Top Rules Committee staffer heads to the private sector
Committee staff director Jennifer Belair will soon become senior vice president of government affairs at lobbying firm Atlas ...
Burrows navigates bipartisan tightrope with new House committee rules
Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows navigates bipartisan tightrope with the adoption of new rules governing committees in his ...
Texas House Democrats lose top committee posts but keep some power in a move that rankles far right
Although Democrats will be prohibited from chairing the main legislative committees, the chamber voted to expand the powers ...
Tennessee Republicans adopt new House rules on spectator ejections
The House Speaker could ban someone from the public gallery for up to two years under a new rules package designed to curtail ...
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119th Congress House Rules – Key Oversight Provisions
On January 3, 2025, the U.S. House of Representatives approved its rules package for the 119th Congress (“House Rules”) by a vote of 215-209.
Griffith to serve as vice chair of powerful House Committee on Rules
Va., will serve as the new vice chairman on the powerful House Committee on Rules for the 119th Congress. Griffith, who represents Virginia's 9th Congressional District in the House, was appointed to ...
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Conservatives clinch longtime goal of booting Democrats from leadership ranks in Texas House
Conservative activists in the GOP caucus called any power sharing with the minority party a betrayal of Republican voters.
Does the House Intelligence chair’s ouster portend future power moves?
House Speaker Mike Johnson replaced Rep. Mike Turner as chair of the House Intelligence Committee with Rep. Rick Crawford, ...
Texas House tradition of giving committee chairmanships to minority party poised to end
The proposed House rules would, however, require committee vice chairmanships to be given to minority party members, who are outnumbered 88-62.