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Rebuking Johnson, N.J. House Dems display plaque commemorating officers who defended Capitol on January 6

June 23, 2025 3:30 pmJune 23, 2025 5:27 pm

In 2022, President Joe Biden signed a law that required a plaque commemorating the law enforcement officers who protected Congress on January 6, 2021 to be hung in the U.S. Capitol building by March 2023. But more than two years...

Delaney Hall continues to loom over Congress as GOP leaders threaten consequences

May 14, 2025 3:25 pmMay 14, 2025 3:30 pm

Five days after an oversight visit at a Newark immigrant detention center turned into a nationally watched incident, the specter of Delaney Hall continues to loom over Congress. The Friday afternoon scuffle initially only led to direct consequences for one...

Murphy raises flags for Trump inaugural

January 20, 2025 6:07 pmJanuary 21, 2025 11:00 am

Calling it “fitting and appropriate,” Gov. Phil Murphy today ordered U.S. and state flags to be raised to full-staff for the remainder of today after President Donald Trump directed that be done by presidential proclamation shortly after taking office. Murphy...

D.C. Dispatch: What N.J.’s members of Congress did in Washington this week

November 15, 2024 4:47 pmNovember 17, 2024 11:34 pm

It’s a new Washington, D.C.: President-elect Donald Trump is headed to the White House, Republicans have retaken power in the Senate after four years in the minority, and the government will soon be controlled by a GOP trifecta for the...

Chris Smith brings in $500,000 to help House GOP hold majority

October 1, 2024 2:49 pmOctober 2, 2024 3:46 pm

Rep. Christopher Smith (R-Manchester) added over $500,000 to boost House Republican coffers this morning at a Lakewood fundraiser headlined by House Speaker Mike Johnson. The breakfast was held at the home of Dr. Richard Roberts, a wealthy philanthropist and retired...

N.J. members head home after voting to keep government open

September 25, 2024 7:01 pm

Members of the U.S. House and Senate have departed Washington, not to return until after the elections in November. Before they left, both chambers passed a stopgap funding bill that keeps the government funded through December, averting a shutdown that...

GOP effort to tie government funding to voter security bill fails on House floor

September 18, 2024 6:47 pm

House Republicans’ first effort to keep the government open ahead of a shutdown deadline on September 30 failed on the House floor today, with a handful of Republicans joining almost every Democrat in voting down the bill. A big reason...