U.S. Congress

As of 2025-11-21, a record 40 U.S. House members and 10 U.S. senators had indicated they did not plan to return to their seats after the 2026 election.

Marjorie Taylor Greene is a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from the state of Georgia.

A discharge petition in the U.S. House of Representatives requires 218 signatures to force a floor vote on a measure.

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives can be sworn into office while the House is in recess.

Enhanced premium subsidies under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) were scheduled to expire in 2025.

The proposed No Free Pass for Felons Act (2024) would condition federal grant assistance on state adoption of requirements to publish data on judges' pretrial decisions, prohibit cashless bail without a threat-assessment hearing, and publish data on repeat offenders; the bill would give states 18 months after enactment to implement the requirements and would reduce Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program funding by 15% for states that do not comply.

Any single member of the U.S. House of Representatives can introduce a censure resolution targeting another member.

Under current U.S. House rules, a censure of a member is determined by a simple majority vote of the chamber.

A bipartisan proposal discussed in 2024 would raise the threshold to censure a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from a simple majority to 60% of the chamber.

The United States Senate requires 60 votes to overcome a filibuster and pass most legislation, creating a bipartisan threshold for many bills.

The Hyde Amendment is a legislative provision that prohibits the use of federal funds to pay for most abortions.

Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) are tax-advantaged accounts that can be used to hold funds for consumers to pay qualified medical expenses and have been proposed as a mechanism to deliver healthcare subsidy funds directly to consumers instead of sending those funds to insurers.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi named Representative Liz Cheney as vice chair of the House Select Committee investigating the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Marjorie Taylor Greene was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in the 2020 election, representing Georgia's 14th congressional district.

House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi was one of 126 House Democrats who voted against the 2002 congressional resolution authorizing the Iraq War.

Only seven bills originating via successful House discharge petitions have been enacted into law since 1935.

A privileged resolution in the U.S. House of Representatives is a procedural tool that can be used to force consideration of a motion to formally rebuke or censure a member.

The Congressional Progressive Caucus is an organized caucus within the U.S. House Democratic caucus.

The United States Constitution guarantees the right to due process and the presumption of innocence, including the opportunity for an accused person to have a day in court.

The House Democratic Caucus maintains rules that can result in members stepping down from committee or subcommittee leadership positions when they face allegations or indictments.

House rules changes can only be adopted at the start of a new U.S. Congress, and suspending House rules during an ongoing Congress generally requires approval by a two-thirds majority vote.

In the U.S. federal legislative process, revenue measures typically originate in the House of Representatives.

When legislation is referred to multiple committees of jurisdiction in the U.S. House of Representatives, the House's consideration of that legislation typically takes longer than if it were processed through a single committee or expedited floor procedures.

Marjorie Taylor Greene served as a U.S. Representative and was an early and prominent political ally of Donald Trump who frequently supported his positions in Congress.

Marjorie Taylor Greene publicly diverged from other Republican lawmakers on policy areas including health care costs and foreign policy and advocated for releasing documents related to Jeffrey Epstein.