Category: Congress
April 01, 2025
Congress
House GOP leaders move to kill proxy-voting effort
Speaker Mike Johnson's clash with a fellow Republican over allowing proxy voting for new parents in the House is set to play out on the floor Tuesday. The House...
April 01, 2025
Congress
Capitol agenda: GOP senators vs. Trump on tariffs
GOP senators could deliver a stinging rebuke of Donald Trump Tuesday, with several indicating they plan to join Democrats in opposing the president’s plan to hike tariffs on Canada....
April 01, 2025
Congress
5 reasons all eyes are on Tuesday’s elections in Florida and Wisconsin
The races are an important bellwether for the country’s political pulse in the second Trump era.
April 01, 2025
Congress
Cory Booker launches marathon Senate speech
Sen. Cory Booker is planning to hold the Senate floor for as long as he can in an effort to protest actions by President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans....
March 31, 2025
Congress
Meet the Republican who wants to be the next Jim Jordan
Rep. Brandon Gill and his role model, House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan, are split in their response to President Donald Trump's commands to impeach judges with whom he disagrees.
March 31, 2025
Congress
Sinema lands at Hogan Lovells
Former Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, the centrist dealmaker who wielded virtually unilateral veto power over the Biden administration’s legislative agenda, has landed on K Street. The Arizona Democrat-turned-independent is joining...
March 31, 2025
Congress
Capitol agenda: The GOP’s 3 big tests in April
Republicans are facing a trifecta of major challenges this week on President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda, his trade war escalation and the biggest test of the party’s political staying...
March 29, 2025
Congress
Will Michael Bennet Shift his Fight Against Trump to the State House?
The Colorado senator, raised to revere the world’s greatest deliberative body, seems ready to give up on Washington.
March 28, 2025
Congress
Senate Democrats to force vote next week on Trump’s fentanyl tariffs on Canada
The Senate is expected to vote Tuesday on a Democratic resolution aimed at blocking President Donald Trump from using the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to impose a 25...
March 28, 2025
Congress
Capitol agenda: Stefanik’s return reveals GOP fears
President Donald Trump's unexpected decision to withdraw Rep. Elise Stefanik's U.N. nomination and keep her in the House is exposing fresh electoral fears for the GOP — and creating...