The lawmakers are concerned that climate programs may be politicized next year when Trump is president and Republicans control Congress.

CBS News has projected a winner for the last race in the U.S. House of Representatives. Democrats scored a net gain from their last term to create a narrow GOP majority in the chamber. CBS News political reporter Hunter Woodall joins "America Decides" to examine the state of the 119th Congress.

President-elect Donald Trump said he would nominate Rep. Billy Long (R-Miss.) to serve as the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in a Wednesday post on Truth Social. I am pleased to announce that former Congressman Billy Long, of the Great State of Missouri, will be appointed to serve as the Commissioner of the...

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said on Wednesday hed like to cut government spending for PBS and for Planned Parenthood, but he noted he might face some push back from Congress first. I would like to. That's for sure, Johnson said in an interview on Fox Newss The Story with Martha MacCallum, when asked whether he...

President Joe Biden is weighing preemptive pardons for his allies in Congress and current and former federal officials,senior Democrats familiar with the discussions told Politico's Jonathan Martin.The post Report: Biden Weighs Preemptive Pardon...

House Republicans are headed into next year with an even slimmer majority that will temporarily shrink to a zero-seat advantage in the early months of President-elect Donald Trump's presidency, imperiling his ambitious agenda.

Nadler, who has been in Congress since 1992, has served as the committee's chairman and ranking member for the past seven years.

Republicans on Capitol Hill have sent a preliminary offer to Democrats for numerous health care policies to be tacked onto the continuing resolution that lawmakers are moving to complete before the Dec. 20 deadline to avert a government shutdown. The bicameral Republican offer includes a three-year extension of Medicare's telehealth and hospital-at-home programs. It would...

Four players, including Mark Bellhorn, were part of a rolling rally on Dec. 17, 2004, on Congress Street to celebrate the Red Sox first World Series victory in 86 years.

House Majority LeaderSteve Scalise (R-La.) released theschedulefor the 119th Congress on Tuesday, unveiling adjustments under President-elect Trump. Next year, representatives will be in session for 34 weeks and maintain a maximum four-day work week. The lower chamber will elect a Speaker on Jan. 3,after the new Congress is sworn in. Republicans have informally decided to...

The narrow Republican House majority in the 119th Congress will have nothing to spare, as it aims to fix everything, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La.,... Read MoreThe post

Peter Navarro, convicted of contempt of Congress, was chosen Wednesday by President-elect Donald Trump to be a senior counselor for trade and manufacturing.

The head of the House Democratic Caucus is sending an early message to his troops heading into the 119th Congress: Attendance will be crucial given the razor-tight margins in the lower chamber. Its important for every member to come to work and to do their job. That's what we're telling our caucus, Rep. Pete Aguilar...

On Wednesday, Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) bowed out of the race to be the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, which has oversight of the Department of Justice, in the new Congress starting next year. Nadler, who has held either the chairman or ranking member position in the panel for the past several years, ...

Congressional Republicans lashed a top Homeland Security official Wednesday for her inability to answer questions about what sort of illegal immigrants her agency has helped enter the country.