after the attack on the U.S. Capitol, viewers will get to hear firsthand accounts of what happened on January 6 at the first hearing of a select House committee set up to investigate the insurrection. Broadcast and cable networks plan to carry all or parts of the first hearing of the Select…

Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) defended House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s decision to block two Republican congressman from serving on a select committee to investigate the January 6 attack on the Capitol. Pelosi announced earlier on Wednesday that she would reject Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), two of Donald…

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday said that a select committee will be formed to investigate the Jan. 6 riot and attack on the Capitol, after a proposal to create an independent bipartisan commission was blocked by Senate Republicans. “The timeline will be as long as it takes for them, the time they need for the…