Four House Republicans—Brian Fitzpatrick (PA), Mike Lawler (NY), Rob Bresnahan (PA), and Ryan Mackenzie (PA)—signed onto a Democratic-led discharge petition on December 17, 2025, bringing the total to 218 signatures and forcing a vote on extending Affordable Care Act subsidies for three years. The …
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene announced on Friday, November 21, 2025, that she would resign from Congress effective January 5, 2026, following a bitter public falling out with President Donald Trump over her advocacy for releasing full Jeffrey Epstein investigation files. The announcement came one …
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Moelis & Company, a Wall Street investment bank, announced the appointment of former House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) as vice chairman and managing director just two weeks after his congressional career ended. According to SEC filings, Cantor’s compensation package included a …
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Three days after taking control of the House, Republicans passed H.R. 2, the ‘Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act,’ in a 245-189 vote with three Democratic defections. The bill was never considered by the Democratic Senate. This initiated a six-year campaign of symbolic repeal …
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The U.S. House of Representatives votes to impeach President Bill Clinton on two articles: perjury before a grand jury (Article I, passed 228-206) and obstruction of justice (Article II, passed 221-212). Clinton becomes the second American president to be impeached, the first being Andrew Johnson in …
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