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U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., speaks at the Tunnel Hill Depot during a campaign stop in Tunnel Hill, Ga., Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022. (Matt Hamilton/Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP) ** FILE **

House Republicans call for Ukraine aid audit

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

A police officer stands outside the home of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi following an attack on her husband Paul Pelosi in San Francisco, Friday, Oct. 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez) **FILE**

Attack on Pelosi’s husband comes into focus, but questions remain

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., talks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

House Democrats rally behind Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, next generation of leaders as Pelosi steps down

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

Getting Congress and America Back on Track Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

I’m running for House speaker to get America back on track

By Rep. Andy Biggs

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., talks to reporters about Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., just after she addressed Congress to say she will step down as House Democratic leader but will remain in Congress, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate puts off same-sex marriage bill until after Thanksgiving break

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

An early morning pedestrian is silhouetted against sunrise as he walks through the U.S. Flags on the National Mall and past the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, Monday, Nov. 7, 2022, one day before the midterm election will determine the control of the U.S. Congress. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

Lame-duck omnibus would double down on stagflation

By Richard Stern

FILE - Sunlight shines on the U.S. House of Representatives and Capitol dome on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 21, 2022. In good times or bad, U.S. presidents come to Congress with a diagnosis that hardly differs over the decades. In their State of the Union speeches, they declare “the state of our union is strong,” or words very much like it. Whatever phrase President Joe Biden uses in his State of the Union speech Tuesday night, American unity and strength are being sharply tested on multiple fronts. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

GOP oversight can and should be the new name of the D.C. game

By Tom Jones

An early morning pedestrian is silhouetted against sunrise as he walks through the U.S. Flags on the National Mall and past the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, Monday, Nov. 7, 2022. President Biden is asking Congress to hand over another $10 billion in funding to combat COVID-19 and other infectious diseases, and an additional $37.7 billion in aid to Ukraine as Congress begins debate on its next spending measure ahead of a mid-December deadline. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

White House asks Congress for $48 billion to battle COVID, aid Ukraine

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., questions Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson during her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

Hawley accuses Mayorkas of hiding Homeland Security efforts to suppress free speech

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

The U.S. Capitol is seen on a sunrise in Washington, Friday, Nov. 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) ** FILE **

Congress faces busy lame-duck session as it returns to Washington

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Freight cars wait to be hauled out of the Norfolk Southern Conway Terminal in Conway, Pa., Sept. 15, 2022. The possibility of an economically devastating railroad strike has been pushed back into early December to allow time for engineers and conductors to vote on their agreements with the freight railroads and give more opportunity for the industry to renegotiate with two unions that rejected their deals last month. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Another union rejects deal with nation’s freight railroads

By Josh Funk - Associated Press

In this photo provided by U.S. Navy, The guided-missile destroyer USS Higgins (DDG 76) conducts a routine Taiwan Strait transit Sept. 20, 2022. China toned down its rhetoric on Taiwan on Wednesday, Sept. 21, saying it is inevitable that the self-governing island comes under its control but that it would promote efforts to achieve that peacefully. The comments came one day after the U.S. and Canadian navies sailed through the strait between China and Taiwan. (Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Donavan K. Patubo/U.S.Navy via AP)

Congress moving forward on military aid package for Taiwan as Biden aims to cool tensions with China

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Congress and the lame duck session illustration by Greg Groesch / The Washington Times

Lame-duck Congress and America’s discontent

By Michael McKenna

President Donald Trump turns to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., as he delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, as Vice President Mike Pence watches, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Pelosi faces uncertain future weeks after attack on husband

By Lisa Mascaro - Associated Press

U.S. Rep. David Trone, D-Md., is seen speaking at a news conference in this Jan. 17, 2019 file photograph, taken on Capitol Hill in Washington. Trone faces Republican Neil C. Parrott in his reelection race to represent Maryland's 6th Congressional District, on Nov. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Maryland Democrat David Trone beats back a surprisingly strong challenge by Republican Neil Parrott

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

A group of demonstrators participate in an event protesting the use of fossil fuels and calling for reparations at the COP27 U.N. Climate Summit, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

U.S. to climate summit: American big steps won’t be repealed

By Seth Borenstein and Matthew Daly - Associated Press

From left to right, Utah Republican Congressmen Chris Stewart, John Curtis, Burgess Owens speak during an election night party Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Historic gains for GOP following election of Black candidates

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

The U.S. Capitol dome is seen, Monday, July 9, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

GOP path to Senate majority gets tougher with Fetterman win in Pennsylvania

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign rally at Bowie State University in Bowie, Md., Monday, Nov. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston)

Biden’s 2024 decision again under spotlight as midterm campaigns finish

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Incumbent U.S. Rep. Jennifer Wexton, D-Va, speaks with reporters after a debate with Republican challenger Hung Cao, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022, in Leesburg, Va. They are running to represent Virginia's 10th Congressional District. (AP Photo/Matthew Barakat)

Democrat Jennifer Wexton retains House seat in Va. against GOP newcomer Hung Cao

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times