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Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-N.J., is one of the lawmakers pushing to get the Affordable Connectivity Program funded.

Funding at risk for program that helps millions afford internet

By Sean Michael Newhouse
Posted February 27, 2024 at 7:00am
Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, speaks with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., on Tuesday during a House Homeland Security Committee markup of articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

House panel advances Mayorkas impeachment resolution

By Sean Michael Newhouse
Posted January 31, 2024 at 9:41am
Chairman Mark E. Green, R-Tenn., left, speaks with ranking member Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., before the start of the House Homeland Security Committee markup hearing Tuesday on the impeachment of Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas.

House panel consideration of Mayorkas impeachment lasts all day

By Sean Michael Newhouse
Posted January 30, 2024 at 6:20pm
Sen. Ted Cruz has introduced legislation to block the FCC from using program funds for school bus Wi-Fi.

Republicans seek roadblocks for FCC’s school bus Wi-Fi plan

By Sean Michael Newhouse
Posted October 31, 2023 at 7:00am
Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel testifies during a House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology hearing last year.

Spectrum authority lapse impinges on broadband, 5G plans

By Sean Michael Newhouse
Posted July 6, 2023 at 7:00am
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., sponsored a bill that cleared the Judiciary Committee to remove liability protections for companies whose customers post content showing child sexual abuse.

Even Senate sponsors are skeptical of bills to shield kids online

By Sean Michael Newhouse
Posted May 9, 2023 at 7:00am
House Energy and Commerce Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., above, and ranking member Frank Pallone Jr. of New Jersey back a bill that would extend the FCC auction authority through May 19.

FCC’s spectrum auction authority nears March expiration

By Sean Michael Newhouse
Posted February 28, 2023 at 7:00am
Rep. Ted Lieu used the artificial intelligence program ChatGPT to write a resolution that calls for Congress to focus on AI.

Lieu, Auchincloss boldly go where AI so far has not: the House

By Sean Michael Newhouse
Posted January 27, 2023 at 3:00pm
Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., sponsored the bill.

GOP bill to protect speech on social media may gag officials

By Sean Michael Newhouse
Posted January 24, 2023 at 7:00am
Rep. Ken Buck, R-Colo., hoped to attach the Tiktok ban into the annual defense policy bill.

GOP-backed TikTok ban unable to hitch ride on NDAA

By Sean Michael Newhouse
Posted December 7, 2022 at 8:53am
Chuck Hoskin Jr., chief of the Cherokee Nation, testifies at a House Rules Committee hearing on Wednesday alongside Congressional Research Service attorney Mainon Schwartz.

House should ‘keep its word’ and seat delegate from Cherokee Nation, panel hears

By K. Sophie Will and Sean Michael Newhouse
Posted November 16, 2022 at 4:28pm
Sen. Christopher S. Murphy, D-Conn., said the Saudi stake in Twitter could give a foreign power influence in a tool that federal and state governments use to communicate with constituents.

Murphy urges security review of Saudi stake in Twitter

By Sean Michael Newhouse
Posted November 1, 2022 at 5:12pm
House Energy and Commerce ranking member Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., urged the Senate to clear a bill that would fund compensation for companies that have to stop using Chinese telecoms equipment.

Lawmakers urge more scrutiny of Chinese firms in wake of charges

By Sean Michael Newhouse
Posted October 26, 2022 at 1:28pm
Lawmakers have some questions for President Joe Biden — and their resolutions of inquiry point to what the next session of Congress could look like.

House Republicans scrutinize Biden with restored oversight tool

By Sean Michael Newhouse
Posted October 26, 2022 at 6:15am
Rep. Adam Kinzinger’s interns took on a sobering summer project — compiling a video of threats against their boss. Above, Kinzinger attends a hearing of the committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack, alongside fellow Republican Rep. Liz Cheney.

Angry callers are threatening Congress. These interns are on the front lines

By Sean Michael Newhouse
Posted July 28, 2022 at 5:00am
Rules Chairman Jim McGovern, D-Mass., right, and ranking member Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., seen in 2019, disagree over the scope and use of the resolution of inquiry, a tool members can use to request information from the executive branch but which has been restricted recently.

A Groundhog Day fight in Rules Committee over resolutions of inquiry

By Sean Michael Newhouse
Posted February 3, 2022 at 5:00am
So far, Amelia Earhart is a no-show on Capitol Hill. (Harris & Ewing/Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division)

Where Is Amelia Earhart? Not at the US Capitol

By Sean Michael Newhouse
Posted August 30, 2019 at 4:29pm