House passes Laken Riley Act, which heads to Senate with increasing Democratic support
The Laken Riley Act was passed on a 264-159 vote, with 48 House Democrats joining the Republican majority. The bill will now move forward to the Republican-controlled Senate, which is taking up the ...
The House GOP’s first bill of 2025 could enable a Ken Paxton power grab
New legislation would hand state attorneys general veto power over large swaths of federal immigration policy.
‘The initiative process is broken’: Lawmaker urges end to simple majority ballot threshold
Nampa, would raise the threshold to pass a ballot initiative to 60% from its current simple majority requirement. The Republican-controlled Legis ...
GOP-led immigration legislation passes House in first bill of new Congress
The House voted on Tuesday to pass a GOP-led bill to require detention of undocumented migrants charged with certain crimes, ...