The top Democrats on the House Judiciary and Oversight and Government Reform committees have requested a visit to the prison where Ghislaine Maxwell is being held, alleging preferential treatment toward Maxwell and a cover-up of sexual abuse at the facility.

Texas House Democrats who absconded last year, halting state legislative business, have been fined nearly $10,000 each. They say they will fight the fines, which are stipulated in Texas House rules they voted for last year.

Several Texas House Democrats have until Feb. 9 to contest fines of over $9,000 each for leaving the state to block a redistricting plan last summer.

House Democrats introduced a discharge petition Wednesday to force action on a bill banning members of Congress, the president, the vice president and their immediate families from owning, holding and trading stocks.

When a rogue House Democrat surprised his own party with an impeachment vote against President Donald Trump last month, drama quickly rippled through the rank-and-file.

House Republicans are starting a push to hold former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in contempt of Congress over the Jeffrey Epstein investigation.

The House of Representatives sent the last of its government funding bills over to the Senate, with only a week left before the next shutdown.