Trump, marijuana and House Republicans
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It used to be the congressional equivalent of a five-alarm fire: Members of the House Freedom Caucus were holding out, refusing to go along with Republican leaders’ plans for high-stakes legislation. But when Speaker Mike Johnson brought the GOP’s ...
The House Freedom Caucus (HFC) accomplished some of its most effective work during July 2025. Hard work, attention to detail, and tough negotiations yielded significant improvements to two of the major initiatives in Congress throughout 2025: the One Big ...
A handful of members in the House Freedom Caucus on Tuesday delayed action in the House in protest of a bill that regulates compensation college athletes receive based on their name, image and likeness.
Members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus say they are working with the White House on a deal that would secure their support for the party’s “big, beautiful bill,” claiming they had reached an agreement Tuesday night — a characterization ...
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) announced Monday that she is leaving the House Freedom Caucus amid her battle with GOP leadership and hard-line Republicans over her push to allow proxy voting for new parents. In a letter to Freedom Caucus members, Luna ...
WASHINGTON — The House Freedom Caucus faces an existential moment with some of its most prominent members eyeing the exits for new jobs in the 2026 election, calling into question the future of the band of far-right rebels. Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, the ...
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) resigned from the House Freedom Caucus on Monday after the group moved to block a vote on her proposal to let new mothers and fathers in the House vote by proxy instead of needing to travel with newborns. “For several years ...
House Freedom Caucus members are warning that a budget plan Congress is debating to enact large swathes of President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda must gut former President Biden’s green energy law. Failure to incorporate a full repeal of Biden ...
Several members of the House Freedom Caucus have already lined up their opposition to the House Republican leadership-endorsed Senate budget resolution. The Senate budget resolution would only need a few Republican detractors to tank it altogether.
President Donald Trump, right, is joined by Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., as he arrives for a meeting with the House Republican Conference at the Capitol. Credit: Associated Press “Don’t come back and send us a bill that’s going to ...
Such a decision would represent one of the most significant federal changes to marijuana policy in decades. It could reshape the cannabis industry, ease criminal penalties, unlock billions in research funding and lead to the opening of doors long closed to banks and investors.