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Mica Soellner

msoellner@washingtontimes.com

Mica Soellner was a Capitol Hill reporter for the Washington Times focusing on the House of Representatives.

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In this image from video, the final vote total of 57-43, to acquit former President Donald Trump of the impeachment charge, incitement of insurrection, in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021. (Senate Television via AP)

House GOP weighs expunging Trump impeachments

The new House Republican majority is considering expunging former President Donald Trump's two impeachments, which many in the GOP say were politicized and flawed prosecutions led by Democrats.

January 12, 2023
This August 2017 photo provided by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's Phoenix Division shows one of four containers holding some of the 30,000 fentanyl pills the agency seized in one of its bigger busts in Tempe, Ariz. As the number of U.S. overdose deaths continues to soar, states are trying to take steps to combat a flood of the drug that has proved the most lethal — illicitly produced fentanyl. (Drug Enforcement Administration via AP) **FILE**

House GOP begins to tackle America’s fentanyl crisis

House Republicans, who in the midterm campaigns pledged to curb the tragic rise in fentanyl deaths, summoned parents who lost their child to fentanyl poisoning to tell their story on Capitol Hill and relay the urgent need for Congress to take action.

January 11, 2023
Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., walks to the House chamber as he speaks to reporters as the House meets for the fourth day to try and elect a speaker and convene the 118th Congress in Washington, Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

House GOP votes for limits on spending, tax hikes

The slim House GOP majority scored its first big win Monday, passing a set of rules that make significant changes to the way the chamber operates and which let Republicans take aim at reckless government spending.

January 9, 2023
House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., leaves a private meeting room off the floor as he negotiates with lawmakers in his own party to become the speaker of the House, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

McCarthy appeals to holdouts as House sits in limbo

Kevin McCarthy, who faces opposition from a faction of 20 conservatives, offered a comprehensive list of concessions to the holdouts, who have been demanding changes to the House rules and greater influence on the GOP's legislative agenda.

January 5, 2023