Trump budget package blocked in committee by conservatives
Five Republicans on the House Budget Committee blocked the legislation from advancing on Friday.
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Five Republicans on the House Budget Committee blocked the legislation from advancing on Friday.
A jury concluded The New York Times did not libel former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin for an error in a 2017 editorial she says damaged her reputation.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries took questions from reporters before a third vote for House speaker on Friday. He said it was the Republicans' job as the majority to put forth a speaker and said he didn't see a scenario right now where he could take the role. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion reports.
It appears divisions among House Republicans are growing wider. CBS New York's Maurice Dubois reports.
Rep. Steve Scalise and Rep. Jim Jordan last week had both announced they were running for the post vacated by Rep. Kevin McCarthy.
House Republicans are a step closer to electing a new speaker. Wednesday afternoon, they nominated Steve Scalise, but there are still hurdles. CBS New York's Dick Brennan reports. Read more: https://cbsloc.al/3Ff5hxU
"Today, I'll be introducing an expulsion resolution to rid the People's House of [a] fraudster, George Santos," GOP Rep. Anthony D'Esposito said on Wednesday.
The House Republican majority has not yet coalesced around a new speaker a week after Rep. Kevin McCarthy was removed.
Santos said he has "done nothing unethical."
The House's No. 3 Republican has endured more than nine surgeries to repair internal organs and install steel plates.
Congressman Steve Scalise returned to the House floor Thursday to a standing ovation after he was wounded three months ago when a gunman opened fire at a Republican baseball practice.
MedStar Washington Hospital Center says the Louisiana congressman is back in intensive care because of new concerns for infection.
A lobbyist has been discharged from a Washington, D.C. hospital after being shot multiple times at a Republican baseball practice.
A tweet from Scalise's account Saturday evening said the congressman was watching and rooting for his alma mater, Louisiana State University, in game two of the College Baseball World Series.
Doctors said the congressman faced "imminent risk of death" after being shot in Alexandria, but the news was better Friday night.
Congressman Steve Scalise and a lobbyist remain in critical condition after being shot during a Republican congressional baseball practice on Wednesday.
The shooting suspect, identified by law enforcement sources as James T. Hodgkinson, 66, of Belleville, Illinois, died following a shootout with capitol police.
"I am sickened by this despicable act, and let me be as clear as I can be, violence of any kind is unacceptable in our society and I condemn this action in the strongest possible terms," Sanders said Wednesday.
Rep. Claudia Tenney's spokeswoman said her office has alerted Capitol Police.
President Trump, First Lady Melania Trump and several politicians, including Mayor Bill de Blasio, issued statements about the shooting of Rep. Steve Scalise at a Virginia baseball field.
