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Senator Chuck Schumer—then a New York member of the House—voted for the Anti‑Drug Abuse Act of 1986, which included the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement provisions that expanded U.S. authority to prosecu...
Sen. John Kennedy is widely reported in partisan outlets to have publicly presented damaging documents about Rep. Ilhan Omar in November 2025, including claims of diverted funds and problematic person...
As of the documents and reporting in the provided sources, the U.S. House has multiple resolutions filed in 2025 that would impeach President Donald J. Trump — including H.Res.353 and H.Res.537 — but ...
Seven states had no Republican members in the U.S. House of Representatives following the 2024 elections: Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Mexico, and Rhode Island. Thi...
Allegations tied to Gov. Tim Walz focus on large frauds and mismanagement in state programs during his tenure—most prominently the Feeding Our Future school meal fraud and the Housing Stabilization Se...
Two different votes are required at different stages: a simple majority in the U.S. House of Representatives is needed to adopt articles of impeachment (218 of 435 if all seats vote), and a two‑thirds...
Current and former Members of the U.S. House receive a defined‑benefit pension under federal systems (CSRS or FERS) that is calculated from their “high‑3” average pay, years of service and statutory m...
Available reporting in the provided sources does not show any current House or Senate leaders openly calling for President Trump to resign in 2025; instead, the material documents calls for action in ...
If a sitting president and the entire executive branch were simultaneously removed or incapacitated, the Constitution and the Presidential Succession Act lay out a specific order: the vice president i...
The U.S. House of Representatives is composed of 435 voting seats apportioned among the 50 states; that figure is repeatedly stated across official and reference sources (e.g., Wikipedia, Statista, Go...
As of the available reporting, Republicans hold a narrow majority in the U.S. House of Representatives, with sources reporting 219 Republican seats and 213 Democratic seats and several vacancies noted...
The U.S. House of Representatives is apportioned 435 voting seats; current reporting notes 433 sitting representatives with two vacancies as of early December 2025 (the House normally has 435 voting m...
Multiple special elections in 2025–2026 are active and could influence control of the U.S. House because the GOP majority is narrow; at least six special House contests were expected in 2025 and three...
All 435 U.S. House seats are up for election on November 3, 2026, and while Republicans must hold at least 218 to retain control . Analysts converge that a small number of highly competitive districts...
Jasmine Crockett did not lose her congressional seat; she was reelected to represent Texas’s 30th Congressional District in the November 2024 general election and continues to serve in that role throu...
As of the incoming 119th Congress (Jan. 2025–Jan. 2027), available reporting identifies four Muslim members of the U.S. House of Representatives: Ilhan Omar (Minnesota’s 5th), Rashida Tlaib (Michigan’...
The “Born in the USA” / “Born in America” Act refers to multiple congressional bills and competing narratives in 2025 about birthright citizenship; the Senate and House versions (S.646 and H.R.3368 / ...
Federal courts have repeatedly rejected challenges that the Sixteenth Amendment was invalidly proposed or ratified; courts treat the Archivist/Secretary of State’s certification and subsequent judicia...
The claim that "Rep Payapal was not a US citizen prior to being elected to congresa" conflates a misspelled name with verifiable facts about Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal: . Public biographies and her...
A president is impeached by a simple majority vote in the U.S. House of Representatives—currently 218 of 435 members if all seats vote . Given Republican control of the current House and public report...