The House GOP leadership spent $40,000 on brand-new congressional lapel pins for each of its members. Every two years, all 435 members of the House of Representatives and the six non-voting ...

It can be hard to please over 400 lawmakers. Back in 2003–04, during the 108 th Congress, the congressional pin was designed with red, white, and blue colors for the first time in House history ...

Some GOP lawmakers have been seen wearing lapel pins in the shape of miniature AR-15 rifles. Georgia Rep. Andrew Clyde, who owns a gun store, has taken responsibility for handing them out.

Congress Spends $40K to Change Color of House Lapel Pins From Green to Navy Blue Because They Can The splurge comes as Congress stares down a partial government shutdown. By Jack McCordick ...

Two pins — one that reads '1870' in white text atop a round black pin and various colored crayon-shaped pins with the Crayola logo — have garnered attention. Here's what they mean. 1870 Pin ...

On Feb. 1, 2023, at least two GOP members of Congress were photographed wearing an AR-15-shaped rifle pin: U.S.Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., and Rep. Ana Paulina Luna, R-Fla. The lapels were spotted ...

Earlier this week, congressional Democrats and media folk noticed that Republican U.S. House members, including trouble magnet George Santos, were sporting lapel pins made in the shape of an ...

Political pins were all the rage among members of Congress at the State of the Union address, but one of the messages donned by at least two lawmakers drew widespread rebuke — and for good reason.

Lapel pins have long been beloved tools across the political spectrum. ... Congress passed a law that prohibited using the “portrait or likeness of any living person” on legal tender.