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Measure to ban trans Montana lawmaker Zooey Zephyr from women's bathroom fails
Congressional Republicans led a similar effort two weeks ago against Delaware’s Sarah McBride, the first transgender person elected to Congress.
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Bomb threats target members of Conn. Congress' homes on Thanksgiving
No evidence of a bomb was found by police on their properties.
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Key senators to watch in the Trump Cabinet nominee fights
Fifty senators are needed to confirm President-elect Donald Trump’s picks for top administration jobs. Here’s who could surprise with a vote against — or for — his nominees.
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Congress will have a record-setting number of Black members in its ranks next year
The Congressional Black Caucus’s 62 Democratic members plans to act as a counterweight to the incoming Trump administration, says Rep. Gregory Meeks of New York.
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Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart on the priorities of Congress' agenda
NBC6’s Jackie Nespral spoke with Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart to discuss President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet picks and the “ambitious” agenda of Congress.
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Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz on Trump's cabinet picks, trans bathroom ban
NBC6 anchor Jackie Nespral spoke to Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz on President-elect Trump’s cabinet picks and the proposed federal transgender bathroom ban
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Matt Gaetz says he doesn't plan to rejoin Congress after withdrawing name for attorney general
There was a question about whether he’d want to be sworn into the next Congress.
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House passes bill that would allow Treasury to target nonprofits it deems to support terrorism
The U.S. House passed legislation Thursday that would give the Treasury Department unilateral authority to strip the tax-exempt status of nonprofits it claims support terrorism.
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Number of women in Congress stalls for the first time since Trump's 2016 election
Women have made significant gains in Congress in recent elections, but that progress has stalled for the first time since 2016, falling short of the current record levels.
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Rep. Nancy Mace says her anti-trans bathroom bill ‘absolutely' targets Rep.-elect Sarah McBride
McBride, the first out transgender person elected to Congress, will serve in the House starting next year, and Mace doesn’t want her using women’s bathrooms at the Capitol.
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Speaker Mike Johnson says he supports banning transgender women from using women's bathrooms
Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday said that he supports restricting “single-sex facilities” in the Capitol, including restrooms, to “individuals of that biological sex”— which would effectively ban the first transgender congresswoman from using women’s bathrooms in the next Congress.
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Democrats try to force a vote to release Matt Gaetz report as Ethics panel has ‘no agreement'
A Democrat said he would force a vote on releasing the report as Gaetz, Trump’s pick for attorney general, met with senators and Vice President-elect JD Vance on Wednesday.
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House Republican introduces measure to ban transgender women from female bathrooms in Capitol
Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina introduced legislation on Monday night that would ban transgender women from using female bathrooms in the Capitol.
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Hacker accesses sealed testimony of woman alleging Matt Gaetz had sex with her when she was 17
The file that was hacked Monday included the testimony of the woman who alleges she had sex with Gaetz when she was 17 in 2017, and the testimony of a second woman who said she witnessed the encounter, a source told NBC News.
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Rep. Nancy Mace seeks to ban transgender women from female bathrooms in Capitol
Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina introduced the resolution as Rep.-elect Sarah McBride, D-Del., is set to become the first out transgender member of Congress.
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What are recess appointments and why is Trump considering using them?
A recess appointment takes place when a president bypasses the Senate to confirm cabinet nominees when both the House and Senate are not in session for at least 10 days.
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Speaker Mike Johnson leaves the door open to recess appointments
The House speaker Johnson told “Fox News Sunday” that “we’ll have to see how this develops” when asked whether he’d let Trump bypass the usual Senate confirmation process.
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Library of Congress emails hacked by ‘adversary'
An unidentified “adversary” hacked into the email system for the Library of Congress, accessing information sent via email between January and September 2024, the Library said.
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Senators want details of Matt Gaetz ethics probe before his confirmation vote for attorney general
Republican senators are preparing for a robust vetting of Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Justice Department, with a keen interest in details from a House Ethics Committee investigation into the former congressman from Florida.
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Mike Johnson wins GOP nomination to remain speaker of the House
House Republicans on Wednesday endorsed Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) to remain as House speaker.