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House Democrats announce infrastructure bill amid Biden negotiations
House Democrats unveiled their own infrastructure bill on Friday that would address parts of President Biden’s American Jobs Plan, as negotiations between the president and Senate Republicans slow down. The proposal announced by House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chair Peter DeFazio would cost $547 billion over five years, encompassing the portions of Mr. Biden’s $1.7 …
House impeaches Trump for Capitol riot in historic bipartisan rebuke
Washington — The House of Representatives voted to impeach President Trump for inciting an insurrection at the Capitol that left five people dead, cementing his place in history as the only president to be impeached twice in a bipartisan rebuke that was approved with unprecedented speed. The final vote was 232 to 197, with 10 …
House calls on Pence to invoke 25th Amendment, but he’s already dismissed the idea
The House has approved a resolution formally calling on Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment, which allows the majority of a cabinet to remove a president from office if they deem him unfit. The resolution requires Pence to respond within 24 hours, or the House will move forward with impeachment proceedings against …
Celebs are opening up about health struggles, but are they reducing stigma?
When Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., made a video showing she’d gone bald for The Root this week, messages of support flooded Twitter. Pressley’s hair loss was caused by the autoimmune condition alopecia, and in response to her disclosure, women posted stories about their own alopecia diagnoses and photos of their hair loss, thanking Pressley for …
House passes debt ceiling and budget bill, sending it to the Senate
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat from California, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S. on Wednesday, July 17, 2019. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images The House on Thursday passed a bill to raise the U.S. debt ceiling and set budget levels for two years, taking a …
