The Latest Breaking News from Rules Committee

Rep. Pete Sessions, who chaired the House Rules Committee from 2013 through 2018, wants to reclaim the gavel in the 119th Congress.

The North Texas Republican and former OB-GYN is leaving office after 22 years having made his mark on health insurance and energy policy.

House Republicans on Wednesday voted to formalize their impeachment inquiry into President Biden, who contends he has done nothing improper.

A plan to vote on two competing House bills that would reauthorize a powerful surveillance authority ran into trouble Monday evening.

Senate leaders of both parties sent encouraging signals Monday for Speaker Mike Johnson’s bill to avoid a partial government shutdown.

Several people in the gallery were escorted out by security after an observer singled them out as supporters of welcoming migrants. Later, the full Council voted to accept donated land at 115th and Halsted streets that will become the temporary site of a winterized tent camp for migrant.

Five GOP lawmakers joined with Democrats to tank a move to bring up the $826.4 billion fiscal 2024 Pentagon bill on the House floor.

With help from two other ultraconservatives, the Texas Republican’s seat on the Rules Committee has let him press for red-meat priorities, even in traditionally bipartisan legislation.

House Freedom Caucus Republicans have temporarily halted their blockade of the House floor, ending for now a nearly weeklong shutdown of business in the chamber. The small group of rebels was pledging to block all significant legislation from passing until Speaker Kevin McCarthy agreed to their demands.