“House of Representatives” on The Daily Caller

CAMBRIDGE, Md. — House Democrats will win the House in November, swinging the gavel back into the hands of Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Vice President Biden predicted Friday. (more)

In response to President Barack Obama’s recess appointments, made while the Senate was in a pro forma session, House Democratic Caucus Chairman John Larson of Connecticut told The Daily Caller that he would “prefer everything happen in regular order.” The president, though, was justified in his actions, he said, since Republicans have been blocking his appointees. (more)

Republican Reps. James Lankford of Oklahoma and Tom Reed of New York told The Daily Caller that they disagree with the Congressional Franking Office banning “Merry Christmas” in official mail — and wished TheDC’s readership a “Merry Christmas.” (more)

Pennsylvania Republican Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick, who served as the presiding officer in a pro forma session of the House Wednesday, told The Daily Caller that Minority Whip Steny Hoyer was in “violation of the House rules” when requesting to be recognized on the floor in an attempt to force a vote on the Senate’s two-month payroll tax cut extension. Fitzpatrick called Hoyer’s actions a “publicity stunt.” (more)

Rep. Joe Walsh, an Illinois Republican, and Rep. Mike Ross, an Arkansas Democrat, are trying to overturn a rule that forbids the use of “Merry Christmas” and “Happy Hanukkah” in taxpayer-funded congressional correspondence. (more)

Late Wednesday night, on the eve of the one year anniversary of Border Patrol agent Brian Terry’s murder with weapons sold during Operation Fast and Furious, the House of Representatives passed the Brian A. Terry Memorial Act of 2011 by unanimous consent. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rejecting the idea Congress can’t control its spending impulses, the House turned back a Republican proposal Friday to amend the Constitution to dam the rising flood of federal red ink. Democrats – and a few GOP lawmakers – said damage from the balanced-budget mandate would outweigh any benefits. (more)

Want a way to keep up with legislation passing through the House, even while on the run? “There’s an app for that,” says House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy. (more)

Members of Congress had a collective net worth of more than $2 billion in 2010, a nearly 25 percent increase over the 2008 total, according to a Roll Call analysis of Members’ financial disclosure forms. (more)

House Republican Leader Eric Cantor rebuffed President Obama’s calls for Congress to quickly pass his American Jobs Act and said the GOP-controlled House would only take up parts of the president’s plan. (more)

The House appropriations subcommittee on Labor, Health & Human Services and Education is attacking funding for Obamacare, the Labor Department and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). (more)

Republican Rep. James Lankford of Oklahoma told The Daily Caller on Friday that no House Democrat wants to put his or her name behind President Obama’s $447 billion jobs plan, a necessary step before the legislation can be introduced for consideration. (more)

The Democratic National Committee (DNC), Monday, released a 30-second web ad promoting President Barack Obama’s jobs plan as part of a new campaign to promote  the bill and its $477 billion price tag. But does that ad violate ethics rules? Some say yes. (more)

Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, and fellow Americans:  (more)

Speaker of the House John Boehner and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi announced the closing of an iconic Capitol Hill institution Monday. The House Page Program, the leaders said, is coming to a close. (more)

After a wild and bumpy ride, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives passed Speaker of the House John Boehner’s Budget Control Act Friday evening. The vote fell along party lines at 218–210, with 22 Republicans voting against the bill. (more)

A group of freshmen GOP members of Congress swept into office with Tea Party support stood on the steps of the U.S. Capitol Thursday pledging to vote for Speaker of the House John Boehner’s debt-ceiling bill — and encourage the others in their class to do so. (more)

Harry Reid has really been working hard on this whole “raise the debt ceiling before the world ends” thing. The guy deserves a break, and he’s gonna get one. (more)

The Republican-controlled House of Representatives approved the Cut, Cap, and Balance Act, Tuesday night. The measure passed on a fairly party-line vote, 234-190. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans on Tuesday failed to stop the enactment of new energy-saving standards for light bulbs they portrayed as yet another example of big government interfering in people’s lives. (more)