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The Dome of the U.S. Capitol Building is visible on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Jan. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

House GOP to disapprove D.C. plans for illegal immigrant voting, weaker crime penalties

By Tom Howell Jr. and Haris Alic - The Washington Times

Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Ga., calls for impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, during a news conference on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Rep. Andrew Clyde formally objects to DC crime overhaul with weaker penalties

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill, Thursday, March 25, 2021, in Washington, in this file photo. Sen. Cotton said at a Judiciary Committee meeting Thursday that nothing in an antitrust journalism bill will stop Big Tech and media organizations from censoring conservative content for alleged trustworthiness concerns and through other private arrangements. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool) **FILE**

Senate Republicans move to block D.C. plan for illegal immigrants voting in local elections

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

In this file photo, a Metropolitan Police vehicle is parked on the other side of a tape police line along the Tidal Basin as cherry blossoms cover the trees, in Washington, Monday, March 23, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) **FILE**

House GOP fights D.C. proposal to go easier on crime

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Rep. Ken Buck, R-Colo., asks questions during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on proposed changes to police practices and accountability on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, June 10, 2020, in Washington. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP) ** FILE **

Rep. Ken Buck pushes Big Tech crackdown as GOP faces decision about antitrust agenda

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

FILE - Legislative Black Caucus Chairman, Sen. Angela Turner Ford, D-West Point, discusses specific concerns the group has regarding use of $1.25 billion in federal coronavirus stimulus money during a press briefing at the statehouse on May 1, 2020, in Jackson, Miss. Ford on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023, said that the Black Caucus agenda includes a push to ease the restoration of voting rights for former inmates, expand Medicaid, provide oversight for welfare spending and ensure that all parts of the state have access to high-speed internet and safe drinking water. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

Black Caucus pushes to revive initiatives, expand Medicaid

By Emily Wagster Pettus - Associated Press

Illustration on Congressional spending and the debt by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

No nation, including the United States, is exempt from the laws of prudent finance

By David M. Walker

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin delivers remarks on his proposed tax relief package for individuals and businesses during a news conference at Carter Machinery Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023, in Salem, Va. (Scott P. Yates/The Roanoke Times via AP)

Virginia lawmakers to adjust two-year budget at start of short election-year session

By Sarah Rankin - Associated Press

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., talks to Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., after Gaetz voted "present" in the House chamber as the House meets for the fourth day to elect a speaker and convene the 118th Congress in Washington, Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

McCarthy fails on 14th ballot for speaker, tensions boil

By Lisa Mascaro and Farnoush Amiri - Associated Press

Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., reacts during the 12th round of voting for speaker in the House chamber as the House meets for the fourth day to elect a speaker and convene the 118th Congress in Washington, Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

McCarthy flips votes in grueling fight for House speaker, heading toward 13th ballot

By Lisa Mascaro and Farnoush Amiri - Associated Press

Clerk of the House Cheryl Johnson speaks in the House chamber as the House meets for a second day to elect a speaker and convene the 118th Congress in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Meet the House clerk wielding the gavel until speaker chosen

By Meg Kinnard - Associated Press

FILE - House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., speaks to supporters as he celebrates his re-election in Metairie, La., Nov. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

What Republicans must address in the 118th Congress

By Michael McKenna

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., speaks to reporters as he leaves the chamber, after failed the third round of votes to choose the Speaker of the House on the opening day of the 118th Congress at the U.S. Capitol, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Gaetz slams Trump’s ‘sad’ heightened support for McCarthy

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., is surrounded by reporters as he walks to the House floor from the Speakers Office, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

McCarthy’s dismal fail shows just how dysfunctional Congress is now

By Joseph Curl

Robert Garcia, the then-mayor of Long Beach, Calif., speaks to demonstrators outside Long Beach City Hall on June 4, 2020, in Long Beach, Calif., during a protest over police brutality and the death of George Floyd. Garcia launched his campaign for the U.S. House on Friday, Dec. 17, 2021, a day after long-serving Democratic Rep. Alan Lowenthal announced he would retire at the end of his term. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)

Incoming California House Democrat to be sworn in on Superman comic book worth $5 million

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

An anti-abortion advocate along with abortion rights advocates hold up signs during the Emergency Pro-Life Rally for New Mexico in Las Cruces, N.M., on Tuesday, July 19, 2022. New Mexico's governor has signed a new executive order that pledges $10 million to build a clinic that would provide abortions and other pregnancy care. Democrat Michelle Lujan Grisham said Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022, that &quot;the goal here is build it and they will come.&quot; She said New Mexico already has seen an influx of patients following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in June to overturn Roe vs. Wade as abortions have ceased in other states. (Meg Potter/The Las Cruces Sun News via AP, File)

Pro-lifers take heart as House Republicans target attacks on churches, pregnancy centers

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

In this April 23, 2020, image from video, Rep. Rodney Davis, R-Ill., speaks at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (House Television via AP) ** FILE **

House GOP majority moves to scrap congressional staff unions

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., is followed by reporters as he heads to the House Floor on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Infighting over speaker’s gavel cripples House GOP’s first day in the majority

By Susan Ferrechio, Kerry Picket and Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

Rep. Scott Perry, Pennsylvania Republican, is among the leaders of a nore signed by nine current and incoming House Republicans saying Leader Kevin McCarthy, California Republican, hasn't done enough to earn their vote for speaker on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) **FILE**

Nine more House Republicans call McCarthy’s concessions insufficient

By Haris Alic — Special to The Washington Times

President Joe Biden listens during a meeting with Gen. David Berger, Commandant of the Marine Corps, left, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, and other military leaders in the Cabinet Room the White House, Wednesday, April 20, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Pentagon’s ‘woke’ policies in crosshairs of Republican-controlled House next Congress

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times