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FILE - Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., listens to fellow speakers before President Joe Biden speaks during an event at SUNY Westchester Community College, May 10, 2023, in Valhalla, N.Y. Rep. Bowman will face a primary challenge from a veteran, pro-Israel Democrat who has announced his candidacy for the New York district. Westchester County Executive George Latimer, who for months has mulled a run amid encouragement from Jewish community leaders, entered the race with an ad on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023 that in part criticized Bowman's stance on the Israel-Hamas war. (APPhoto/John Minchillo, File)

Lawmakers to vote on censuring Rep. Jamaal Bowman for pulling a fire alarm in House office building

The House will hold a vote on whether to censure Rep. Jamaal Bowman for triggering a fire alarm in one of the U.S.

FILE - Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., speaks during a media availability on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023 in Washington. A new generation of senators is working on gun violence prevention legislation in the aftermath of mass shootings. The effort by Sen. Martin Heinrich of New Mexico and Sen. Angus King of Maine comes as Congress shows no signs of reinstating the landmark 1994 assault weapons ban from the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein. (APPhoto/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Senators tackle gun violence anew while Feinstein鈥檚 ban on assault weapons fades into history

President Joe Biden speaks during a visit to the General Motors Factory ZERO electric vehicle assembly plant on Nov. 17, 2021, in Detroit. The Biden Administration targeted half of all new vehicle sales in the nation to be electric by 2030 in August 2021 as part of its efforts to slash greenhouse gas emissions. (APPhoto/Evan Vucci, File)

House backs GOP bill to block EPA rule on tailpipe pollution; slams plan as electric-vehicle mandate

FILE - Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks to reporters hours after he was ousted as Speaker of the House, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023, at the Capitol in Washington. McCarthy says he's resigning from his congressional seat in California two months after his historic ouster as House speaker. (APPhoto/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Kevin McCarthy was booted as House speaker two months ago. Now he鈥檚 leaving Congress by year鈥檚 end

Senate Majority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks to media after a Senate Democratic policy luncheon, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (APPhoto/Stephanie Scarbrough)

Federal Trade Commission is investigating ExxonMobil鈥檚 $60B deal to acquire a Texas oil company

FILE - Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, talks to reporters as he and other senators arrive at the chamber for votes, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023. Tuberville announced on Tuesday, Dec. 5, that he鈥檚 ending his blockade of hundreds of military promotions, following heavy criticism from many of his colleagues in the Senate and clearing the way for hundreds to be approved. (APPhoto/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Senate approves hundreds of military promotions after Sen. Tuberville ends blockade of nominees

The Senate in a single stroke has approved about 425 military promotions after Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama ended a monthslong blockade of nominations over a Pentagon abortion policy.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., meets with reporters to discuss GOP efforts to investigate President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023. (APPhoto/J. Scott Applewhite)

House Speaker Johnson is insisting on sweeping border security changes in a deal for Ukraine aid

House Speaker Mike Johnson tells fellow Republicans that sweeping changes to U.S. border policy will be their 鈥渉ill to die on鈥� in negotiations over President Joe Biden鈥檚 nearly $106 billion package for the wars in Ukraine and Israel and other security needs.

FILE - Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 8, 2023. Sanders and a robust group of Democratic senators say they're done 鈥渁sking nicely" for Israel to do more to reduce civilian casualties in its war against Hamas in Gaza. (APPhoto/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Biden鈥檚 allies in Senate demand that Israel limit civilian deaths in Gaza as Congress debates US aid

Sen. Bernie Sanders and a robust group of Democratic senators say they鈥檙e done 鈥渁sking nicely鈥� for Israel to do more to reduce civilian casualties in its war against Hamas in Gaza.

FILE - The Louisiana state Capitol stands prominently, April 4, 2023, in Baton Rouge, La. Louisiana lawmakers now have until the end of January 2024 to draw and pass new congressional boundaries to replace a current map that a federal judge said violates the Voting Rights Act by diluting the power of the state鈥檚 Black voters. Baton Rouge-based U.S. District Judge Shelly Dick issued a two-week extension Thursday afternoon, Nov. 30, giving lawmakers extra time to construct a congressional map. (APPhoto/Stephen Smith, File)

Louisiana granted extra time to draw new congressional map that complies with Voting Rights Act

Louisiana lawmakers now have until the end of January to draw and pass new congressional boundaries to replace the current map that a federal judge says dilutes the power of the state鈥檚 Black voters.

Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., leaves the Capitol after being expelled from the House of Representatives, Friday, Dec. 1, 2023, in Washington. The House has voted to expel Santos following a critical ethics report on his conduct that included converting campaign donations for his own use, making him just the sixth member in the chamber鈥檚 history to be ousted by his colleagues. Expulsion requires support from two-third of the House. (APPhoto/Stephanie Scarbrough)

McCarthy was ditched and Santos expelled. The House is making history, but not as the GOP envisioned

The House is making history this year. It鈥檚 just in ways that Republicans could hardly have envisioned when the party took control of the chamber.

Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., faces reporters at the Capitol in Washington, early Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023. After a scathing report by the House Ethics Committee citing egregious violations, Santos could be expelled from Congress this week. (APPhoto/J. Scott Applewhite)

Rep. George Santos expelled from House. Here鈥檚 what鈥檚 next

The House has voted to expel Republican Rep. George Santos of New York following a blistering ethics report on his conduct that included converting campaign donations for his own use.

An Iranian domestically built missile is displayed in front of the portrait of the Lebanese Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah during a rally of Iran's Basij paramilitary force in support of the Palestinians in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Nov. 24, 2023. (APPhoto/Vahid Salemi)

House passes resolution to block Iran鈥檚 access to $6 billion from prisoner swap

The House has passed a measure that would permanently freeze the $6 billion recently transferred by the U.S. in a prisoner swap with Iran.

FILE - Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, adjusts his glasses during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, Nov. 4, 2021, in Washington. Fauci is expected to testify before Congress early next year as part of Republicans鈥� yearslong investigation into the origins of COVID-19 and the U.S. response to the disease. Fauci will sit for transcribed interviews in early January and a public hearing at a later date. (APPhoto/Alex Brandon, File)

Anthony Fauci will testify before Congress on COVID origins and the US pandemic response

Former chief White House medical adviser Anthony Fauci is expected to testify before Congress early next year as part of Republicans鈥� yearslong investigation into the origins of COVID-19 and the U.S. response to the disease.

GOP Rep. George Santos refuses to resign and warns his expulsion from Congress would set a precedent

In his closing arguments for remaining a member of the House, a defiant Rep. George Santos is depicting himself as a victim of a smear campaign by some of his colleagues.

House Speaker Mike Johnson of La., speaks during the U.S. Capitol Christmas tree lighting ceremony on the West Front of the Capitol, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023 in Washington. (APPhoto/Mark Schiefelbein)

Congress is eying immigration limits as GOP demands border changes in swap for Biden overseas aid

Republican demands to stop the flow of migrants at the Mexico-U.S. border have left Congress scrambling.

FILE - Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., watches as Republicans try to elect Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., to be the new House speaker, at the Capitol in Washington, Oct. 25, 2023. The House Ethics panel says it has found 鈥渟ubstantial evidence鈥� of lawbreaking by Republican Rep. George Santos of New York and has referred its findings to the Justice Department. (APPhoto/Alex Brandon, File)

Republicans won鈥檛 push colleagues to oppose Santos expulsion despite the House Speaker鈥檚 concerns

House Speaker Mike Johnson is expressing reservations about expelling Rep. George Santos from the chamber this week.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., answers questions from reporters outside the Senate chamber, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. President Joe Biden's nearly $106 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and other needs is sitting idle in Congress as Republicans are insisting on U.S.-Mexico border policy provisions in exchange for any new U.S. dollars for Ukraine in its fight against Russia. (APPhoto/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate Majority Leader Schumer warns that antisemitism is on the rise as he pushes for Israel aid

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is warning that antisemitism in the United States has reached levels unseen in generations and called on his fellow Democrats to clearly condemn it.

FILE - Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., speaks to reporters outside the Capitol, in Washington, May 17, 2023. The House Ethics panel says it has found 鈥渟ubstantial evidence鈥� of lawbreaking by Republican Rep. George Santos of New York and has referred its findings to the Justice Department. (APPhoto/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Lawmakers move to force a vote this week on expelling Rep. George Santos from the House

House lawmakers from both parties are moving to force a vote this week on the expulsion of Rep. George Santos, a Republican from New York.

