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House Defense Appropriations Chairman Ken Calvert, R-Calif., says lawmakers “have time to deal with” the $1.95 billion funding question — but he still needs answers from the Navy about the request.

Congress

Lawmakers postpone decision on Virginia-class submarine money

Dropping requested funding from stopgap spending bill was due to political reality, funding bill timeline, lawmakers say

By Briana Reilly
Posted September 24, 2024 at 10:55pm

House Foreign Affairs Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas, said Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken ignored "countless requests for his testimony."

Congress

House Foreign Affairs votes to recommend holding Blinken in contempt

By Rachel Oswald
Posted September 24, 2024 at 6:50pm
Oklahoma Republican Sen. James Lankford is pictured in the Capitol during votes on July 31. Lankford on Tuesday blocked a resolution expressing a sense of the Senate that every patient should have the right to emergency health care, including abortion, regardless of where they live, saying that “there is no state in America where a woman faces prosecution for having an abortion.”

Policy

Filibuster’s future, emergency abortions fuel Senate debate

By Ariel Cohen and Sandhya Raman
Posted September 24, 2024 at 6:26pm
Republican presidential nominee and former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event on food security in Smithton, Pa., on Monday. He was in Georgia on Tuesday.

Campaigns

‘Take their factories’: Trump vows to snatch jobs from other countries

By John T. Bennett
Posted September 24, 2024 at 3:50pm
A statue of country music legend Johnny Cash is unveiled during a ceremony in Emancipation Hall on Tuesday.

Heard on the Hill

‘Hello, I’m Johnny Cash’: Statue of the ‘Man in Black’ unveiled at the Capitol

By Jim Saksa
Posted September 24, 2024 at 2:57pm
During Tuesday’s hearing, Senate HELP Chairman Bernie Sanders said he had received confirmation from “all of the major PBMs” that they wouldn’t reduce coverage if Novo Nordisk lowered their prices.

Novo Nordisk CEO blames PBMs, insurers for Ozempic price tag

By Lia DeGroot
Posted September 24, 2024 at 2:20pm
President Joe Biden places his hand on his chest as he leaves the stage after delivering his final address as president to the United Nations General Assembly in New York. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Biden warns about AI’s ‘risks,’ forces of ‘retreat’ in final UN address

By John T. Bennett
Posted September 24, 2024 at 12:02pm

The Complete AI and ChatGPT How-To Guide For Government Affairs

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted March 29, 2024 at 5:13pm
Zamaan Qureshi speaks during a rally organized by Accountable Tech and Design It For Us to hold tech and social media companies accountable for taking steps to protect kids and teens online on January 31.

Teen group, tech critics push for stronger online safety measure

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted September 24, 2024 at 7:00am

Capitol Ink | Down-the-road can-kicker

By R.J. Matson
Posted September 24, 2024 at 7:00am
Rep. Andy Harris, the new leader of the House Freedom Caucus, says he will use his understanding of the appropriations process to push for the most conservative spending outcomes possible.

An unusual choice for House Freedom Caucus leader takes reins

By Aidan Quigley
Posted September 24, 2024 at 6:30am

What Constituent Correspondence Reveals About Voter Sentiment

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted February 28, 2024 at 11:41am
Former Rep. Peter A. DeFazio of Oregon.

Latest round of Boeing hearings prompts call for decisive action

By Valerie Yurk
Posted September 24, 2024 at 6:30am
From left, former Rep. Earl Pomeroy points as Ben Rich, chief of staff for the late Rep. Bill Pascrell’s office, hands over the Pease Cactus to Rep. Jimmy Panetta in Panetta’s office in the Cannon House Office Building on Sept. 18. House Ways and Means Committee members whose first or last names start with “P” have passed along guardianship of the cactus for more than 30 years.

‘The cactus endures’ — a Ways and Means tradition’s moment in the sun

By Jason Dick
Posted September 24, 2024 at 6:15am
A Republican voter Friday in Orange, Va., wears a lanyard with an image of former President Donald Trump reacting immediately after an assassination attempt in July.

House moves to bolster Secret Service after assassination scares

By Chris Johnson
Posted September 23, 2024 at 3:57pm, Updated at 6:51pm

2024 CQ Election Watch Briefing Series

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted April 22, 2024 at 12:11am
Sens. Gary Peters, seen here in July, and James Lankford are proposing a public-facing tracker to keep tabs on Senate-confirmed positions.

