Category: Congress

House Democratic leaders said Tuesday they would launch a longshot effort to force a vote on a bill preventing cuts to key federal safety-net programs. The discharge petition is...

Rep. Robert Garcia is starting to make quiet moves towards a bid to lead Democrats on the House Oversight Committee, according to five people granted anonymity to discuss his...

GOP Sen. Thom Tillis said Tuesday he has told the White House he will oppose Ed Martin’s nomination to be the top federal prosecutor for the District of Columbia,...

House Republicans revisited the 2017 congressional baseball shooting Tuesday, releasing a report attacking the FBI over its initial characterization of the event as a "suicide by cop." The report...

House Republicans are preparing one of the largest overhauls to the country’s largest anti-hunger programs in decades, with a plan to limit future increases to benefits, implement new work...

Republicans will be “hard pressed” to finish their megabill by Memorial Day, a key Republican said Tuesday at a hospital industry conference. This acknowledgment from Rep. Buddy Carter of...

Democratic appropriators infuriated by the Trump administration’s disregard for Congress’ power of the purse are getting their first chance to cross examine the secretaries who have aided the president’s...

Speaker Mike Johnson said he still intends to hold a vote House to vote to fix the District of Columbia’s $1 billion funding shortfall, after the stopgap government funding...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Monday he is open to amending landmark cryptocurrency legislation that GOP leaders hope to pass in the coming weeks on the floor, as...

She cited the caucus’ preference for seniority.