FILE - Rep. Gabe Vasquez, D-N.M., speaks during a news conference to announce the bipartisan Southwest Caucus, June 15, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The New Mexico Supreme Court upheld a Democratic-drawn congressional map that divvied up a conservative, oil-producing region and reshaped a swing district along the U.S. border with Mexico, in an order published Monday, Nov. 27. The Republican Party argued unsuccessfully that the new district boundaries would entrench Democratic officials in power, highlighting the 2022 defeat of incumbent GOP Congresswoman Yvette Herrell by Vasquez. (APPhoto/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

New Mexico Supreme Court upholds Democratic-drawn congressional map

The New Mexico Supreme Court has upheld a Democratic-drawn congressional map that divvied up a conservative, oil-producing region and reshaped a swing district along the U.S. border with Mexico.

FILE - A group of people, including many from China, walk along the wall after crossing the border with Mexico to seek asylum, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023, near Jacumba, Calif. As Congress returns this week, Senate Republicans have made it clear they won鈥檛 support additional war aid for Ukraine unless they can pair it with border security measures. (APPhoto/Gregory Bull, File)

Republicans want to pair border security with aid for Ukraine. Here鈥檚 why that makes a deal so tough

Congress return to work this week after the holiday break, and Senate Republicans have made clear they won鈥檛 support additional war aid for Ukraine unless they can pair it with border security measures.

FILE - President Joe Biden meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023, in Washington. President Joe Biden鈥檚 nearly $106 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and other needs sits idle in Congress, neither approved nor rejected, but subjected to new political demands. Republicans are insisting on U.S.-Mexico border policy provisions in exchange for any new funds for Ukraine to fight Russia. (APPhoto/Evan Vucci, File)

The debate over Ukraine aid was already complicated. Then it became tangled up in US border security

President Joe Biden鈥檚 nearly $106 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and other needs is sitting idle in Congress.

FILE - House Commerce subcommittee chair Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., speaks, Feb. 26, 2020, during a hearing on the budget and the coronavirus threat, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Eshoo announced Tuesday she is not running for reelection next year, which marks the end of her more than three decades in Congress representing California鈥檚 Silicon Valley. (APPhoto/Susan Walsh, File )

Democratic Rep. Anna Eshoo announces retirement after three decades in Congress

Democratic Rep. Anna Eshoo is not running for reelection next year. Eshoo鈥檚 announcement on Tuesday marks the end of her more than three decades in Congress representing California鈥檚 Silicon Valley.

FILE - House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., talks with reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Nov. 2, 2023. As Johnson tries to unite the slim House Republican majority, he's fast running into the same hard-right factions and divisions that his predecessor, Kevin McCarthy was unable to tame. It's disrupting the GOP agenda, shelving priorities and leaving gnawing questions about any leader's ability to govern.(APPhoto/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Tempers flare and bills languish as Speaker Johnson confronts the same problems that vexed McCarthy

The new House Speaker is trying to rebuild the Republican鈥檚 slim majority. But he鈥檚 running into the same hard-right factions and divisions that his predecessor was unable to tame.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., meets with reporters ahead of a crucial vote on a continuing resolution to keep the government funded at its current levels, a measure not heartily supported by the hard right wing of his party, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023. (APPhoto/J. Scott Applewhite)

Speaker Johnson says he鈥檒l make 44,000 hours of Jan. 6 footage available to the general public

House Speaker Mike Johnson says he plans to publicly release hours of footage from the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Ethics chairman launches a new bid to expel George Santos after a withering report on his conduct

The chairman of the House Ethics Committee has filed a resolution to force a vote on expelling Republican Rep. George Santos from Congress.

FILE - Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minn., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill on June 24, 2020, in Washington. A man who pleaded guilty to assaulting Democratic Rep. Angie Craig of Minnesota in the elevator of her Washington apartment was sentenced to more than two years in behind bars on Thursday. Twenty-seven-year-old Kendrid Khalil Hamlin apologized to Craig and said he wants to get mental health and substance abuse treatment. (APPhoto/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Man who attacked Minnesota congresswoman in her Washington apartment building gets 27-month sentence

A man who pleaded guilty to assaulting Democratic Rep. Angie Craig of Minnesota in the elevator of her Washington apartment has been sentenced to more than two years behind bars.

