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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) faced off with Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) for the House Oversight Committee ranking member position.

This year, the administration has pushed through a high number of economically impactful rules, those with a hit of $100 million or more.

It doesn't take a Christmas miracle to pass 12 appropriations bills. It just takes a Congress willing to act in the people's best interests.

Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-IN) said she would remain a member of the Republican Party despite not participating in House GOP conference meetings.

Nancy Pelosi isn't in Washington, D.C., but she is leading an effort to block Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez from winning a powerful seat on the Oversight Committee.

Congress created the Department of Education, and it can and must abolish it. Doing so is fiscally responsible and morally essential.

The House-passed Social Security Fairness Act would boost the benefits of people in the United States with public pensions by eliminating reductions for those such as first responders.

If this Congress does fail to pass permitting reform, it will surely be a major priority for the Trump administration and the Republican-controlled House and Senate.

"It's a shame that our country is losing this monumental opportunity," said Sen. Joe Manchin, one of the negotiators.

Under current law, convicted lawmakers can continue to receive pension payments so long as their case is making its way through the courts.