If you want to weaken gerrymandering, avert government shutdowns, reduce the concentration of power among politicians, blunt the influence of money in elections, loosen the grip of national media narratives,

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, March 27 (Reuters) - Veteran Republican U.S. lawmaker Sam Graves, who chairs the House of Representatives Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, said on Friday he will not seek reelection this year,

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What is your top issue and how do you propose to address it? My top issue is affordability, because families in this district are being squeezed by rising taxes, higher utility bills, housing costs, healthcare expenses, and federal policies that drive up ...

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Republican leaders in the US Congress said Wednesday they had reached a deal to fund the Department of Homeland Security and end a weeks-long partial government shutdown that has brought

Trump did alleviate one pain point for the public last week by declaring that he would go around Congress to pay TSA agents, a move that reduced the snaking lines at airport-security checkpoints across the country. Wait times had stretched to hours as missed paychecks thinned the ranks of on-duty TSA agents, causing staffing shortages.