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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
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
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
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
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
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
Inspector general reports can provide a glimpse inside the police force charged with protecting Congress. Transparency advocates want to see more.

Capitol Police watchdog reports emerge into public view, but slowly

By Justin Papp
Posted September 9, 2024 at 2:04pm, Updated September 10, 2024 at 4:13pm
Then-Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Karen Donfried speaks at a news conference with North Macedonian Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani (not seen) in Skopje, North Macedonia, on April 27, 2022.

New director named to lead Congressional Research Service

By Justin Papp
Posted September 3, 2024 at 12:36pm, Updated at 2:47pm
An indictment unsealed Wednesday described “swatting“ attempts against government officials and threats to detonate explosives at the Capitol.

Foreign nationals charged with ‘swatting’ members of Congress

By Justin Papp
Posted August 28, 2024 at 4:27pm
Then-Rep. Rodney Davis, R-Ill., talks with the media in the Capitol after a shooting at the Republican's baseball practice in Alexandria on June 14, 2017.

Ex-lawmakers seek to curb political talk that could spark violence

By Justin Papp
Posted August 21, 2024 at 11:47am
Rep. Joseph D. Morelle is putting a spotlight on Jan. 6, 2025, joined by police officers injured in the 2021 Capitol attack.

Win or lose, Dem urges GOP colleagues to certify election results

By Justin Papp
Posted August 12, 2024 at 7:55pm
Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris delivers a eulogy for Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee at Fallbrook Church in Houston on Thursday.

Kamala Harris delivers eulogy for ‘unrelenting’ Sheila Jackson Lee

By Justin Papp
Posted August 1, 2024 at 4:43pm
A memo circulated Tuesday warned House staffers that ByteDance apps would be blocked and removed from official congressional devices.

House to block, remove ByteDance apps from official devices

By Justin Papp
Posted July 30, 2024 at 1:45pm
After a couple decades watching Congress, Daniel Schuman is focused on “systems thinking” and on spinning up a new nonprofit.

Daniel Schuman wants Congress to have nice things (like transparency)

By Justin Papp
Posted July 30, 2024 at 6:15am
Chair Gary Peters, D-Mich., helped broker a new version of a bill to ban lawmaker stock trading, which advanced out of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Wednesday.

Lawmaker stock-trading ban legislation advances in Senate

By Justin Papp
Posted July 24, 2024 at 6:28pm
Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., holds a “guilty of genocide,” sign as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses Congress on Wednesday. Outside, thousands were protesting the speech, including some Hill staffers.

Staffers join thousands in fiery protests of Netanyahu on Capitol Hill

By Justin Papp and Daniela Altimari
Posted July 24, 2024 at 5:42pm
Several groups have announced plans to protest as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses Congress this week. Above, Netanyahu is pictured in Tel Aviv on Oct. 12, 2023.

Capitol hunkers down ahead of Netanyahu speech

By Justin Papp
Posted July 22, 2024 at 6:42pm, Updated July 23, 2024 at 5:15pm
Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., leaves the House Republicans’ caucus meeting in the Longworth House Office Building on Oct. 13, 2023.

Rep. Thomas Massie announces death of his wife

By Justin Papp
Posted June 28, 2024 at 11:58am
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, pictured on June 18, is scheduled to speak to a joint meeting of Congress later this summer.

Progressive staffers call on their bosses to boycott Netanyahu visit

By Justin Papp
Posted June 28, 2024 at 6:00am
Lawmakers and staffers have shared their memories of Judy Schneider, who died this month.

‘Teaching the Socratic method with a bullwhip’: Congress remembers legend Judy Schneider

By Justin Papp
Posted June 27, 2024 at 6:31am
Rep. Andy Harris, an anesthesiologist by training, is advocating language in a spending bill that would clarify the right of medical professionals to work for compensation while in Congress.

Should doctors in Congress earn money for their side job?

By Justin Papp
Posted June 20, 2024 at 4:48pm
Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., speaks to reporters on the House steps of the U.S. Capitol before the last votes of the week on Wednesday, June 5, 2024. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Matt Gaetz goes on offensive as House Ethics offers update on probe

By Justin Papp
Posted June 18, 2024 at 12:36pm
The Legislative Branch spending bill funds the operations of Congress, the Capitol Police, maintenance of the Capitol grounds and more.

