Jay O'Brien
Capitol Hill Correspondent at ABC News
@ABC News • Covering politics, Congress, and more • Tweets frequently about Florida • Has a lot of questions
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abcnews.go.com | Mark Abdelmalek |Lucien Bruggeman |Cheyenne Haslett |Jay O'Brien
The announcement came just hours before a judge ordered the workers reinstated.
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yahoo.com | Lauren Peller |John Parkinson |Jay O'Brien
Speaker Mike Johnson met Tuesday at the White House with President Donald Trump and House Republicans holding out against voting for the Senate-approved budget bill to fund Trump's agenda. GOP leaders are again relying on Trump to help get the bill across the finish line this week before the House takes a two-week recess. Johnson has promised to pass the Senate's amendment to the House budget blueprint, with a vote planned Wednesday.
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abcnews.go.com | Lauren Peller |Jay O'Brien |John Parkinson
New lawmaker parents could vote by proxy for up to 12 weeks after childbirth. ByLauren Peller, Jay O'Brien, and John ParkinsonU.S. Speaker of the House Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) (L) participates in a ceremonial swearing-in with Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) (R), her husband Andrew Gamberzky and her son at the U.S. Capitol on January 3, 2025 in Washington, DC. The 119th Congress begins its term on Capitol Hill today.
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yahoo.com | Lauren Peller |Jay O'Brien |John Parkinson |Arthur Jones II
With the House of Representatives at a standstill, Speaker Mike Johnson is refusing to fold on his strong opposition to allowing new parents in Congress to vote remotely. "I don't concede on something that I believe to be unconstitutional. I can't. I took an oath to uphold the Constitution. So, we're going to find a path through this. We're working on that," Johnson said Wednesday. "I talked to everybody who voted against the rule, and we'll work it out.
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thepulseofnh.com | Allison Pecorin |Jay O'Brien |Peter Charalambous |John Parkinson
(WASHINGTON) -- After creating history by smashing the record for the longest Senate speech in history, Sen. Cory Booker told reporters as he walked off the floor that he was achy and tired, but grateful for his time. "I didn't know how long I could go. I'm so grateful I lasted for 25 hours," Booker said. Without taking a seat for the entirety of his speech, dehydration, the New Jersey senator said, had its pros and cons.
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