CORRECTS PARTY AFFILIATION - FILE - Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., speaks to reporters as he leaves the federal courthouse in Central Islip, N.Y., Wednesday, May 10, 2023. The House Ethics panel says it has found 鈥渟ubstantial evidence鈥� of lawbreaking by Republican Rep. George Santos of New York and has referred its findings to the Justice Department. The committee said Thursday that Santos鈥� conduct warrants public condemnation, is beneath the dignity of the office, and has brought severe discredit upon the House. APPhoto/Seth Wenig, File)

Rep. George Santos won鈥檛 seek reelection after a scathing ethics report cites evidence of lawbreaking

Republican Congressman George Santos of New York says he won鈥檛 run for reelection in 2024 after a scathing House Ethics Committee report on his conduct cited 鈥渙verwhelming evidence鈥� of lawbreaking.

FILE - Senate Majority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of N.Y., talks with reporters after meeting with President Joe Biden at the White House, Oct. 31, 2023, in Washington. The Senate is heading for a vote on a temporary government funding package as lawmakers sought to keep the holiday season free from any suspense over a government shutdown. Senators were trying to speed forward on the funding package on Wednesday. (APPhoto/Evan Vucci)

Congress approves temporary funding and pushes the fight over the federal budget into the new year

Congress has ended the threat of a government shutdown until after the holidays. The Senate gave final approval to a temporary government funding package Wednesday night and sent it to President Joe Biden for his signature.

Without enough GOP support, Speaker Johnson had to rely on Democrats to avoid a government shutdown

New Republican Speaker Mike Johnson was forced to reach across the aisle to Democrats when hard-right conservatives revolted against his plan to keep the government funded into the new year.

Democrat Gabe Amo gives both thumbs up to the room full of election night supporters, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023, at The Guild in Pawtucket, R.I., after winning Rhode Island鈥檚 1st Congressional District seat. The former White House aide will become the state鈥檚 first Black candidate elected to the U.S. House. (Kris Craig/Providence Journal via 麻豆传媒app)

Rep. Gabe Amo, the first Black representative from Rhode Island in Congress, is sworn into office

Rep. Gabe Amo has been sworn into office. He is the first Black representative from Rhode Island in Congress. Amo, a Democrat, won a special election in November.

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testifies during a hearing of the Senate Appropriations Committee on President Biden's supplemental funding request, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023, in Washington. (APPhoto/Alex Brandon)

House pushes off impeachment of Homeland Secretary Mayorkas for handling of southern border

The House has voted to push off a Republican effort to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks during a press conference with House Republicans and families of hostages being held in Gaza at the Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. (APPhoto/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades)

House Republicans look to pass two-step package to avoid partial government shutdown

House Speaker Mike Johnson has unveiled his proposal to avoid a partial government shutdown next weekend by extending government funding for some agencies and programs until Jan. 19 and continuing funding for others until Feb. 2.

FILE - The Louisiana state Capitol stands prominently, April 4, 2023, in Baton Rouge, La. The Louisiana Legislature has until Jan. 15, 2024 to enact a new congressional map after a lower court ruled that the current political boundaries dilute the power of the state鈥檚 Black voters, based on an order issued by a federal New Orleans appeals court Friday, Nov. 10, 2023. (APPhoto/Stephen Smith, File)

Louisiana lawmakers have until Jan. 15 to enact new congressional map, court says

The Louisiana Legislature has until Jan. 15 to enact a new congressional map after a lower court last year ruled that the current political boundaries dilute the power of the state鈥檚 Black voters.

FILE - Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., shakes hands with Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., before Republicans try to elect Johnson to be the new House speaker, at the Capitol in Washington, Oct. 25, 2023. Johnson is facing his first big test as he tries to win House Republican support for a short-term funding plan to avert a government shutdown. (APPhoto/Alex Brandon, File)

New Speaker Mike Johnson grasps for a funding plan with a government shutdown rapidly approaching

New House Speaker Mike Johnson is facing his first big test as he tries to win House Republican support for a short-term funding plan to avert a government shutdown.

This undated photo released by the Office of Congresswoman Monica de la Cruz shows recent vandalism on the front of her McAllen, Texas, office. Her office was vandalized this week on Nov. 7 and 9, 2023. (Office of Congresswoman Monica de la Cruz via 麻豆传媒app)

Police investigate vandalism at US Rep. Monica De La Cruz鈥檚 Texas office over Israel-Hamas war

Police in Texas say they are investigating messages spray-painted on U.S. Rep. Monica De La Cruz鈥檚 office that condemn the Republican鈥檚 support for Israel in the war with Hamas.