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Longtime New York lawmaker was first Black chair of House ways and means committee and fierce opponent of Iraq warFormer US congressman Charles Rangel of New York, an outspoken, gravel-voiced Harlem Democrat who spent nearly five decades on Capitol Hil…
Prominent senators warn Trump to ‘get serious’ about addressing budget deficit or they will block ‘beautiful bill’Donald Trump has been warned by fiscal hawks within his own party in the US Senate that he must “get serious” about cutting government spe…
Measure would tighten eligibility for health and food programs for the poor and could add $3.8tn to US debtThe Republican-controlled US House of Representatives narrowly passed a sweeping tax and spending bill that would enact much of President Donald …
Bill will unleash millions more tonnes of planet-heating pollution and couldn’t come at a worse time, say expertsA Republican push to dismantle clean energy incentives threatens to reverberate across the US by costing more than 830,000 jobs, raising en…
Republicans have been deeply divided over the bill which would extend Trump’s 2017 tax cuts by tightening eligibility for food and health programs The Republican-controlled House of Representatives will attempt to pass President Donald Trump’s massive …
The Inflation Reduction Act was once hailed as the biggest climate law in U.S. history. But as supporters try to save it, they’ve stopped talking about the environment altogether.
Connolly had served in Congress since 2009 and had announced in 2024 that he was battling esophageal cancerUS politics live – latest updatesGerry Connolly, a Democratic congressman from Virginia who previously served as the top Democrat on the House of…
President says party has ‘unbelievable unity’ to ensure passage in House but some lawmakers remain opposed Donald Trump traveled to the Capitol on Tuesday to insist that the fractious House Republican majority set aside their differences and pass his w…
President Donald Trump reportedly took a swipe at Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) in a closed-door meeting on Capitol Hill Tuesday while trying to garner support for his “big, beautiful” spending bill.Trump can only afford to lose three Republican votes be…
Republicans passed tax cut and border security package out of key House committee in Sunday voteUS politics live – latest updatesHouse Republicans advanced Donald Trump’s tax cut and spending package out of a key committee during a rare Sunday night vo…