Legislative Branch spending bill advances without member pay bump

By Justin Papp
Posted June 14, 2024 at 6:25am
Bryan Steil, seen here in October 2023, chairs the House Administration Committee and this week issued subpoenas related to an executive order promoting voting access.

House Admin Republicans subpoena Biden officials over voting access push

By Justin Papp
Posted June 13, 2024 at 12:36pm
From left, Reps. Val Hoyle, Jasmine Crockett, Jared Moskowitz, Melanie Stansbury, Lori Chavez-DeRemer and Andrea Salinas pose with footwear designer D’Wayne Edwards during a Congressional Sneaker Caucus event on Wednesday.

Sneakerheads in Congress grow their footprint

By Justin Papp
Posted June 12, 2024 at 4:59pm
It can be hard to find a place near the Capitol to drop off passengers who use mobility devices, advocates say. Construction is set to begin on two new drop-off zones later this year.

New ADA drop-off zones are coming to the Capitol, but barriers remain

By Justin Papp
Posted June 10, 2024 at 4:43pm
Rep. Roger Williams holds a trophy after coaching the GOP team to a win in the 2023 Congressional Baseball Game. “Why would an environmentalist not like a baseball game?” he replied when asked about climate protesters who plan to disrupt this year’s game.

Protesters prepare for Congressional Baseball Game as Dems seek redemption

By Justin Papp
Posted June 10, 2024 at 10:41am
Veronica Baugh sits in the House barbershop in the Rayburn Building on May 22.

From cuts to candles, this Capitol barber has made her mark

By Justin Papp
Posted June 6, 2024 at 6:15am
The House Ethics Committee has closed its inquiry into campaign spending by Michigan Republican Rep. Bill Huizenga.

House Ethics closes Huizenga probe, finds no need for sanctions

By Justin Papp
Posted June 5, 2024 at 5:40pm
Rep. Michael Waltz, seated in center, and other military veterans in Congress attend an April training session with the Round Canopy Parachuting Team. Waltz will jump from a C-47 later this week to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day.

These veterans in Congress will mark D-Day by jumping out of a plane

By Justin Papp
Posted June 4, 2024 at 6:15am
Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, now faces a House Ethics Committee probe, after his federal indictment was unsealed earlier this month.

House Ethics forms subpanel to probe Cuellar’s alleged bribery scheme

By Justin Papp
Posted May 29, 2024 at 3:52pm
Maggie Mahfood-Bradley, director of special projects for the CAO, and Bisher Martini, House Intern Resource Office coordinator, are seen in the Longworth House Office Building on May 10.

As summer interns descend on the Hill, this resource office is ready

By Justin Papp
Posted May 29, 2024 at 6:00am
Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Karen Gibson testifies at a May 22 budget hearing. Her agency has helped with security trainings at 43 senators’ state offices and is “working through” a pilot program to strengthen windows with ballistic film, she told senators.

Staffers bear the brunt of threats aimed at district offices

By Ryan Tarinelli and Justin Papp
Posted May 29, 2024 at 5:00am
House Appropriations ranking member Rosa DeLauro, seen here last year, on Thursday denounced a policy rider that would block some diversity, equity and inclusion programs in the legislative branch.

Democrats decry ‘very, very harmful’ riders in Legislative Branch bill

By Justin Papp
Posted May 23, 2024 at 4:19pm
The “Mountains and Clouds” sculpture, seen here in 2019, stands tall in the atrium of the Hart Senate Office Building. But the “clouds” part is still in limbo.

‘We have half a piece of art’: Chris Murphy continues quest to reinstall Calder clouds

By Justin Papp
Posted May 23, 2024 at 6:15am
Austin speaks at his retirement ceremony from Arlington National Cemetery on July 21, 2023.

Congress appoints Army veteran Thomas Austin as new architect of the Capitol

By Justin Papp
Posted May 22, 2024 at 3:22pm, Updated at 4:18pm
The Capitol Police would get a funding boost of about 5 percent in the House’s Legislative Branch spending bill for fiscal 2025.

House Legislative Branch spending bill would boost Capitol Police, GAO

By Justin Papp
Posted May 22, 2024 at 11:42am
Willie Price had her car stolen this month several blocks from the Capitol. Above, she is seen during a September 2023 interview about what a federal government shutdown could mean for contractors in the Capitol complex.

