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The Senate declined to act on a bill that would prevent airlines from further reducing the size of seats and legroom in planes.

Senate votes against amendment seeking new standards on airplane legroom

June 11, 2018 at 4:25 a.m.

If you're seeking relief from sardine-can conditions on airline flights, don't expect any help from Congress. The Senate voted down an amendment Thursday that would have ended any further reductions...

Republicans on Oct. 28, 2015, nominated Rep. Paul Ryan as the new speaker of the House.

Republicans officially nominate Paul Ryan for House speaker

August 19, 2019 at 12:20 a.m.

House Republicans on Wednesday nominated Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, long seen as one of the party's brightest stars, to become their next speaker and standard-bearer. The internal party vote...

Gowdy’s pleas to keep Benghazi probe above politics have gone unheeded

June 20, 2019 at 2:51 a.m.

Upon being named chairman last year of the House investigation into the 2012 attacks on U.S. diplomats in Libya, Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) said he would insist on keeping his...

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