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  2. Opinion - How Congress can bridge the divide: Face each other ...

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    The next Congress has all but taken shape under Republican control, but a more fundamental, behind-the-scenes change is also coming — one that will require more effort and collaboration from a ...

  3. How this Congress keeps setting records with its speaker ...

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    The 118th Congress is the first in US history to need multiple ballots more than once to name a speaker. How this Congress keeps setting records with its speaker votes, in one chart Skip to main ...

  4. 118th United States Congress - Wikipedia

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    The Congress began with a multi-ballot election for Speaker of the House, which had not happened since the 68th Congress in 1923. Kevin McCarthy was eventually elected speaker on the 15th ballot. After relying on bipartisan votes to get out of a debt ceiling crisis and government shutdown threats , McCarthy became the first speaker to ever be ...

  5. Speaker Johnson will oversee narrowest House majority in ...

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    Speaker Mike Johnson faces a major challenge in the new Congress: the narrowest House majority in nearly 100 years. In a dramatic turn of events, Johnson managed to retain the gavel in a single ...

  6. Structure of the United States Congress - Wikipedia

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    Obstructing the work of Congress is a crime under federal law, and is known as contempt of Congress. Each house of Congress has the power to cite individuals for contempt, but may not impose any punishment. Instead, after a house issues a contempt citation, the judicial system pursues the matter like a normal criminal case.

  7. 119th United States Congress - Wikipedia

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    The 119th United States Congress is the current term of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives.

  8. How Congress is changing electoral law in response to Jan. 6

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    In one of the last acts of the Democratic-led Congress, the House and the Senate are set to pass an overhaul of the Electoral Count Act, the arcane election law that then-President Donald Trump ...

  9. United States Congress in relation to the president and ...

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    The U.S. Congress in relation to the president and Supreme Court has the role of chief legislative body of the United States. However, the Founding Fathers of the United States built a system in which three powerful branches of the government, using a series of checks and balances , could limit each other's power.