‘I’m totally devastated’: Hill cafeteria worker recalls carjacking

By Justin Papp
Posted May 21, 2024 at 6:15am
A Capitol Police officer receives medical treatment after clashes with rioters on Jan. 6, 2021. A plaque to honor responding officers is finished, Democrats have said, but still waiting to be installed.

Jan. 6 plaque is waiting on Republicans, Jeffries says

By Justin Papp
Posted May 16, 2024 at 5:09pm
Speaker Mike Johnson joins the North Carolina delegation and family members of Billy Graham to unveil a statue in the Capitol’s Statuary Hall on Thursday.

Johnson calls Billy Graham a ‘towering figure in my life’ at Capitol statue unveiling

By Justin Papp
Posted May 16, 2024 at 3:30pm
“This is a hair in the fire moment, and here’s why — AI has the potential to turbocharge the spread of disinformation and deceive voters,” Senate Rules and Administration Chairwoman Amy Klobuchar said.

Senate Rules advances three AI election bills

By Justin Papp
Posted May 15, 2024 at 6:24pm
Sen. Ben Cardin is seen in the Capitol in April, before the Senate passed a more than $95 billion war funding package that included money for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.

This is Sen. Ben Cardin’s next crusade

By Justin Papp
Posted May 14, 2024 at 6:15am
The independent Office of Congressional Ethics looked into allegations about Rep. Troy Nehls last year and referred them to the House Ethics Committee. In an update Friday, the chair and ranking member of the House panel said they are gathering more information.

House Ethics panel probing Troy Nehls’ campaign rent payments

By Justin Papp
Posted May 10, 2024 at 6:13pm
Activists carry a “Free Palestine” flag into an encampment at George Washington University on April 25.

Comer cancels oversight hearing after clearing of GW encampment

By Justin Papp
Posted May 8, 2024 at 11:57am
President Joe Biden speaks during the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's annual Days of Remembrance ceremony in the Capitol Visitor Center on Tuesday.

‘It must stop’: Biden denounces antisemitism on college campuses

By Justin Papp
Posted May 7, 2024 at 3:45pm
“There are a lot of unknowns, and I’ve taken the approach that it’s an after-action review,” says Rep. Brad Wenstrup of his work on the select subcommittee investigating the coronavirus pandemic.

Brad Wenstrup is leaving Congress. First, he’s probing the pandemic

By Justin Papp
Posted May 2, 2024 at 6:15am
A Palestinian flag is wrapped around a statue of George Washington amid a George Washington University encampment protest on April 25. As campus protests unfold around the country, lawmakers in Congress are weighing in.

Fallout from campus protests felt on Capitol Hill

By Justin Papp
Posted May 1, 2024 at 6:51pm
House dining workers are looking to the future after finalizing a new collective bargaining agreement with Sodexo. Above, Unite Here union members hold signs near the Capitol in support of Senate cafeteria workers on July 20, 2022.

House cafeteria workers get better pay, protections under union deal

By Justin Papp
Posted April 30, 2024 at 6:30am
People demonstrate against former President Donald Trump on Thursday while the Supreme Court hears oral arguments on his claim of immunity from prosecution.

Trump immunity protesters see ‘make-or-break moment for our republic’

By Justin Papp
Posted April 25, 2024 at 3:52pm
The Capitol is seen through American and Ukrainian flags on Tuesday.

Flag fracas: Republicans ‘infuriated’ by show of support for Ukraine  

By Justin Papp
Posted April 23, 2024 at 6:08pm
Rep. Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla., and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga.

Democratic lawmaker takes the bait on Greene ‘troll’ amendment

By Justin Papp
Posted April 18, 2024 at 5:07pm
Rep. Earl Blumenauer, seen here in 2019, is known for wearing brightly colored bike pins on his lapel.

Earl Blumenauer takes his last ride through Congress

By Justin Papp
Posted April 18, 2024 at 6:15am
Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas impeachment managers Rep. Clay Higgins, R-La., left, and Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., return to the House side Wednesday after the end of the Mayorkas impeachment in the Senate, as Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., conducts a TV news interview.

