GOP, House and Congress

GOP-led immigration legislation passes House in first bill of new Congress, but faces uncertain future in Senate
The House voted on Tuesday to pass a GOP-led bill to require detention of undocumented migrants charged with certain crimes, but the measure faces an uncertain future in the Senate in a sign of the challenges facing Republicans despite controlling both chambers of Congress.
GOP-Led House Passes Laken Riley Act With Democrats’ Help
The bill, which would impose harsher penalties on some people who are in the country illegally, is an early test of how far right Democrats could shift in the second Trump presidency.
Bill hiking illegal immigration enforcement is first to advance in new GOP Congress
Days into their governing trifecta, House Republicans passed legislation that would force federal law enforcement to detain illegal immigrants who commit “theft-related” crimes.
How every House member voted on the Laken Riley Act
The House passed a measure that would require the detention of any undocumented immigrant charged with theft or burglary as its first piece of legislation in the new Congress on Tuesday afternoon. The Laken Riley Act,
House Passes Laken Riley Act as New Congress' First Order of Business
The bill is one of the first signs that Republicans want to quickly act on Donald Trump's immigration policies.
House passes immigration measure named for Laken Riley in first bill
The House approved its first policy legislation of the new Congress on Tuesday with a bill aimed at addressing illegal immigration.
Laken Riley Act: House poised to pass 1st bill of 119th Congress
The House of Representatives is poised to vote on the Laken Riley Act on Tuesday after it easily passed last year.
As House GOP calls for spending cuts, Trump pushes pricey Greenland purchase
President-elect Donald Trump and the spending-skeptical House may be on a path that could end in a collision over federal ...
Watch live: House GOP holds first presser of 119th Congress amid reconciliation debate
House Republican leaders are holding a news conference Tuesday morning as GOP lawmakers grapple with President-elect Trump’s ...
House, Senate Republicans revive Trump-backed push to crack down on noncitizen voting
Lawmakers in the House and Senate are launching a new push to pass a bill to crack down on noncitizen voting in federal elections, amid ongoing concerns about the practice.
Trump pushing House GOP to combine reconciliation bills into one package
President-elect Donald Trump is pushing for one reconciliation bill, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) informed members in a ...
GOP lawmakers look to ban transgender athletes from sports
House and Senate Republicans on Tuesday refiled legislation to bar transgender women and girls from competing on school ...
Democrat elected speaker of tied Pennsylvania House after GOP candidate bows out
A Democratic state representative’s health problems could complicate the vote for speaker of the Pennsylvania House of ...