Tag: house of representatives
A New Congressional Map for Illinois
The Story:
The legislature of the State of Illinois began a special session on Tuesday, August 31 for the purpose of drawing new state legislative...
Health: Insurance and US Antitrust Law
The Story:
Health insurance has for a long time, been exempt from the operation of the US antitrust laws. This is often defended as necessary...
Health: A Congressional Hearing on the Opioid Epidemic
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The Oversight Committee of the US House of Representatives took testimony on the epidemic of opioid abuse and addiction last week: it heard...
Immigration and the Census
The Story:
Ten days before Biden’s inauguration, President Donald Trump is scheduled to send a report to Congress that will specify the number of people...
It Has Been a Long Campaign, But Election Day is Here!
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Welcome to election day, 2020. Between expanded mail-in voting and Covid-19 concerns, the election has been underway for weeks, but the traditional election...
Garcia (R) Wins in 25th District, California
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The people of the 25th Congressional district in California voted for a Republican Tuesday in a special election to fill a seat left...
Duncan Hunter, Facing Prison, Resigns from House
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Duncan Hunter, who represents California's 50th district in the US House of Representatives, announced Friday, December 5, that he will resign from that...
Another Republican Retires from the House
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Representative Peter T. King (R - NY), a veteran law-maker (in office for more than a quarter of a century) announced Monday that...
Appropriations Committee Chair to Retire, Part I
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Nita Lowey (D - NY), chair of the House Appropriations Committee, has announced she will not be running for re-election to Congress in...
Rep. Will Hurd On Why He’s Leaving Congress | All In | MSNBC
Chris Hayes talks to Congressman Will Hurd about why he’s retiring and why the nation could be better served by doing what we learn in kindergarten. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc MSNBC delivers breaking news, in-depth analysis of politics headlines,…