On Senate floor, Mayorkas impeachment sparks procedural clash

By Justin Papp
Posted April 17, 2024 at 5:58pm, Updated at 6:49pm
Then-Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., takes the gavel after securing the speakership on the 15th ballot in January 2023.

McCarthy gavel investigation ends without a bang

By Justin Papp
Posted April 15, 2024 at 5:02pm
Leaders of three powerful minority caucuses in Congress want to see a revival of the House’s diversity office. From left, Congressional Black Caucus Chair Steven Horsford, Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chair Nanette Barragán and Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus Chair Judy Chu arrive for a news conference at a Democratic retreat in Leesburg, Va., on Feb. 8.

Tri-Caucus leaders call for restoration of House diversity office

By Justin Papp
Posted April 9, 2024 at 12:16pm
Tim Kaine’s new memoir, out April 9, details his travels in Virginia by foot, bike and boat.

Sen. Tim Kaine walks on the wild side

By Justin Papp
Posted April 9, 2024 at 6:15am
Raúl M. Grijalva has been diagnosed with cancer, he said in a statement.

Rep. Raúl Grijalva announces he has cancer

By Justin Papp
Posted April 2, 2024 at 3:44pm
In a ward that’s home to the Capitol campus and plenty of political professionals, D.C. Councilmember Charles Allen is facing a recall push. Some current congressional staffers have donated to the effort.

Imperfect recall: How a city council fight is roiling Congress

By Justin Papp
Posted March 27, 2024 at 5:00am, Updated at 11:52am
Rep. Stephanie Bice holds up the printed Constitution Annotated, which would be eliminated under her proposed legislation in favor of the online version.

A new era for CRS? Lawmakers propose more data, less ‘bicep work’

By Justin Papp
Posted March 20, 2024 at 6:23pm
House Speaker Mike Johnson speaks as House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik and National Republican Congressional Committee Chair Richard Hudson (L) listen during an “Expanding the Majority” press conference at The Greenbrier hotel.

House GOP members — well, some of them — head for the hills

By Justin Papp
Posted March 13, 2024 at 7:01pm
A pair of Senate panels this week held hearings on voting rights and election security. Above, a voter prepares to cast a ballot at a polling place in Arlington, Va., on March 5.

Senators warn of threats to ’24 election, but disagree on what they are

By Justin Papp and Jim Saksa
Posted March 12, 2024 at 7:51pm
A member of the Capitol Police is seen in the Senate carriage entrance of the Capitol on Sept. 21, 2023.

Capitol Police could bolster staffing, security under Biden budget proposal

By Justin Papp
Posted March 11, 2024 at 9:01pm
Rep. Derek Kilmer, seen here in 2022, is introducing a resolution that draws attention to how the House handles vacancies. In the face of political violence, the current framework is not enough, he says.

‘No one likes to think about that stuff’: Kilmer introduces continuity plan ahead of SOTU 

By Justin Papp
Posted March 7, 2024 at 11:02am
President Joe Biden delivers his State of the Union in 2023. This year, the list of guests invited by lawmakers and the White House spotlights immigration, reproductive rights, the Israel-Hamas war, and more.

On the SOTU guest list: immigration, IVF and abortion  

By Justin Papp
Posted March 6, 2024 at 6:48pm
House Administration Chairman Bryan Steil joins Chief Administrative Officer Catherine Szpindor ahead of a ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday for the new “Agency Connection Center” in the Longworth Building.

Down on ‘Main Street’: House Republicans reveal changes in Longworth basement

By Justin Papp
Posted March 5, 2024 at 4:34pm
Speaker Mike Johnson is reflected in a video camera lens at the Capitol on Thursday. The Louisiana Republican announced the release of a new tranche of Jan. 6 footage on Friday.

House GOP reverses course on Jan. 6 footage, will no longer blur faces

By Justin Papp
Posted March 1, 2024 at 2:56pm
Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium is seen in 2013.

House passes RFK stadium site bill, boosting dreams of wooing Commanders back to DC

By Justin Papp
Posted February 28, 2024 at 8:19pm
A new staff collaboration space in the Cannon House Office Building is seen on Feb. 13.

One plan to modernize Congress? A coworking space

By Justin Papp
Posted February 21, 2024 at 6:30am
Actress and activist Susan Sarandon addresses the media with Medea Benjamin of Code Pink, right, on Capitol Hill on Thursday.

