Pew Research Center1h
Women account for 28% of lawmakers in the 119th Congress – unchanged from the last Congress
Women make up 28% of voting members in the 119th Congress – on par with their share in the last Congress, but a considerable ...
Budget reconciliation: A tale of two chambers
The House and Senate are fighting over how to start the budget reconciliation process. How this is resolved could dictate the fate of Trump's agenda.
PBS4h
Senate Republicans approve budget framework over Democratic objections after all-night vote
Republican senators pushed a $340 billion budget framework to passage over Democratic objections after a nearly all-night ...
The House Wants to Pass Trump’s Agenda in One Big Bill. Here’s What’s in It.
The G.O.P. bill would extend tax cuts and almost certainly make big reductions to programs serving the poor. Passing it may ...
Why a full federal takeover of DC would require an act of Congress
The moment that local officials in our nation’s capital have been dreading for months is finally here. President Donald Trump ...
"Gravedigger of American Democracy": McConnell gave us the do-nothing Congress
McConnell reshaped the Senate forever, taking the wind out of two Presidents' sails with a playbook for obstruction ...
Mitch McConnell calls on Senate to 'profess authentic devotion to rule of law'
Without referring to Donald Trump directly, McConnell discussed what a balance of power in the federal government should look like in practice.
The case for a balanced budget: A commonsense path forward
Thirty years ago, the Republican-led House of the 104th Congress achieved something that now feels like a distant memory: A ...
USA Today6d
Senate votes to confirm Pete Hegseth as Trump’s new Defense Secretary
WASHINGTON – The Senate narrowly confirmed Pete Hegseth ... McConnell said in a statement that leading the United States Armed Forces is "a massive and solemn responsibility." ...