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WASHINGTON — A line of idling cars quietly rumbled near the House steps last Friday, ready to whisk lawmakers back to the campaign trail and away from Washington until after the midterm elections.

On days when Congress is scheduled to arrive or leave Washington, the number of members voting by proxy increases by double digits.

A delegation of US lawmakers arrived in Taiwan on Sunday for a two-day trip during which they will meet President Tsai Ing-wen, the second high-level group to visit while there are military tensions between the self-ruled island and China. Beijing, which claims democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, has…

Multiple members of Congress are asking Roger Goodell to release the Washington workplace report in advance of next week's hearings.

WASHINGTON — The House voted Thursday to allow confiscation of guns from individuals deemed an “extreme risk,” the morning after agreeing to ban teens from buying semi-automatic weapons like the one used by the 18-year-old who killed 21 people at a Uvalde elementary school.

Rep. Don Beyer says Democrats can pass the measure without any Republican votes

By: David Luchs

WASHINGTON — There are two kinds of people who, upon deep and earnest reflection, really believe Washington just doesn’t work. The first are the kind of right-wing populists who enthusiastically flocked to Donald Trump in 2016, chanted “Lock her up!” with sincerity, and think the 2020 election was stolen.

Fix Our House argues that proportional representation is the key to ending gerrymandering and shaking up congressional inaction.

Young was first elected in 1973 during the Nixon Administration.