Congress: The House For Sale

House Lets a Spy Law Die for the First Time in 18 Years. Trump Put a Fundraiser in Charge of Intelligence.
House Lets a Spy Law Die for the First Time in 18 Years. Trump Put a Fundraiser in Charge of Intelligence.
For the first time since 9/11, FISA Section 702 has lapsed. Democrats refused to extend it until Trump removes Bill Pulte, a housing official with zero intelligence experience, from the... Read more...
The House Just Told Trump His Iran War Is Unauthorized
The House Just Told Trump His Iran War Is Unauthorized
Four Republicans joined every House Democrat to pass a war powers resolution directing Trump to end hostilities with Iran — the first such rebuke to clear either chamber since the... Read more...
House Republicans Canceled the Iran War Vote the Moment It Was About to Pass
House Republicans Canceled the Iran War Vote the Moment It Was About to Pass
House Republican leaders canceled a war powers vote on Iran twice this week after realizing the resolution had the votes to pass. Every Democrat was committed, and a handful of... Read more...
Thomas Massie Voted Against Trump's Bill and Pushed the Epstein Files. He Just Lost a $33 Million Primary.
Thomas Massie Voted Against Trump's Bill and Pushed the Epstein Files. He Just Lost a $33 Million Primary.
Trump spent $33 million to oust Thomas Massie after the Kentucky congressman voted against the Big Beautiful Bill and led the Epstein files push. It was the most expensive House... Read more...
Virginia's Supreme Court Threw Out 1.3 Million Votes and Locked In a Republican Map
Virginia's Supreme Court Threw Out 1.3 Million Votes and Locked In a Republican Map
Virginia's Supreme Court voided a voter-approved redistricting referendum in a 4-3 ruling, erasing four potential Democratic House seats and cementing Republican-drawn maps for 2026. Read more...
The Court Gutted the Voting Rights Act. Trump's Answer: Impeach the Democrat Who Called Them Illegitimate.
The Court Gutted the Voting Rights Act. Trump's Answer: Impeach the Democrat Who Called Them Illegitimate.
The Supreme Court's 6-3 ruling in Louisiana v. Callais gutted the Voting Rights Act by requiring proof of discriminatory intent, not just discriminatory effect. When Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries called... Read more...
Six Down: Trump's Revenge Tour Crushes the Indiana Republicans Who Defied Him
Six Down: Trump's Revenge Tour Crushes the Indiana Republicans Who Defied Him
Trump spent $13.5 million to defeat six Indiana Republican state senators who voted against his redistricting plan. The results are in. Five more states are watching. Read more...
He Said It Out Loud: Trump Is Rigging the Midterms and Daring Anyone to Stop Him
He Said It Out Loud: Trump Is Rigging the Midterms and Daring Anyone to Stop Him
Trump openly told Republicans that mid-decade gerrymandering, combined with new restrictions on mail ballots and voter ID laws, would make it impossible for Democrats to ever win again. The Supreme... Read more...
They Voted to Raise Your Taxes So the Richest 5% Could Get a Cut
They Voted to Raise Your Taxes So the Richest 5% Could Get a Cut
Republicans voted to raise taxes on 95% of Americans to cut taxes for the richest 5%. The richest 1% pocket an average $66,000 windfall. The math is ITEP's. The votes... Read more...
$166 Billion in Tariff Refunds: Corporations Are First in Line. You Are Not in Line.
$166 Billion in Tariff Refunds: Corporations Are First in Line. You Are Not in Line.
Congress passed $166 billion in tariff refunds to corporations after a February 2026 Supreme Court ruling. Consumers who paid the same tariff costs at checkout are not included. Independent accountability... Read more...
House Republicans Want to Cut Tax Credits for Poor Families to Pay for a $70 Billion ICE Expansion
House Republicans Want to Cut Tax Credits for Poor Families to Pay for a $70 Billion ICE Expansion
House Budget Chair Arrington wants to gut the EITC and low-income housing tax credits to fund $70 billion for ICE. Working-class families pay the bill for Trump's mass deportation agenda. Read more...
Republicans Run Everything. Prices Keep Going Up. Now They're Panicking About It.
Republicans Run Everything. Prices Keep Going Up. Now They're Panicking About It.
Republicans have controlled the White House, the Senate, and the House since January 2025. In that time, inflation has risen to 3.3%, grocery prices are projected to increase 3.1% in... Read more...
The Senate Passed ICE's Blank Check. Now It's the House's Problem.
The Senate Passed ICE's Blank Check. Now It's the House's Problem.
The Senate passed $70 billion in ICE funding with no oversight guardrails after an all-night vote-a-rama. House Republicans now want to add voter suppression provisions and Medicaid cuts. The vote... Read more...
She Stole COVID Relief Money to Fund Her Campaign. Then She Quit Before Congress Could Expel Her.
She Stole COVID Relief Money to Fund Her Campaign. Then She Quit Before Congress Could Expel Her.
Florida Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick resigned from Congress 30 minutes before a House Ethics Committee hearing could sanction or expel her. Found guilty of 25 charges for funneling $5 million in... Read more...
Rep. Bresnahan Dumped $130K in Medicaid Stocks. Then Voted to Cut $1 Trillion.
Rep. Bresnahan Dumped $130K in Medicaid Stocks. Then Voted to Cut $1 Trillion.
Rep. Rob Bresnahan (R-PA) sold up to $130,000 in Medicaid managed care stocks on May 15, 2025, one week before voting to cut nearly $1 trillion from Medicaid. He also... Read more...
She Quit 30 Min Before the Vote. The $5M Indictment Stays.
She Quit 30 Min Before the Vote. The $5M Indictment Stays.
Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL) resigned from Congress today at 1:30 p.m., exactly 30 minutes before the House Ethics Committee was scheduled to formally determine her punishment for violating 25 of... Read more...
Rep. Tony Wied Traded $2.3M in Stocks in 17 Days. No Consequences, No Reform.
Rep. Tony Wied Traded $2.3M in Stocks in 17 Days. No Consequences, No Reform.
Rep. Tony Wied (R-WI) reported $2.3M in combined stock buys and sells over 17 days in February. He has committee oversight over industries he is trading in. The STOCK Act... Read more...
Cherfilus-McCormick: 25 of 27 Counts Proven, Expulsion Vote April 21
Cherfilus-McCormick: 25 of 27 Counts Proven, Expulsion Vote April 21
A bipartisan House Ethics subcommittee found 25 of 27 counts of ethics violations proven against Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, the Florida Democrat accused of laundering $5 million in mistakenly overpaid FEMA... Read more...
The House Promised To Ban Their Own Stock Trading. They Missed The Q1 Deadline.
The House Promised To Ban Their Own Stock Trading. They Missed The Q1 Deadline.
The Stop Insider Trading Act cleared committee in January 2026. Leadership promised a floor vote in Q1. Q1 ended March 31. No floor vote. Trump even name-checked the bill in... Read more...