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Immigrant advocates rally outside of the U.S. Supreme Court on June 18, 2020, after the court rejected the Trump administration's push to end DACA.

What’s next for DACA: Court battles and pressure on Congress

By Suzanne Monyak and Caroline Coudriet
Posted July 19, 2021 at 4:48pm
Former California Rep. Jerry Lewis, here during a 1999 interview in his Rayburn office, died Thursday at the age of 86.

Jerry Lewis, old-school appropriator who tried to shield powerful panel, dies

By Peter Cohn
Posted July 16, 2021 at 11:22am, Updated July 19, 2021 at 3:15pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer will need 10 Republicans, in addition to all 50 Democrats, to vote for the motion to begin debate on the House infrastructure bill before he can offer any amendments.

Schumer sets vote on infrastructure, but GOP wants to see a bill

By Jessica Wehrman and Lindsey McPherson
Posted July 19, 2021 at 1:46pm
Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, arrives in the Capitol for a vote on July. Both chambers are back this week for the first time since late June.

Busy week ahead with infrastructure deadline

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted July 19, 2021 at 11:47am
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand has said she will seek a floor vote on her bill as a stand-alone measure.

Senate Armed Services set for contentious authorization debate

By Andrew Clevenger and John M. Donnelly
Posted July 19, 2021 at 5:01am
From left, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., and Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., hold their news conference to introduce a draft of S-420 the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act in the Capitol on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Olivia Rodrigo, Miller Lite and cans of worms — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted July 16, 2021 at 5:55pm
National Guard troops patrol the Capitol complex in March.

Pentagon offered to pay National Guard’s Capitol security costs

By John M. Donnelly
Posted July 16, 2021 at 3:41pm
The U.S. flag waves in front of the Capitol dome on Aug. 15, 2019.

Office of Congressional Ethics board shuffles leaders

By Chris Marquette
Posted July 16, 2021 at 12:23pm
Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., would get $10.5 million for economic development projects in her district.

Stevens, Craig, Wild lead vulnerable Democrats on HUD earmarks

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted July 16, 2021 at 11:43am
Rep. Steve Womack, R-Ark., prepares for a House Budget Committee hearing on Feb. 12, 2020.

House Republicans to offer new National Guard supplemental bill

By John M. Donnelly
Posted July 16, 2021 at 10:43am
Senate Judiciary Chairman Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill., left, and ranking member Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, are both original sponsors of the Crime Victims Fund bill.

Crime victims bill logjam ends; may go to Biden’s desk next week

By David Lerman
Posted July 16, 2021 at 7:51am
House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer says the chamber will take up seven fiscal 2022 spending bills in one bundle the week of July 26.

House to take up seven-bill fiscal 2022 spending package

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted July 15, 2021 at 8:45pm
Senate Judiciary Chairman Richard J. Durbin, right, and ranking member Charles E. Grassley have announced plans for an FBI oversight hearing.

Judiciary panel plans hearing on FBI failure to investigate abuse of Olympic gymnasts

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted July 15, 2021 at 8:24pm
New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand says President Joe Biden backs her military justice bill.

Gillibrand confident her military justice bill will pass this year

By John M. Donnelly
Posted July 15, 2021 at 6:54pm
Rep. Joyce Beatty, left, chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, is arrested by U.S. Capitol Police as 19 voting rights activists hold a protest in the atrium of the Hart Senate Office Building on Thursday.

Capitol Police arrest Rep. Joyce Beatty at protest

By Chris Marquette
Posted July 15, 2021 at 5:46pm
Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., talks with reporters as he makes his way to the Senate floor Tuesday.

Menendez drug pricing concerns highlight budget obstacles for Democrats

By Lindsey McPherson, Lauren Clason and David Lerman
Posted July 15, 2021 at 4:51pm
Rep. Mark E. Green has a bill to bar the teaching of critical race theory at U.S. military academies.

GOP ramps up attacks on teaching critical race theory to military

By Mark Satter
Posted July 15, 2021 at 4:18pm
Ed Gonzalez, nominee to head U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, prepares to testify at his Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee confirmation hearing Thursday.

ICE nominee says he won’t end local cooperation deals

By Suzanne Monyak
Posted July 15, 2021 at 3:50pm
Robert L. Santos, nominee to head the U.S. Census Bureau, is sworn in Thursday during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee confirmation hearing.

Santos pledges apolitical role heading Census Bureau

By Michael Macagnone
Posted July 15, 2021 at 1:41pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer met with President Joe Biden on Wednesday to discuss the infrastructure bill.

GOP infrastructure negotiators rankled by Schumer’s deadline

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted July 15, 2021 at 12:24pm
Illinois Democratic Rep. Brad Schneider, a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said on the floor Thursday that he backed continued military support for Israel but blamed Speaker Mike Johnson for offering “a partisan bill with no path forward.”

Rep. Brad Schneider’s office sued for hostile work environment, retaliation against Black employee

By Chris Marquette
Posted July 15, 2021 at 12:13pm
Senate Democrats' $3.5 trillion reconciliation package "muddies the picture" for Republicans who might support a separate, bipartisan infrastructure agreement, said Sen. John Thune, R-S.D.

Reconciliation bill may limit GOP support for infrastructure

By Jessica Wehrman and Joseph Morton
Posted July 15, 2021 at 8:26am
Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., said securing the earmarks would not necessarily secure his vote for the overall Transportation-HUD spending bill.

Earmarks that added $1.4 billion to THUD bill may not add votes

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted July 15, 2021 at 7:56am
Children from the KU Kids Deanwood Childcare Center in Washington complete a mural Tuesday celebrating this week’s launch of the monthly child tax credit payments.

Child tax credits roll out amid tech woes, opt-out concerns

By Laura Weiss
Posted July 15, 2021 at 6:15am
President Joe Biden walks with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer as he arrives at the Capitol on Wednesday to pitch a $3.5 trillion budget agreement to Senate Democrats over lunch.

Senate Democrats begin push-pull process on budget

By Lindsey McPherson, Paul M. Krawzak and Jennifer Shutt
Posted July 14, 2021 at 8:05pm
Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. was in Edison, N.J., on Wednesday to pitch Democrats’ clean energy infrastructure plan.

Woke up this morning to infrastructure sales pitch in Jersey

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted July 14, 2021 at 7:09pm
Army Humvees wait to be unloaded from a rail car at the Bergen-Hohne training facility as part of preparations for the Defender 2020 international military exercises on February 12, 2020, near Bergen, Germany.

GAO: Poor training to blame for military vehicle accidents

By Mark Satter
Posted July 14, 2021 at 5:01pm
Robert Santos, President Joe Biden’s pick to head the Census Bureau, goes before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Thursday.

Biden’s Census pick to face questions over agency’s next steps

By Michael Macagnone
Posted July 14, 2021 at 2:47pm
Myrna Pérez testifies Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee during her confirmation hearing to be U.S. circuit judge for the Second Circuit.

Appeals court nominee sparks debate over past voting rights advocacy

By Todd Ruger
Posted July 14, 2021 at 2:32pm
Sen. Joe Manchin III, D-W.Va., is not yet ready to support the $3.5 trillion spending topline Democratic leaders agreed to set for a reconciliation package.

Senate moderates want details of $3.5 trillion budget bill before committing

By Lindsey McPherson and Jennifer Shutt
Posted July 14, 2021 at 11:21am, Updated at 1:05pm