Mitchell Miller
Capitol Hill Correspondent at WTOP-FM (Washington, DC)
Host at The Week on the Hill
Cover Capitol Hill for @WTOP, Washington's all-news station. Breaking news from the D.C. area.
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1 week ago |
wtop.com | Mitchell Miller
House Speaker Mike Johnson said he plans to call for a vote on a bill to fix a glitch that has created a potential $1 billion hole in the D.C. budget, though the timing is still uncertain. Johnson told reporters Monday night that he has spoken with D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and told her he would try to “do it as quickly as possible.”He said the delay on scheduling a vote was related to all the work that House Republicans are currently conducting on budget reconciliation.
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1 week ago |
wtop.com | Mitchell Miller
The Pentagon has taken significant steps to address the security threat of unidentified drones flying over U.S. military bases but is still not adequately prepared to deal with what remains a growing problem, a U.S. House panel was told this week. Lawmakers remain concerned that there are still unanswered questions about how drones were able to fly over Joint Base Langley-Eustis in Virginia in 2023 for 17 nights. Virginia Rep.
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2 weeks ago |
wtop.com | Mitchell Miller
A GOP proposal to create an annual $20 fee for all U.S. vehicles — which has been criticized by members of both parties as a national car tax — was pulled Wednesday from budget reconciliation legislation. The chair of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Rep. Sam Graves, a Republican representing Missouri’s 6th District, had proposed the annual registration fee to try to eventually phase out the federal gas tax. But it was criticized by Republicans as well as Democrats.
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2 weeks ago |
wtop.com | Mitchell Miller
Longtime Virginia Rep. Gerry Connolly announced Monday that he will not seek reelection next year, after learning that the esophageal cancer he’s been fighting has returned. Connolly, who is serving his ninth term representing Virginia’s 11th District, also said he plans to step down “soon” from his post as the ranking Democrat on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
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2 weeks ago |
ourcommunitynow.com | Mitchell Miller
Virginia U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine has a special connection to Pope Francis and still feels fortunate he was once able to meet him in St. Peter’s Square, where large crowds gathered Saturday for the pope’s funeral. The brief meeting took place in 2017 and is especially important to Kaine, who’s a devout Catholic and worked with Jesuit missionaries in Honduras four decades ago. Kaine recalls when Pope Francis was chosen as the first Latin American to become pontiff.
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House Ways and Means Committee advances key tax portion of President Trump’s “big beautiful bill.” Vote this morning after marathon markup was 26-19. Extends the first-term Trump tax cuts and goes to House Budget Committee.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer announces hold on President Trump's DOJ nominees due to questions about the president's plan to accept a luxury jet from Qatar to be used as Air Force One. https://t.co/A75TDi4Ezw
MD Rep. Andy Harris, chair of the conservative House Freedom Caucus said today he'd be open to raising taxes on the wealthy. Tells Fox Business the higher bracket (a return to close to 40%) could be set for those earning $2 million or more to help offset other tax reductions. https://t.co/rpPWPuOAVy