Susan Sarandon joins protesters on Capitol Hill calling for Gaza cease-fire

By Justin Papp
Posted February 15, 2024 at 7:09pm
A voting sign is seen outside City Hall for New York’s 3rd District special election in Glen Cove, N.Y., on Feb. 4.

House Republicans advance ‘Zuckerbucks’ ban out of committee

By Justin Papp
Posted February 14, 2024 at 4:47pm
Vice President Kamala Harris addresses an event with descendants of civil rights leaders and abolitionists at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on Tuesday. Stephen Benjamin, director of the Office of Public Engagement, also appears.

‘Let’s keep this history alive’: Descendants of iconic Black leaders gather at White House

By Justin Papp
Posted February 13, 2024 at 10:26pm
Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., speaks via video feed to a crowd of local officials at the National Association of Counties legislative conference in Washington on Monday.

County election officials call for more funding, better security ahead of 2024 elections

By Justin Papp
Posted February 12, 2024 at 7:12pm
Rep. Katie Porter, who is gearing up for a tough race in California’s Senate primary, has introduced a plan to curb a procedural move in the House that she sees as a waste of time.

Katie Porter takes aim at ‘half-baked’ privileged resolutions

By Justin Papp
Posted February 9, 2024 at 5:16pm
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is forcing action on an attempt to censure Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar.

Public shaming attempts continue in House as Greene takes aim at Omar

By Justin Papp
Posted February 1, 2024 at 6:18pm
People arrive at Dulles International Airport on Aug. 27, 2021, after leaving Afghanistan as it fell to the Taliban. A new report details how congressional offices handled constituent services during the crisis.

Afghanistan withdrawal caused ‘doom loop’ for caseworkers, report says

By Justin Papp
Posted February 1, 2024 at 12:28pm
Officers block people from entering the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. An effort to honor police for their actions that day has stalled.

‘People just don’t want to remember’: Congress blows past deadline for Jan. 6 plaque

By Megan Mineiro and Justin Papp
Posted January 31, 2024 at 1:43pm
“AI is new to many of us, making training a critical element for successful implementation,” says House Administration Chairman Bryan Steil, seen here in November.

Lawmakers wrestle with congressional use of AI amid rising risk of deepfakes

By Justin Papp
Posted January 30, 2024 at 6:59pm
The Capitol is seen behind two ambulances in 2018. Congress should update its continuity planning to account for a new era, some lawmakers say.

‘Delusions of immortality’: These lawmakers want Congress to get real about continuity

By Justin Papp
Posted January 30, 2024 at 5:00am
Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., is seen in the Capitol before being censured by the House on Dec. 7. In September, Bowman had set off a fire alarm when there was not an emergency.

House Ethics panel drops probe of Jamaal Bowman over fire alarm

By Justin Papp
Posted January 25, 2024 at 5:53pm
Sen. Jeff Merkley wrote a book with his longtime chief of staff about a shared obsession — how to end the filibuster as we know it.

Jeff Merkley and his former chief make their case against the filibuster

By Justin Papp
Posted January 25, 2024 at 6:30am
Rep. Abigail Spanberger, who will run for governor of Virginia instead of seeking another term in Congress, is among the lawmakers calling for a ban on congressional stock trading.

These lawmakers are still invested in banning congressional stock trades

By Justin Papp
Posted January 18, 2024 at 5:00am
Georgia Republican Rep. Barry Loudermilk, seen here in July, chairs the House Administration Oversight Subcommittee. He is not done probing how Democrats handled their investigation of Jan. 6, he says.

‘I’m really angry about this’: Three years later, partisan rift widens in Congress over Jan. 6

By Justin Papp
Posted January 5, 2024 at 12:31pm
Rep. Brian Higgins, D-N.Y., plans to stay in office until February to "tie up loose ends" after accepting a new job in November, his communications director said.

Lawmakers who linger after accepting new jobs stir concerns

By Justin Papp
Posted December 26, 2023 at 5:00am
Rep. Jonathan Jackson leaves the Capitol after the last votes of the year on Dec. 14.

Jonathan Jackson, son of civil rights leaders, charts his path in Congress 

By Justin Papp
Posted December 15, 2023 at 4:34pm
Rep. Kevin McCarthy greets staffers and members on Thursday, in one of his final photo ops as a member of the House.

