Tag Archives: Congress

The U.S. government shutdown entered its third day Friday with no sign of resolution, as both the House and Senate departed Washington without a deal to reopen federal agencies. Republicans and Democrats remain entrenched in their positions, leaving hundreds of thousands of federal employees furloughed and key government services frozen. …

Congressional Republicans are returning to Washington this fall riding high from a major legislative victory — passage of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax and spending cuts with no Democratic support. But the triumph sets the stage for an even tougher political test in September: keeping the government open. Federal funding …

U.S. Democratic lawmakers argued in a new legal filing this week that President Donald Trump’s sweeping emergency tariffs usurped congressional power, and they urged a federal appellate court to strike down the duties on foreign imports. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit is set to hear oral …

Congressional Republicans are working to codify into law President Donald Trump’s sweeping executive order that calls for the elimination of the U.S. Education Department. GOP lawmakers, including Sens. Mike Rounds of South Dakota, Bill Cassidy of Louisiana and Rand Paul of Kentucky, along with Reps. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, Michael Rulli …

U.S. Capitol Police Chief Thomas Manger testified Wednesday that more than 700 threats against members of Congress were made during the last month alone, with at least 50 cases of people making false 911 calls in an attempt to get police teams to respond to lawmakers’ homes, often called “swatting.” …

Jennifer Shutt Voters are determining whether the next president enters office with a friendly Congress or a hostile one set on blocking their policies and nominees — and as the election roars into its last moments, it’s still very unclear what the makeup of the House and Senate might be. …

Jennifer Shutt, Pennsylvania Capital-Star Members of Congress left Capitol Hill last week to focus their attention on the campaign trail during the six weeks leading up to Election Day, leaving much of their work unfinished. The Republican House and Democratic Senate are scheduled to remain on recess until Nov. 12, …

Jennifer Shutt, New Jersey Monitor Congress plans to spend just 35 days between now and the end of the year in the nation’s capital, a fitting end to one of the least productive sessions in decades. The deeply divided 118th Congress so far has placed just 78 public laws on …

Jimmy Williams Congressional leaders have invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to deliver an address at the Capitol, signaling a show of wartime support for Israel despite rising political divisions over its military actions in Gaza. The invitation, extended by House Speaker Mike Johnson, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Senate …

Ariana Figueroa, Georgia Recorder Last year, neither chamber in Congress passed any meaningful civil rights legislation, according to an analysis of legislative and voting records of the first session of the 118th Congress by a coalition of civil rights groups. The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights’ Voting Record report found …

Grace Panetta Originally published by The 19th The men of Congress are, by all appearances, not OK. On Tuesday, weeks of simmering tensions in a chaotic Congress appeared to boil over. A House committee chair called his colleague a “smurf,” a former House speaker faced accusations of kidney punching and …

Ariana Figueroa, Georgia Recorder Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday traveled to Capitol Hill to meet with lawmakers to reiterate the need for continued aid to support his country’s fight against the Russian invasion, even as the U.S. faces a partial government shutdown as soon as the end of the …

Ariana Figueroa, Idaho Capital Sun On the eve of the fourth anniversary of the mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, in which 23 people were murdered, more than 160 religious, civil rights and immigrant advocacy groups called on congressional leaders to denounce lawmakers who use white supremacist, anti-immigrant rhetoric, arguing …

More than 3 million kids across the United States could lose childcare and nearly 7 million patients could lose access to primary care if Congress doesn’t approve funding by September 30. But lawmakers in both the House and Senate left town for August recess late last week after making little …

Two dozen House and Senate lawmakers led by Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley introduced legislation Tuesday that would ban members of Congress, their spouses, and their dependent children from trading individual stocks, reprising an effort that gained momentum last year before fizzling out ahead of the November midterms. “Congressional stock trading …