Republican Rep. Darin LaHood also took the oath of office on Jan. 3, promising to represent Illinois' 16th Congressional District.

Congressional Republican leaders’ decision to make the Laken Riley Act the first piece of legislation to be taken up in both the House and the Senate in the new Congress is an appropriate reading of a ...

President-elect Donald Trump appears ready to let Senate and House Republicans settle their own differences over budget ...

Several new federal government-funded studies have been approved to analyze and improve critical waterways in southwest ...

Republican Rep. August Pfluger introduced a new bill Friday that would prevent the president from banning fracking nationally ...

Members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus are holding their fire despite Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) bucking their ...

Mike Johnson promised drastic spending cuts in his House address last Friday. But, as Thomas Massie pointed out, Johnson's ...

The House will vote at 1 p.m. Tuesday on the Laken Riley Act as its first piece of legislation of the 119th Congress.

Following the certification of the presidential election results, Democratic lawmakers are pledging to keep fighting President-elect Donald Trump and promoting Democratic objectives. “We will never ...

The House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed legislation Tuesday to require federal immigration authorities to detain ...

Senator Katie Britt, the top Senate sponsor on the Laken Riley Act, slammed Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for not ...

The House of Representatives is poised to vote on its first piece of federal legislation on Tuesday afternoon. Lawmakers will be voting on the Laken Riley Act, a bill named after a nursing student who ...