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Sen. Michael B. Enzi, R-Wyo., at a hearing in 2017.

Former Sen. Mike Enzi, mild-mannered Budget chairman, dies

By Paul M. Krawzak and David Lerman
Posted July 27, 2021 at 8:50am
Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., chairman of the Intelligence Committee, has championed subsidies for a domestic semiconductor-making industry.

Senate’s semiconductor aid may be opening bid in global race

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted July 27, 2021 at 6:30am
From left, Sandra Garza, the companion of late Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, MPD Officer Michael Fanone and Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn arrive for a meeting on the Hill in May. Sicknick died shortly after defending the Capitol from the Jan. 6 rioters.

First Jan. 6 select committee hearing gives cops spotlight

By Chris Marquette
Posted July 26, 2021 at 7:41pm
Sen. Mitt Romney, pictured during a June negotiating session, said Monday that accusations that he reneged on an agreement to fully fund the Senate water bill were "a little strange."

Infrastructure negotiators’ new deadline: ‘ASAP’

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted July 26, 2021 at 10:32am, Updated at 7:30pm
Senate Armed Services Chairman Jack Reed, left, and ranking Republican James M. Inhofe have offered a proposal to overhaul the military justice system to better combat sexual assault.

Senate bill leaves military sexual assault debate unsettled

By John M. Donnelly
Posted July 26, 2021 at 4:20pm
The Capitol will be busy this week.

Spending package headed for House debate

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted July 26, 2021 at 11:00am
Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois is the second Republican on the Jan. 6 select committee.

Jan. 6 select committee takes shape with Kinzinger addition

By Chris Marquette
Posted July 25, 2021 at 7:35pm
Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., says pension relief provisions are in play.

‘G-fees,’ pension smoothing on the table for infrastructure offsets

By Peter Cohn and Lauren Clason
Posted July 23, 2021 at 8:12pm
Marine Recruit Haley Evans trains at Parris Island, S.C., in 2013.

Conservatives riled up over registering women for draft

By John M. Donnelly
Posted July 23, 2021 at 5:52pm
Every Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee except Elizabeth Warren voted for an amendment by its ranking Republican, James M. Inhofe (above), to authorize more money for the Pentagon than President Joe Biden requested.

Democratic hawks want to go bigger than Biden on defense spending

By John M. Donnelly
Posted July 23, 2021 at 5:39pm
President Joe Biden participates in a CNN town hall hosted by Don Lemon, right, at Mount St. Joseph University in Cincinnati on Wednesday.

‘Favorite time during the week’ — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted July 23, 2021 at 5:13pm
The defense budget authorized by Senate Armed Services Chairman Jack Reed could set off a fight with fellow Democrats who want to restrain Pentagon spending.

Senate committee proposes big Pentagon funding boost

By John M. Donnelly
Posted July 22, 2021 at 8:36pm
The disagreement over transit “could sink the whole thing,” said Sen. John Tester, D-Mont., who has traditionally been one of the more optimistic members of the infrastructure negotiating team. “But I don’t think it’s gonna.”

Bipartisan infrastructure talks said to be stuck on transit

By Jessica Wehrman and Joseph Morton
Posted July 22, 2021 at 7:38pm
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi conducts her weekly news conference in the Capitol on Thursday.

Pelosi, McCarthy dig in over Jan. 6 select committee

By Chris Marquette
Posted July 22, 2021 at 4:42pm
Rep. Jason Crow’s bill passed the House 407-16.

House passes bill to authorize 8,000 more visas for Afghan allies

By Caroline Coudriet
Posted July 22, 2021 at 12:49pm
Women seeking to join the Marine Corps train at Parris Island, S.C., in 2013.

Senate bill would require women to register for the draft

By John M. Donnelly
Posted July 22, 2021 at 11:08am
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer makes his way to a news conference on immigration outside the Capitol while the Senate conducted a procedural vote on the infrastructure bill.

Vote falls short, but infrastructure talks continue

By Jessica Wehrman and Joseph Morton
Posted July 21, 2021 at 7:12pm
Chairman Patrick J. Leahy, D-Vt., left, and ranking member Richard C. Shelby, R-Ala., speak before the start of a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on June 17, 2021.

Earmarks snag could threaten Senate appropriations markups

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted July 21, 2021 at 6:48pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., pictured making his way to a news conference outside the Capitol, had set Wednesday as a deadline for his caucus to agree on moving forward with a budget resolution to begin the process on a $3.5 trillion reconciliation package.

Democrats expect unity on budget as they eye early August vote

By Lindsey McPherson and Jennifer Shutt
Posted July 21, 2021 at 6:44pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters in the Capitol on Tuesday.

GOP blocks Schumer’s cloture motion on infrastructure package

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted July 21, 2021 at 4:39pm
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, has been rejected by Speaker Nancy Pelosi from serving on the Jan. 6 Select Committee.

Pelosi blocks Banks and Jordan from panel reviewing Jan. 6 riot

By Chris Marquette
Posted July 21, 2021 at 1:36pm, Updated at 4:27pm
Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., speaks with reporters as he enters his office in the Capitol on Tuesday, July 20, 2021.

Debt limit deadline likely October or November, CBO says

By David Lerman
Posted July 21, 2021 at 4:16pm
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack takes his seat to testify in the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday.

Vilsack defends farmworker changes against immigration attacks

By Suzanne Monyak
Posted July 21, 2021 at 3:24pm
Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., the chairman of the House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee, said lawmakers are skeptical of retiring weapons built in their states.

Navy, Air Force defend plans to retire planes and ships

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted July 21, 2021 at 2:28pm
Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo., has sponsored several bills to aid Afghan interpreters and others seeking a special immigrant visa.

House to take up bill adding more visas for Afghan immigrants

By Caroline Coudriet
Posted July 21, 2021 at 2:18pm
Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics, shakes hands with then-Senate Banking Chairman Tim Johnson, D-S.D., after a 2011 hearing on the future of the U.S. housing finance system.

Moody’s: Infrastructure, budget packages will boost growth, jobs

By Laura Weiss
Posted July 21, 2021 at 1:03pm
Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, D-N.M., awaits a shuttle bus to the Capitol last November to attend new member orientation.

Democrats leverage legal experience in voting rights push

By Michael Macagnone
Posted July 21, 2021 at 11:00am
A sign for Interstate 395 sits on Southeast Boulevard near Pennsylvania Avenue Southeast in Washington.

Unfinished infrastructure deal faces uncertain vote

By Jessica Wehrman and Lindsey McPherson
Posted July 21, 2021 at 6:00am
HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge, right, greets Rep. Sylvia Garcia, D-Texas, before a House Financial Services Committee hearing Tuesday. Mask wearing, which had become less common in recent weeks, is becoming more prevalent as COVID-19 cases rise.

Breakthrough COVID-19 cases rattle Capitol

By Chris Cioffi
Posted July 20, 2021 at 7:14pm
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says the Crime Victims Fund legislation is proof that bipartisan cooperation remains possible.

Senate unanimously sends victims fund replenishment bill to Biden’s desk

By David Lerman
Posted July 20, 2021 at 6:56pm