‘Success after success after success’: Allies say goodbye to Kevin McCarthy

By Justin Papp
Posted December 14, 2023 at 4:06pm
J. Brett Blanton testifies before the House Administration Committee in February, soon before losing his job as architect of the Capitol.

Architect of the Capitol oversight bill, included in NDAA, aims to avoid Blanton repeat

By Justin Papp
Posted December 13, 2023 at 6:06pm
The Smithsonian and U.S. flags fly in front of the National Museum of African American History and Culture in 2019.

Congress presses Smithsonian director on new museums, ‘panda diplomacy’

By Justin Papp
Posted December 12, 2023 at 6:40pm
Rep. Jamaal Bowman, seen here on Nov. 9, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor for pulling a fire alarm in a congressional office building in September. House Republicans have kept a spotlight on the incident.

House censures Rep. Jamaal Bowman for pulling fire alarm

By Justin Papp
Posted December 7, 2023 at 11:43am, Updated at 1:28pm
Rep. Jamaal Bowman, seen here on Nov. 3, faces a censure vote this week in the House.

House tees up censure vote for Rep. Jamaal Bowman over fire alarm pull

By Justin Papp
Posted December 6, 2023 at 8:26pm
Border wall-themed holiday decorations hang outside the office of Rep. Eli Crane in the Longworth House Office Building this week.

Congress takes holiday decorating seriously. This year it caused an outcry

By Justin Papp
Posted December 6, 2023 at 4:57pm
House Administration Chairman Bryan Steil, seen at a Nov. 15 hearing, says advancing election bills in smaller pieces “may have an easier path to get across and signed into law.”

House GOP takes new tack in advancing conservative election bills

By Justin Papp
Posted November 30, 2023 at 6:45pm
Amy Rutkin has worked for Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., for nearly 25 years.

‘It’s time’: Departing Nadler chief Amy Rutkin will launch her own political consulting firm

By Justin Papp
Posted November 30, 2023 at 5:30am
Trash and boxes are seen stacked outside a House office in 2018. When departing members leave office, transitions can be rocky for their replacements (and constituents).

‘Shrugged off and ignored’: Lawmakers disagree on how to ease pain of election churn

By Justin Papp
Posted November 30, 2023 at 5:01am
“We will continue loading video footage … the American people deserve transparency,” said Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga., who chairs the House Administration Oversight Subcommittee.

House Republicans make January 6 footage public, over Democrats’ security concerns

By Justin Papp
Posted November 17, 2023 at 6:40pm
CodePink’s Medea Benjamin, center left, sings with other activists in the Hart Senate Office Building atrium on Thursday as they call on female senators support a cease-fire in Gaza.

Protesters calling for cease-fire in Gaza keep up drumbeat on Capitol Hill

By Justin Papp
Posted November 16, 2023 at 4:36pm
Sen. Markwayne Mullin started his career in Congress on the House side and remains close to Rep. Kevin McCarthy. Here, the pair are seen on the House floor on Oct. 18.

‘Maybe it’s time for Thanksgiving’: Tensions flare as fights break out in Congress

By Justin Papp
Posted November 14, 2023 at 4:34pm
Rep. Derek Kilmer, D-Wash., said he will not seek another term in the House.

Kilmer says he will not seek another House term

By Justin Papp
Posted November 9, 2023 at 4:49pm
Sen. Martin Heinrich is leading a new push in the Senate to change the status of Puerto Rico. Above, he describes his bill Wednesday, with Puerto Rico Gov. Pedro Pierluisi on the left and Sen. Brian Schatz on the right.

Senate Democrats make the case for Puerto Rico self-determination

By Justin Papp
Posted November 8, 2023 at 5:54pm
Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., joined a small group of lawmakers in the history of the House who have been censured by their colleagues.

House censures Rep. Rashida Tlaib over response to Israel-Hamas war

By Justin Papp
Posted November 7, 2023 at 11:13pm
Rep. Rashida Tlaib saw a censure resolution against her tabled last week, but now faces new attempts.

Rep. Rashida Tlaib faces censure vote, amid Republican infighting

By Justin Papp
Posted November 7, 2023 at 5:05pm