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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.

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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."

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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
Senate Judiciary Chair Richard J. Durbin says Congress will have to wield its appropriations, oversight and legislative power if faced with a corrupt presidency.

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Senate Democrats bash Supreme Court’s Trump immunity ruling

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted September 24, 2024 at 3:30pm
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
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
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
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
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., paved the way for a bipartisan stopgap funding bill after shelving a push for an election security measure.

Finish line in sight

By David Lerman and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted September 23, 2024 at 2:14pm
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
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
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
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
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
American flags representing lives lost on 9/11 are seen near the Capitol on Sept. 11, 2024. While the House made changes in the wake of the 2001 terrorist attacks, some say more are needed now.

‘Eye-opening, to say the least’: Lack of House continuity plan vexes Modernization panel

By Justin Papp
Posted September 18, 2024 at 4:59pm
Chairman Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, right, and Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Calif., attend the House Judiciary Committee hearing titled “The Biden-Harris Border Crisis: Victim Perspectives” on Sept. 10.

House panel helped boost Ohio immigrant pet-eating claims

By Chris Johnson
Posted September 18, 2024 at 1:48pm
Sen. Michael D. Crapo, R-Idaho, speaks with reporters after a vote in the Capitol on Sept. 11.

Chief Senate GOP tax writer floats alternative cost estimate for 2025 package

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted September 18, 2024 at 10:13am
Former President Donald Trump arrives on stage on the last night of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on July 18.

Trump does U-turn on ‘SALT’ deduction cap

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted September 17, 2024 at 4:45pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., talks with reporters in the Capitol after last votes of the week on Thursday.

Johnson goes back to ‘Plan A’ on stopgap bill, for now

By Aidan Quigley
Posted September 17, 2024 at 11:43am, Updated at 3:45pm
People take pictures of the Wall Street bull in New York City in August. A proposal that advanced out of a Senate committee this summer would curb stock trading among members of Congress, but some fear it won’t see further movement.

Former members join the chorus calling to end congressional stock trading

By Justin Papp
Posted September 16, 2024 at 4:02pm, Updated at 8:33pm
House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, listens during a panel hearing in July.

House, DOJ lawyers detail cost of subpoena litigation

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted September 16, 2024 at 6:59pm
House GOP leaders are struggling to settle on a strategy for passing a funding extension that could muster a majority vote.

Long wait for a funding plan

By Aidan Quigley, Peter Cohn and David Lerman
Posted September 16, 2024 at 3:52pm
A reporter prepares a question for President Joe Biden before he spoke with reporters Monday on the South Lawn of the White House about the latest assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.

Second Trump assassination scare sparks more security concerns

By Chris Johnson
Posted September 16, 2024 at 3:46pm
Rep. Mike Garcia, R-Calif., walks down the House steps after the final vote of the week on Thursday.

Emergency veterans bill appears to be on a fast track

By Aidan Quigley
Posted September 16, 2024 at 1:54pm
The Secret Service leads planning for high-profile happenings deemed as National Special Security Events. In the past those have included inaugurations and State of the Union speeches. Above, workers install a security fence around the Capitol in March, ahead of the State of the Union.

Lawmakers hail ‘prudent’ decision to up security on Jan. 6

By Justin Papp
Posted September 12, 2024 at 2:39pm, Updated at 4:33pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer conducts a news conference after the Senate luncheons in the Capitol on Tuesday. He announced Thursday that the Senate will vote again on a legislative package that would establish a statutory right to IVF.

Schumer tees up second vote on IVF

By Sandhya Raman
Posted September 12, 2024 at 3:21pm
Senate Defense Appropriations Chairman Jon Tester, D-Mont., touted the benefits to his state of unrequested projects in the fiscal 2025 spending bill.

Defense spending bills see another surge in unrequested items

By John M. Donnelly
Posted September 12, 2024 at 5:30am
Chairman Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, right, and Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Calif., attend the House Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday.

Trump, Republicans try to stir up support for noncitizen voting bill

By Chris Johnson
Posted September 11, 2024 at 6:55pm
Six secretaries of state testified at a House Administration Committee hearing Wednesday. From right, Adrian Fontes of Arizona, Jocelyn Benson of Michigan, Maggie Toulouse Oliver of New Mexico, Mac Warner of West Virginia, Frank LaRose of Ohio and Cord Byrd of Florida.

State officials paint differing pictures of election challenges in fiery House hearing

By Justin Papp
Posted September 11, 2024 at 5:13pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks during the Congressional Gold Medal ceremony for fallen servicemembers killed in the 2021 terrorist attack at the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, in the Capitol Rotunda on Tuesday.

Six-month stopgap funds bill yanked from House floor

By Aidan Quigley and David Lerman
Posted September 11, 2024 at 12:25pm, Updated at 5:02pm
“For me, it wasn’t about polar bears,” Rep. Eric Sorensen says of climate change.

In the Quad Cities or DC, Eric Sorensen is happy to talk about the weather

By Jim Saksa
Posted September 11, 2024 at 2:25pm
In recent interviews, House Administration Chairman Bryan Steil, left, and ranking member Joseph D. Morelle each described their priorities for the panel in the remainder of the 118th Congress.

Election oversight continues to dominate, divide House Administration panel

By Justin Papp
Posted September 10, 2024 at 4:24pm