Some Black politicians are reluctantly rallying around Nancy Pelosi's bid to become House speaker.
The president's party usually loses in off-year elections like in 2018.
Democratic Texas Rep. Al Green on Wednesday took to the House floor to file Articles of Impeachment against Donald Trump.
House Democrats filed the resolution as a “political intervention” to address Trump’s unpresidential behavior.
The GOP healthcare bill --- which President Donald Trump supports and is a replacement for The Affordable Care Act --- that passed in the House of Representatives Thursday may stop Medicaid funds for Planned Parenthood.
The House of Representatives voted to defund Planned Parenthood in Virginia Tuesday despite women's rights advocates having protested on the Capitol grounds and in the House chamber.
Attorney General of California Kamala Harris, who became the second Black woman to be elected to the U.S. Senate, and former Maryland Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown are among leaders scheduled to serve in Congress in 2017.
Under the legislature, law enforcement would be permitted to delay a gun sale for three days – enough time to allow the Justice Department to make a case before a judge that the purchaser should not be allowed due to placement on the terrorist watch list, according to USA Today.
California Democrat Jarred Huffman authored the bill after the tragic shooting death of nine Black worshipers at Charleston's Emanuel AME Church in June of last year.
If members do not leave the floor and no compromise is reached, it is largely up to Speaker Paul Ryan to decide whether to use the authority of the House to seek to clear the floor and/or sanction members, or to keep the House in recess and wait out the issue.
The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a bill to strengthen U.S. traveling restrictions for citizens from 38 countries.
