Congress
Your guide to what’s happening on Capitol Hill.
Republicans and some progressive Democrats opposed the January 6-inspired measure.
Democrats are weighing the costs of negotiating with Republicans on infrastructure.
The legislation is intended to improve the data tracking hate crimes, though critics say it won’t address the root cause.
Two House Republicans have suggested that a commission could subpoena Kevin McCarthy.
Some Republicans say they’d still like to see lawmakers work with President Joe Biden.
A new poll suggests the public is looking to Congress to act on police reform.
Scott believes his compromise on qualified immunity will get police reform over the Senate finish line.
Republicans say a path to a bipartisan infrastructure deal exists — it’s just not the deal Democrats want.
The death of Rep. Ron Wright yielded a 23-candidate runoff to fill his seat in a changing district.
The centrist senator is the first Democrat to oppose the creation of a 51st state.
Winner: Obamacare. Loser: Wall Street.
Biden’s new plan would be life-changing for many American families. Can it pass?
President Joe Biden’s new plan treats family and medical leave like the priority that it is.
But is his love for the filibuster dooming the country to dysfunction?
The GOP’s new, much narrower infrastructure counteroffer, explained.
House Democrats have approved DC statehood in a party-line vote. Now the proposal goes to the Senate, where its prospects are more grim.
With housing prices soaring, a bipartisan group of senators has a bill to tackle the supply crisis.
Biden’s long Senate history is looming over his administration’s next big legislative push.
The House Judiciary Committee will consider a bill that would create a federal commission to study reparations.
The legislation is narrow in scope — but could send a powerful message condemning anti-Asian racism.
Biden announced six executive actions meant to curb gun violence in America.
Marjorie Taylor Greene raised more than $3 million in the first quarter of 2021.
Democrats just got an unprecedented Senate blessing.
Despite the Biden administration’s hesitancy, marijuana legalization is broadly popular among US voters.
One Democratic lawmaker wanted to keep the outer metal fencing up “so cars can’t run over Capitol Police officers.”
A clean energy standard could rest in Joe Manchin’s hands.
A new budget reconciliation gambit shows how limited Democrats’ other options are.
According to a new Vox/Data for Progress poll, many Americans support a change in Senate rules to pass a voting rights bill and other Biden agenda items.
“It’s been a tool used overwhelmingly by racists,” says Kevin Kruse, a historian of race and American politics at Princeton University.
The party in power historically loses control of at least one chamber of Congress in the midterms. Can a popular stimulus law help Democrats win?
More sweeping domestic terrorism laws could be used against marginalized communities.
Republicans are trying to claim credit for stimulus — and some voters are primed to believe them.
Senate Democrats don’t yet have the votes for reform, but they appear to be agonizingly close.
Two bills would offer a path to citizenship for DREAMers, farmworkers, and immigrants with Temporary Protected Status.
The House once again passes the Violence Against Women Act in the face of NRA opposition.
Manchin just closed the door on a promising idea that could have made the Senate much more functional.
Biden just came out in support of filibuster reform for the first time.
The bill would extend the waiting period for a background check to be returned — if the Senate is interested in adopting it.
The bill, like all gun control legislation over the past several years, will likely fail in the Senate.
The controversial policy had prevented the DCCC from using vendors involved in progressive Democratic primary campaigns.