Some observers have compared Patel to J. Edgar Hoover, the domineering FBI director between 1924 and 1972 who was renowned for FBI abuses. In 1956, Hoover created COINTELPRO, an illegal ...

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A Texas House committee's public hearing on a controversial school voucher bill continued into the early morning hours ...

Our elected officials must understand that they represent all constituents in their districts, not just the ones that voted for or agree with them.

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The vote sets up a showdown in the Senate over a bill Democrats criticize as giving more power to President Trump and Elon ...

The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives voted on Tuesday to block the ability of Congress to quickly ...

A GOP plan to avert a government shutdown barely passed the Republican-controlled House. Here's how each member voted.

Approval of the bill sent it to the Senate, where Republicans need the cooperation of several Democrats to move it past a ...

The House passed a measure Tuesday to avert a government shutdown set to begin Saturday by extending federal funding levels ...

To become law, the bill will need to clear the Senate’s 60-vote filibuster threshold, meaning at least seven Democrats will ...