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WASHINGTON — The Republican and Democratic leaders of the House Foreign Affairs Committee said they triggered a requirement that the Biden administration determine within four months whether a Chinese surveillance company should be sanctioned for human rights violations against ethnic Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in the Xinjiang province.

House Foreign Affairs Committee leaders have triggered a sanctions review of a Chinese surveillance equipment maker.

WASHINGTON — Democratic Rep. Barbara Lee of Oakland, a seasoned progressive with more than three decades immersed in California politics, on Wednesday told congressional colleagues she plans to run for Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s Senate seat in 2024.

WASHINGTON — House Democrats on Tuesday rejected an effort to limit how long their committee leaders can serve without a waiver from the entire caucus.

A proposal to put a six-year limit on how long a House Democrat could chair a committee or be ranking member was defeated in a closed caucus.

WASHINGTON — Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Thursday that she will not run for another term as Democratic leader, adhering to a self-imposed term-limit pledge she made four years ago.

WASHINGTON — Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Thursday that she will not run for another term as Democratic leader, adhering to a self-imposed term-limit pledge she made four years ago.

WASHINGTON — Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Thursday that she will not run for another term as Democratic leader, adhering to a self-imposed term-limit pledge she made four years ago.

Speaking on House floor, Pelosi says she will step down from leadership but remain in U.S. House of Representatives.

Democrats said Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-N.C., expected Financial Services Committee chair, has sought to find bipartisan consensus.

WASHINGTON — Companies are making good on promises to add racially and ethnically diverse candidates to their boards even as Congress and the Biden administration debate whether to require them to disclose the demographic makeup of directors, executives and workers.