Lawmakers look to alleviate Senate confirmation pain

By Justin Papp
Posted September 23, 2024 at 5:03pm
Voters at the Prince William County Office of Elections in Manassas, Va., stand in line on Friday to cast their ballots on the first day of early voting in the state.

Capitol Lens | Early voting begins

By Bill Clark
Posted September 23, 2024 at 4:36pm
President Joe Biden, seen here Monday in the East Room of the White House attending a ceremony to honor the Gotham FC 2023 NWSL Championship team, will deliver an address to the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday.

‘Lame duck’ Biden heads to UN as Trump’s possible return further clouds world affairs

By John T. Bennett
Posted September 23, 2024 at 2:43pm

FiscalNote Copilot for Policy

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted July 15, 2024 at 8:45pm
Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance has made claims aobut Haitian immigrants in Springfield that are unsupported by facts.

Vance’s misleading claim about immigrants and murders in Springfield, Ohio

By FactCheck.org
Posted September 23, 2024 at 12:50pm
Former President Donald Trump is well defined among voters.

Trump’s biggest problem remains Trump

By Stuart Rothenberg
Posted September 23, 2024 at 11:14am
Chairman Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing in 2023.

Analysts say market forces will lower cost of obesity drugs

By Lia DeGroot
Posted September 23, 2024 at 7:00am
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., background, greet Architect of the Capitol workers during the “first nail ceremony,” marking the start of construction of the inauguration platform on the West Front plaza of the Capitol on Wednesday.

December stopgap funding bill readied for House floor action

By Aidan Quigley
Posted September 22, 2024 at 5:11pm, Updated at 6:19pm
Vice President Kamala Harris, Democratic presidential nominee, celebrates on the final night of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago, Ill., on Aug. 22.

Harris ties Georgia deaths to Trump policies

By Sandhya Raman
Posted September 20, 2024 at 5:37pm

‘Bustin’ Loose’ — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Chris Hale
Posted September 20, 2024 at 3:50pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., jokingly salutes an aide during a news conference in the Capitol on Tuesday.

Photos of the week ending September 20, 2024

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted September 20, 2024 at 6:54am
Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., arrives for a House Democratic Caucus meeting in the Capitol Visitor Center on July 23.

House eyes vote early next week on bipartisan CR

By Aidan Quigley, Paul M. Krawzak and David Lerman
Posted September 19, 2024 at 5:30pm
Rep. Brittany Pettersen, D-Colo., is among those in the House calling for a proxy voting option for new parents.

Proxy voting for new parents among changes pitched to House Rules panel

By Jim Saksa
Posted September 19, 2024 at 4:24pm

Capitol Lens | Presser cooker

By Tom Williams
Posted September 19, 2024 at 3:05pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., leaves a news conference in the Capitol on Thursday.

Stopgap funding negotiations heat up after Johnson plan defeat

By David Lerman
Posted September 19, 2024 at 2:54pm

At the Races: Making an Empire statement

By Mary Ellen McIntire, Niels Lesniewski and Daniela Altimari
Posted September 19, 2024 at 2:30pm

Capitol Ink | Campaign derailment

By R.J. Matson
Posted September 19, 2024 at 7:00am
Rep. Zach Nunn, R-Iowa, and his teammate, Rep. Nikki Budzinski, D-Ill., center, serve up their concoction at Anheuser-Busch’s Congressional Brewing Competition at Nationals Park on Wednesday night.

Nunn, Budzinski offer a signature brew in beer contest

By Olivia M. Bridges
Posted September 19, 2024 at 6:15am
Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris waves to the crowd at a Sept. 12 rally in Charlotte, N.C.

In battleground North Carolina, a Kamala Harris crowd overflowing with joy — and urgency

By Mary C. Curtis
Posted September 19, 2024 at 6:00am
House candidate LaMonica McIver, front right, poses with, from left, New Jersey Democratic Reps. Rob Menendez, Mikie Sherrill and Frank Pallone Jr. during the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

Democrat LaMonica McIver wins NJ special election

By Jackie Wang
Posted September 18, 2024 at 8:16pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks during the Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal ceremony in Emancipation Hall in the Capitol on Wednesday.

Johnson’s stopgap funding package goes down to defeat

By David Lerman
Posted September 18, 2024 at 6:48pm, Updated at 7:27pm
Joylette Hylick and Katherine Moore, daughters of Katherine Johnson, accept the "Hidden Figures'" Congressional Gold Medal from Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday.

Once ‘Hidden Figures,’ now Congressional Gold Medal recipients

By Jim Saksa
Posted September 18, 2024 at 6:00pm

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