George Santos expelled from Congress in historic House vote
Rep. George Santos is just the sixth House member in U.S. history to be expelled and the first in more than 20 years.
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Rep. George Santos is just the sixth House member in U.S. history to be expelled and the first in more than 20 years.
We previously told you about small business owner Janine Morabito's struggle after getting stiffed by Uncle Sam. There are several others in the same boat.
The House voted to keep government agencies funded until at least Jan. 19 in a bipartisan vote.
"The people's House is back in business," newly elected Speaker Mike Johnson told colleagues before being sworn in.
Rep. Mike Johnson is the fourth speaker nominee since McCarthy's removal and the second in a single day. He said that his intention is to go the House floor Wednesday for a noon speaker vote.
The House Republican Conference voted that Jordan should drop his bid in a closed-door meeting following an earlier vote on the House floor.
"I'm still running for speaker and I plan to go to the floor and get the votes and win this race," Rep. Jim Jordan said Thursday.
All total, 22 Republicans voted against Rep. Jim Jordan on the second ballot.
Rep. Jim Jordan lost 20 Republicans to win just 200 votes, falling shy of the 217 needed to become speaker of the House.
Quigley was the only Democrat to vote against the bill this past weekend.
Hours before a midnight deadline, Congress passed a short-term funding bill to keep the government running for 45 days.
Congress has until Saturday night to pass a dozen appropriations bills funding the federal government for another year.
Horn passed away at the age of 68.
The House passed the bill to raise the debt ceiling Wednesday. Now, the Senate will take it up.
A majority of Democrats and a majority of Republicans voted in favor of the Fiscal Responsibility Act.
He won after a surprising loss in the 14th round of voting.
Rep. Matt Gaetz, one of the holdouts against McCarthy, nominated former President Donald Trump on the 11th ballot.
As the stalemate continued, the House voted to adjourn until noon Thursday.
Long considered a rising star in the party, the 52-year-old Jeffries will make history as the first Black party leader in either chamber of Congress.
The House vote to impose a contract brokered by the White House but rejected by some workers was 290 to 137.
GOP takes control of House with narrow margin, splitting control of Congress with Democrats.
Jackson will succeed U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Illinois), and Rush symbolically passed the torch to Jackson at a victory party Tuesday night.
CBS News will be covering election results on all platforms throughout the evening on Tuesday, Nov. 8.
