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WASHINGTON — Eighteen Republican members of Congress, led by Utah Sen. Mike Lee and Arizona Rep.
A House Republican is slamming the media's coverage of President Trump and Russia, saying news outlets have a "fixation" on the issue.
Arizona Republican Rep. Andy Biggs never expected to be hitting home runs in his first year, but he also didn't expect to the GOP agenda to be benched by acrimony and the media's focus on Russia's election involvement.
After eight years of failing policies and executive overreach by the Obama Administration, the American people entrusted Republicans with unified control of the House, Senate, and White House. We promised our constituents that we would work quickly to restore constitutional order and take much-needed steps to revitalize our economy.
House Republicans, already divided on how to handle the federal budget, the debt limit, a rewrite of the tax code and more, have something new to tussle over: their summer vacation.
Republican congressmen are now putting pressure on House leadership to delay August recess, just one day after the Senate decided to push its own recess back by two weeks.
The conservative group known as the House Freedom Caucus upped the ante in its calls to stay in session until key aspects of the Republican legislative agenda are fleshed out.
House Speaker Paul Ryan has said he wants to pass a sweeping overhaul of the tax code in time for deer-hunting season in Wisconsin, which opens around Thanksgiving. Whether he makes that deadline likely depends on how much work Republicans in Congress get done in July and August. If the past few months are any measure, it doesn’t look good.
PHOENIX — An Arizona congressman said he has been left bewildered by the lack of productivity by his counterparts, despite Republican control of both Congress and the White House.
Members of the House’s most conservative caucus again are calling for leadership to cancel the August recess so lawmakers can work longer on priorities such as health care and tax reform.
PHOENIX — Some congressmen may have already been preparing for the annual August recess, but if one lawmaker from Arizona gets his way, everyone’s plans will change.