US House

As Energy for Medicare for All Explodes, Steny Hoyer's Plan Includes Waiting for Trump to Help Make Obamacare Better

'A Staggeringly Bad Idea': Outrage as Pelosi Pushes Tax Rule That Would 'Kneecap the Progressive Agenda'

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"This is a very bad idea, House Democrats. It makes no sense whatsoever to give Republicans veto power over progressive legislation."

'Final, Pathetic Stab' at Cherished Endangered Species as House GOP Votes to Strip Protections From Gray Wolves

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Passage of the bill exemplifies "longstanding cruelty and contempt for our...

As 'Green New Deal' Demand Grows, Democrats Have Choice: Confront and Defeat Big Oil or Take Credit for 'Doomed' Planet

Julia Conley, staff writer

"No more excuses or timid half-measures—the climate crisis demands action from...

'Stunning': After Court Rejects GOP Lawsuit, Democrat Wins as Maine Becomes First State to Use Ranked-Choice Voting in National Race

To Help Democrats With 'Stiffening Their Spines,' New Indivisible Guide Details Shift From Defense to Offense

Despite Famine, Khashoggi, and Bus Massacre, GOP Moves Swiftly to Keep US Involved in Saudi-Led War on Yemen

At Freshman Orientation, Young and Growing Progressive Caucus Makes Clear It Will 'Fight Like Hell' for Bold Democratic Agenda

Youth Climate Activists Arrested at Pelosi's Office Demanding Democrats Embrace 'Green New Deal'

New Progressive Petition Targets Potential Scope of Trump's Corruption

Urging House Democrats to Go Bold on Climate, Group Says Probing Fossil Fuel Giants Must Be a 'Top Priority'

Threatening to Subpoena New Attorney General, Democrats Demand Recusal of 'Political Lackey' Matthew Whitaker

These 14 Democrats Are at Core of What Bernie Sanders Calls the 'Most Progressive Freshman Class' in Modern US History

'Constitutionally Perilous Moment': Nadler Warns Trump White House to Preserve All Documents Related to Sessions' Ouster

"A People's Wave" Rebukes Trump: Democrats Retake House With Mandate for Bold Progressive Course

Retaking Control of House, Democrats Will Demand IRS Hand Over Trump's Tax Returns: Report

Further

Ouch

Most cringeworthy moment of a too-often cringeworthy Congress, ever: The pallid churlish leaders of the House and Senate forced by circumstance - a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony honoring Martin Luther King and Coretta Scott King - to hold hands and join in an excruciating, swaying, bumbling rendition of "We Shall Overcome." Mitch McConnell wins the Deer In Headlights Award, by a graceless hair. Maybe one day we'll overcome these people. Here's Pete Seeger, doing it right.