Only two House lawmakers on Wednesday voted against a measure seeking to ban Hamas terrorists involved in last October’s attack on Israel from ever entering the US –  Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) and Cori Bush (D-Mo.). The No Immigration Benefits for Hamas Terrorists Act‚ introduced by Rep. Tom McClintock (R-Calif.)‚ would deem any members of Hamas‚ Palestinian Islamic Jihad‚ the Palestine Liberation Organization or other individuals who participated in or facilitated...

The House passed a $78 billion tax bill on Wednesday that boosts the child tax credit and reinstates business deductions that were rescinded during the Trump administration‚ sending the bipartisan‚ bicameral legislation to the Senate for consideration. The chamber cleared the measure‚ dubbed the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act‚ in an overwhelmingly bipartisan 357-70 vote. Passage of the legislation — which was crafted by House Ways and Means Committee Chair...

The House voted Wednesday night to pass a $78 billion tax package that includes an expansion of the child tax credit‚ sending it to the Senate‚ where its path is uncertain. The Republican-led House passed the bipartisan measure 357-70‚ using a fast-track process that requires a two-thirds majority. The legislation received broad support from each party: 169 Republicans and 188 Democrats voted for it‚ while 47 Republicans and 23 Democrats voted against it. But the bill...

The House passed a major bipartisan bill on Wednesday that would expand the child tax credit and renew key business investment deductions. The vote was 357-70‚ with members of both parties supporting the $78 billion legislation‚ H.R. 7024‚ the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act. The bill faces some obstacles in the Senate. The White House‚ though‚ has indicated that President Joe Biden supports the plan. Lawmakers have been rushing to...

The ongoing negotiations over a border security bill continue. Almost daily the public is promised the text of the draft bill any day now.  Sen. Kyrsten Sinema‚ I-Ariz.‚ lambasted critics of the bill as it has leaked out detail by detail.  "The stories that are swirling about what this does and doesn’t do are wrong‚" Sinema argued Wednesday. "It is misinformation‚ and whether it is willful or not is someone else’s question to answer‚ but the rumors that are swirling about...

The constitutional standoff between Texas Governor Greg Abbott and the Biden administration over the Texas-Mexico border will "very likely" be decided by the Supreme Court‚ according to prominent legal experts‚ with one predicting it could "side with the state in its quest to usurp the federal government's authority." On January 22 the Supreme Court decided in a 5-4 verdict to overturn an injunction from the Fifth Circuit court that blocked the Biden administration...

President Joe Biden plans to issue an executive order targeting violent Israeli settlers in the West Bank whom he has said have undermined stability in the area‚ a US official and source familiar with the matter told CNN. The new directive‚ first reported by Politico and expected to be announced Thursday‚ will impose sanctions on several individuals accused of having participated in the violent acts. Biden has condemned these acts of violence in the past‚ and the issue is...

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