On March 4, 2026, the Republican-led House of Representatives voted 212-219 to reject a War Powers Resolution that would have required the Trump administration to seek congressional approval before continuing military operations against Iran. The narrow margin — a seven-vote spread — underscored the …
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On March 3, 2026, the Senate voted on a bipartisan War Powers Resolution introduced by Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) and co-led by Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA). The resolution, which had been introduced on January 29, 2026 - weeks before the strikes began - sought …
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During a House Judiciary Committee hearing on February 11, 2026, Attorney General Pam Bondi was photographed by Reuters and Agence France-Presse with a document in her binder titled “Jayapal Pramila Search History.” The sheet listed at least eight different files from DOJ’s Epstein …
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On February 4, 2026, House Speaker Mike Johnson co-hosted the second annual National Gathering for Prayer and Repentance at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C. — an event organized by the Family Research Council and its president Tony Perkins. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise attended …
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The House approved a more than $1 trillion spending package that brought an end to a four-day partial government shutdown, passing by a razor-thin vote of 217 to 214. Twenty-one Democrats joined 196 Republicans in support, while 193 Democrats and 21 Republicans voted no, in a vote closer than many …
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On Friday, January 30, the Senate voted 71 to 29 to pass a $1.2 trillion spending package funding federal agencies through September, while stripping out full-year Department of Homeland Security funding and replacing it with a two-week continuing resolution extending DHS funding through February …
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The House passed a roughly $1.25 trillion spending package in a pair of votes that overcame internal GOP divisions and Democratic protests over the Trump administration’s immigration policies. H.R. 7148, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026, passed with a vote of 341 to 88, funding the …
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The House passes legislation extending enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies by a vote of 230-196, with 17 Republicans defecting from their party to support the measure. This marked the third successful discharge petition in three months - matching the total from the previous 40 years.
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The House passed legislation to extend enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits for three years by a vote of 230-196, with 17 Republicans joining all Democrats in a major rebuke of GOP House leadership. The enhanced subsidies, introduced during the pandemic and extended through 2025 by the …
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene was reportedly working in mid-December 2025 to gauge Republican support for a motion to vacate Speaker Mike Johnson from the speakership, seeking the nine Republican co-signers now required under new House rules to trigger such a vote. The reported effort represents what …
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Speaker Mike Johnson refused House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’ demand for an immediate vote on extending Affordable Care Act subsidies and sent the House home for a two-week holiday recess on December 18-19, 2025, despite a successful discharge petition reaching the 218-signature …
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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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The House passes legislation restoring collective bargaining rights to federal workers by a vote of 231-195, with 20 Republicans voting in favor against explicit Trump administration opposition. The bill reached the floor through a successful discharge petition - the second in one month. …
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On November 20, 2025, President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social calling for the arrest, trial, and execution of six Democratic members of Congress who had released a video two days earlier reminding military personnel of their constitutional duty to refuse illegal orders. Trump wrote: …
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On November 18, 2025, six Democratic members of Congress—all military and intelligence veterans—released an extraordinary video directly addressing active-duty service members and intelligence community personnel, reminding them of their constitutional obligation to refuse illegal orders. The …
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On November 18, 2025, the House of Representatives voted 427-1 to pass the Epstein Files Transparency Act, delivering a stunning bipartisan rebuke to President Trump’s months-long opposition to transparency. The only dissenting vote came from Representative Clay Higgins (R-LA), a Trump …
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The House of Representatives passes the Epstein Files Transparency Act by a vote of 427-1, forcing the Department of Justice to release all unclassified Jeffrey Epstein files within 30 days. Only Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA) votes against.
The bill reached the floor through a rare successful discharge …
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On November 13, 2025, Rep.-Elect Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ) was sworn in to the House of Representatives at 4:00 PM, becoming the 218th and final signature needed on the Epstein Files Transparency Act discharge petition. The signature remained valid through the end of the legislative day despite …
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Rep.-Elect Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ) was sworn in to the House of Representatives at 4:00 PM on November 12, 2025, seven weeks after winning a special election on September 23, 2025. Upon swearing-in, she is expected to sign the Epstein Files Transparency Act discharge petition as the 218th and final …
The Trump administration’s government shutdown reached its 36th day on November 5, 2025, officially surpassing the previous record of 35 days set during the December 2018-January 2019 shutdown under Trump’s first term. Over 1 million federal employees continued working without paychecks, …
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President Trump announced termination of SNAP food assistance benefits for 42 million Americans starting November 1 during the second month of his government shutdown, despite $5 billion in available contingency funds that could maintain the program. The administration’s refusal to deploy …
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On the evening of October 18, 2025—the same day approximately seven million people participated in “No Kings” protests across 2,700 events in all 50 states—President Donald Trump posted a 19-second AI-generated video to Truth Social showing himself wearing a crown, piloting a fighter jet …
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The Supreme Court voted 6-3 along ideological lines to allow Trump to freeze $4 billion in congressionally-approved foreign aid targeting UN development assistance, international peacekeeping, and humanitarian programs. Trump used a ‘pocket rescission’—a Nixon-era tactic not deployed …
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Representative Thomas Massie (R-KY) filed a discharge petition on the first day the House was back in session after August recess to force a floor vote on H.R. 4405, the Epstein Files Transparency Act he had introduced with Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) in July 2025. A discharge petition bypasses the …
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House Speaker Mike Johnson abruptly sends Congress into early summer recess on July 23, 2025, specifically to prevent a vote on the Epstein Files Transparency Act discharge petition led by Representatives Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Ro Khanna (D-CA). The petition had gained bipartisan momentum …
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On July 12, 2025, five days after the Department of Justice released a memo stating no Jeffrey Epstein “client list” existed—contradicting Attorney General Pam Bondi’s February claim that the list was “sitting on my desk”—President Donald Trump attacked his own …
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On July 12, 2025, five days after the Department of Justice released a memo stating no Jeffrey Epstein “client list” existed—contradicting Attorney General Pam Bondi’s February claim that the list was “sitting on my desk”—President Donald Trump attacked his own …
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Trump’s signature budget reconciliation bill increases federal deficits by $3.4 trillion over 10 years while transferring wealth upward, with 65% of benefits flowing to top 10% of earners. Creates multiple opaque funding streams including $100M OMB slush fund for “efficiencies” and …
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House Speaker Mike Johnson announced a congressional investigation into alleged attacks against Tesla vehicles and owners, characterizing them as potential ‘domestic terrorism’ orchestrated by the ‘radical Left’, coinciding with broader scrutiny of Elon Musk’s …
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