Gaylord News is a reporting project of the University of Oklahoma Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication

Gaylord News

Gaylord News is a reporting project of the University of Oklahoma Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication

Gaylord News

Gaylord News is a reporting project of the University of Oklahoma Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication

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House passes defense bill in party line vote

Jim Myers July 13, 2019

Washington – Oklahomans in the U.S. House voted along party lines as that chamber approved a major defense bill, setting up a battle with the Senate where Sen. Jim Inhofe’s bill earlier sailed through...

Week in Washington: Voting rights, anti-Semitism and more

Anna Bauman and Abigail Bitterman March 8, 2019

WASHINGTON — Voting rights and hate speech took center stage on Capitol Hill this week.  House Democrats spent the week focusing on a sweeping voting rights and ethics bill ahead of a Friday...

Oklahoma GOP reps vote ‘no’ on U.S. House bill to overturn national emergency, but measure passes

Anna Bauman February 26, 2019

WASHINGTON — Despite some reservations, Oklahoma’s Republican representatives backed President Donald Trump on Tuesday by voting against a resolution to overturn the national emergency that would...

Oklahoma loses clout as minority members in the U.S. House of Representatives

Anna Bauman February 1, 2019

WASHINGTON — When the U.S. House of Representatives flipped to a Democratic majority after eight years of conservative control, Republicans undoubtedly lost power.  That includes representatives...

Oklahoma GOP congressmen will need to rely on bipartisanship in Democratic-controlled House

Oklahoma GOP congressmen will need to rely on bipartisanship in Democratic-controlled House

Emma Keith, Reporter November 7, 2018

WASHINGTON — Despite a Democrat victory for Kendra Horn in Oklahoma Tuesday, the state’s delegation will have to rely on bipartisan solutions and potential compromise to maintain influence in a newly...

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