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Collin C. Peterson was the second-least loyal House Democrat in 2020, but that couldn't keep him from losing big in his deep-red Minnesota district.

No quarter for centrists in House: 2020 Vote Studies

By Shawn Zeller
Posted March 3, 2021 at 7:00am
Christopher S. Murphy was more willing than certain other Senate Democrats to back Trump nominees in 2020.

Trump support highlights split in Senate role: 2020 Vote Studies

By Shawn Zeller
Posted March 3, 2021 at 5:00am
Richard Durbin, D-Ill., arrives for a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday.

Transit, bridge funds knocked out as Senate takes up aid bill

By David Lerman and Lindsey McPherson
Posted March 2, 2021 at 7:21pm, Updated at 10:40pm
FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Hart Building on Tuesday.

Wray: FBI followed protocol on Jan. 6 intel, but process needs improvement

By Chris Marquette
Posted March 2, 2021 at 5:00pm
“If we don’t take meaningful nationwide action now our children will inherit an economy and a world beyond their capacity to repair.” Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., said as Democrats unveiled ambitious climate legislation.

Sweeping climate bill aims for zero carbon emissions by 2050

By Benjamin J. Hulac
Posted March 2, 2021 at 4:39pm
Shalanda Young, nominee to be deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget, testifies during her Senate Budget Committee confirmation hearing on March 2, 2021.

Young wins bipartisan backing for deputy OMB director slot

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted March 2, 2021 at 2:46pm
The Supreme Court is seen on Jan. 7.

Supreme Court ponders limits of Voting Rights Act enforcement

By Todd Ruger
Posted March 2, 2021 at 2:14pm
Rep. Steven Palazzo, R-Miss., is being investigated by the House Ethics Committee.

Ethics report details questionable spending, decisions by Rep. Palazzo

By Chris Marquette
Posted March 2, 2021 at 12:01pm
Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., talks with a reporter as he arrives to the Senate for the third day of former President Donald Trump's second impeachment trial at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Feb. 11, 2021.

Pension funding, COBRA coverage survive aid bill’s ‘Byrd bath’

By David Lerman and Lindsey McPherson
Posted March 1, 2021 at 10:22pm, Updated March 2, 2021 at 10:52am
Rep. Sean Casten says he is “dubious” that the broker can satisfy the Securities and Exchange Commission's best execution standards while getting paid to route customer trades to bigger Wall Street firms.

Lawmakers plan further probe of trading models in GameStop saga

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted March 2, 2021 at 6:00am
Del. Michael F.Q. San Nicolas, D-Guam.

House Ethics continues probe of Guam delegate

By Chris Marquette
Posted March 1, 2021 at 7:42pm
Ann Berry arrives to the Capitol to be sworn in as the Secretary of the Senate in Washington on Monday, March 1, 2021.

Ann Berry sworn in as secretary of the Senate

By Thomas McKinless and Jason Dick
Posted March 1, 2021 at 5:41pm
Sens. Thom Tillis, left, and Ted Cruz talk during the Senate Judiciary Committee business meeting on Monday to vote on sending the nomination of Merrick Garland to be attorney general to the Senate floor.

Senate Judiciary sends Garland nomination to the floor

By Todd Ruger
Posted March 1, 2021 at 2:25pm
Progressives want Vice President Kamala Harris to ignore the Senate parliamentarian’s advice on the minimum wage, but in the meantime, they can watch the donations roll in off the impasse to try to grow their Democratic majorities, Cohn writes.

Why Democrats should learn to stop worrying and love reconciliation

By Peter Cohn
Posted March 1, 2021 at 10:31am
While Speaker Nancy Pelosi has a narrower majority in the current Congress, Democratic party loyalty among members has never been higher, at least in modern times.

Pelosi’s virus relief win shows she can keep her majority together

By Shawn Zeller
Posted March 1, 2021 at 7:00am
Prop ballot boxes sit outside the Supreme Court as protesters for and against the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett demonstrate at the court on Oct. 26, 2020.

Voting rights take center stage on Capitol Hill and at Supreme Court

By Todd Ruger
Posted March 1, 2021 at 6:00am
Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., disinfects the gavel before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee confirmation hearing on May 20.

Medicare fixes, Amtrak boost in draft Senate aid package

By Paul M. Krawzak
Posted February 28, 2021 at 9:30pm
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., called it "inevitable" that lawmakers would eventually raise the minimum wage, though that provision is expected to be stripped out of the pandemic aid bill in the Senate.

House passes $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package

By David Lerman and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted February 26, 2021 at 9:32pm, Updated February 27, 2021 at 2:05am
House Budget Chairman John Yarmuth said President Joe Biden is not expected to submit his first budget until April.

White House budget not expected until April, Yarmuth says

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted February 26, 2021 at 8:13pm
Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., is working with Senate counterparts to bring back earmarks for this year's appropriations cycle.

House appropriators officially bring back earmarks, ending ban

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted February 26, 2021 at 3:14pm, Updated at 6:30pm
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., questions William Burns, nominee for Central Intelligence Agency director, during his Senate Select Intelligence Committee confirmation hearing in Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday.

‘Plan B’ for minimum wage pitched as House prepares to vote on aid package

By David Lerman
Posted February 26, 2021 at 11:19am, Updated at 3:54pm
Activists with Our Revolution hold $15 minimum wage signs outside the Capitol complex on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021, to call on Congress to pass the $15 federal minimum wage hike proposed as part of the COVID-19 relief bill.

Senate parliamentarian nixes minimum wage boost in aid package

By Paul M. Krawzak and David Lerman
Posted February 25, 2021 at 7:43pm, Updated at 8:35pm
House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer, wants to enforce time limits on House votes.

Hoyer wants votes to run on strict schedule, but it’s easier said than done

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted February 25, 2021 at 4:56pm
Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, walks through the Senate Reception Room as budget votes get underway on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021.

Parties make more ‘Byrd rule’ arguments to parliamentarian

By Paul M. Krawzak and Doug Sword
Posted February 25, 2021 at 4:42pm
Acting Capitol Police Chief Yogananda Pittman faced lawmaker questions Thursday.

Acting Capitol Police chief downplays value of FBI warning about Jan. 6

By Chris Marquette
Posted February 25, 2021 at 4:04pm
USTR nominee Katherine Tai testifies at her confirmation hearing Thursday before the Senate Finance Committee.

Trade nominee Tai appears poised for Finance committee approval

By Ellyn Ferguson
Posted February 25, 2021 at 3:05pm
Former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm testified at her confirmation hearing by the Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Jan. 27.

Granholm confirmed for Energy with 14 GOP votes

By Benjamin J. Hulac
Posted February 25, 2021 at 2:46pm
Rep. Deb Haaland gives a gift to Rep. Don Young before her confirmation hearing to be secretary of the Interior.

Why pro-drilling Don Young came to back Haaland for Interior

By Benjamin J. Hulac
Posted February 25, 2021 at 7:00am
Rep. Greg Stanton, D-Ariz., pictured at a House Judiciary Committee markup in 2019, has introduced a bill to require Capitol Police to wear body cameras, one of several pieces of legislation designed to respond to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

Lawmakers begin to develop legislative response to Capitol attack

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted February 25, 2021 at 5:00am
Acting Capitol Police Chief Yogananda Pittman is set to appear before lawmakers Thursday.

Acting Capitol Police chief defends intelligence role leading up to insurrection

By Chris Marquette
Posted February 24, 2021 at 8:35pm