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Lawmakers pass a $79bn tax cut package with broad bipartisan support, giving both parties coveted policy wins

Georgia Rep. Richard Smith, chairman of the House Rules Committee, has died. He was 78 years old at the time of death.

A $78 billion package to revive an expansion of the child tax credit and expired business breaks has drawn bipartisan support in the House and Senate.

Details emerging from the Sunday, January 7, 2024, meeting between President-elect, Joseph N. Boakai and Deputy House Speaker Cllr. Fonati Koffa revealed Amb. Boakai’s failed attempt to arm-twist Koffa to back off the Speakership race, just days before newly elected and retained lawmakers can go to the polls, the New Dawn has gathered.

House Republicans who have subpoenaed Hunter Biden to testify in the impeachment inquiry into President Biden insisted on a private, videotaped deposition before a public hearing.

In the Republican speaker’s darkest hour, it’s the young Democratic leader who has flexed his political muscles by unifying his famously fractious party.

Richard Nelson announced Wednesday, Sept. 20, that he is withdrawing from the Louisiana governor's race and endorsing candidate Attorney General Jeff Landry.

In 1970, Mr. Buckley, the son of an oil tycoon and the brother of a leading force on the right, became the first third-party candidate elected to the U.S. Senate in 30 years.

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As negotiations between President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy have intensified, Jim McGovern and his fellow House Democrats have scrambled to ensure that their priorities aren’t tossed aside.