The U.S. House has passed a defense bill that provides an expected 5.2% pay raise for service members but blocks abortion coverage, diversity initiatives at the Pentagon and transgender care.
U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (D-Alabama) is welcoming fellow Ways and Means Committee Racial Equity Initiative co-chairs to Montgomery.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she will not seek a leadership position in the new Congress, making way for a new generation to steer the Democrats after the party lost control of the House to Republicans.
The U.S. House has passed a wide-ranging gun control bill in response to recent mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas.
The U.S. House has approved President Biden’s $1.75 trillion social and environment bill.
President Joe Biden is hailing Congress’ passage of his $1 trillion infrastructure package as a “monumental step forward for the nation.”
The U.S. House has passed a bill to create an independent commission on the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, sending the legislation to the Senate.
FILE – (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File) U.S. Census results have brought welcome news to Alabama state leaders. Alabama’s population will allow it to keep all seven of its current seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. There had been concern that with faster growth in other states, Alabama would lose a seat and see its influence in Washington reduced. The…
The human loss from the pandemic will not be reflected in the U.S. population count used for divvying up congressional seats among the states. That could save a congressional seat for New York but cost Alabama one. The pandemic’s start and the April 1 reference date used for the nation’s head count were just weeks apart. Because of that, the…
Rep. John Conyers, who has been battling sexual harassment allegations by former female staffers, says he is retiring. Conyers told “The Mildred Gaddis Show” on WPZR-FM Tuesday that this will be his final two-year term. The 88-year-old Democrat says he is endorsing his son to take his seat in Congress. Ian Conyers, the grandson of John Conyers’ brother, earlier said…
