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Proposals from Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, right, and Rep. Jackie Speier aimed at tackling sexual assault and other sex crimes within the military have gained support.

Lawmakers near big response to military ‘rape epidemic’

By John M. Donnelly
Posted February 4, 2021 at 6:30am
House Clerk Cheryl Johnson and Tim Blodgett, acting House sergeant at arms, lead impeachment managers through Statuary Hall to deliver the article of impeachment against former President Donald Trump to the Senate floor on Jan. 25, 2021.

Congress risks losing ‘bridle’ on the executive in Trump impeachment trial

By Todd Ruger
Posted February 4, 2021 at 5:15am
Republican Conference Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., fended off an effort to oust her from her leadership role.

Cheney retains House GOP leadership role

By Chris Marquette
Posted February 3, 2021 at 10:05pm
Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene could lose her committee assignments for her misconduct.

House set to remove Marjorie Taylor Greene from her committees

By Chris Marquette
Posted February 3, 2021 at 7:39pm
Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., speaks Feb. 3 during the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions confirmation hearing for Education secretary nominee Miguel Cardona.

Senate GOP laying amendment traps for budget debate

By David Lerman
Posted February 3, 2021 at 2:54pm, Updated at 7:37pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer says he has directed the new chairs of “all relevant committees to begin holding hearings on the climate crisis.”

Schumer previews ‘whole-of-Senate’ climate fight

By Benjamin J. Hulac
Posted February 3, 2021 at 7:19pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., leaves a news conference in the Capitol on Tuesday.

Democrats claim gavels as Senate adopts organizing resolution

By Katherine Tully-McManus and Chris Cioffi
Posted February 3, 2021 at 6:31pm
Guzman at her confirmation testimony Wednesday

Nominee says SBA will do outreach to overlooked, underserved

By Ellyn Ferguson
Posted February 3, 2021 at 4:42pm
Miguel A. Cardona speaks Wednesday during his confirmation hearing to be secretary of Education with the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee.

Cardona pledges support for reopening schools

By Caroline Coudriet
Posted February 3, 2021 at 3:07pm
Capitol Police participate in a departure ceremony for the late officer Brian Sicknick, who lay in honor in the Rotunda of the Capitol on Feb. 3.

Congress honors Officer Brian Sicknick’s heroic defense of the Capitol

By Katherine Tully-McManus
Posted February 3, 2021 at 1:44pm
Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., listens to Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo, nominee for secretary of Commerce, testify remotely during her Jan. 26 confirmation hearing before the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee.

Senate panel advances Raimondo for Commerce post

By Michael Macagnone
Posted February 3, 2021 at 11:42am
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks during a news conference in the Capitol on Tuesday.

Senate has deal to organize chamber, formalize Democratic control

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted February 3, 2021 at 10:18am
Booker's move to Senate Agriculture could give him a platform to promote legislation seeking fairer USDA treatment of Black farmers.

Booker, Warnock bring social justice goals to Agriculture panel

By Ellyn Ferguson
Posted February 3, 2021 at 5:00am
The Senate has been without a power-sharing agreement almost a month into the 117th Congress, but Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer says leaders are “getting close.”

Senate Democrats still without committee control as power-sharing talks drag on

By Katherine Tully-McManus
Posted February 2, 2021 at 8:04pm
The election of Sen. Jon Ossoff, left, enabled Democrats to take the majority, but Sen. Joe Manchin III's status as their 50th vote may limit what they can do.

Relief bill starts to take shape as budget votes approach

By Paul M. Krawzak
Posted February 2, 2021 at 1:53pm, Updated at 4:52pm
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer announced that Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., would join the Finance Committee.

Elizabeth Warren joining the Finance Committee, extending her reach on tax, health policy

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted February 2, 2021 at 4:31pm
Sens. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., right, and Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., received a letter from several groups asking for more Legislative Branch funding.

Citing converging crises, governance groups push funding boost for Legislative Branch

By Chris Marquette
Posted February 2, 2021 at 4:17pm
Waters said she wants to deal with the "unethical conduct" of hedge funds that led to recent market volatility.

Waters, Warren back probe of hedge funds’ role in GameStop

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted February 2, 2021 at 3:46pm
Vilsack told the Senate Agriculture Committee that ethanol would be part of administration's climate plan during his confirmation hearing.

Vilsack gets Senate Agriculture backing to return to USDA

By Ellyn Ferguson
Posted February 2, 2021 at 3:14pm
Peter Buttigieg wearing a suit and tie

Buttigieg gets Senate nod to lead Transportation Department

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted February 2, 2021 at 2:23pm
House Clerk Cheryl Johnson, Tim Blodgett, acting House Sergeant at Arms, impeachment managers Reps. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., Diana DeGette, D-Colo., David Cicilline, D-R.I., Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., Ted Lieu, D-Calif., Del. Stacey Plaskett, D-V.I., Madeleine Dean, D-Pa., and Joe Neguse, D-Colo., walk through the Capitol's Statuary Hall to deliver the article of impeachment for incitement of insurrection against former President Donald Trump to the Senate floor on Monday, January 25, 2021.

House argues Trump conviction would warn future presidents to follow oath

By Todd Ruger
Posted February 2, 2021 at 10:20am
Transportation secretary nominee Pete Buttigieg had a confirmation hearing at the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee on Jan. 21,

Add unmet congressional mandates to Buttigieg’s plate

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted February 2, 2021 at 6:00am
“The only thing we cannot accept is a package that is too small or too narrow to pull our country out of this emergency,” Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer says.

Democrats kick off budget process for filibuster-proof virus aid

By Paul M. Krawzak
Posted February 1, 2021 at 5:25pm, Updated at 7:40pm
North Carolina’s Richard M. Burr was among several senators who came under scrutiny for certain stock trades at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic.

Senate Ethics has not sanctioned a member in 14 years

By Chris Marquette
Posted February 1, 2021 at 7:03pm
Democrats want Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., to lose her committee seats, and possibly be expelled from the House.

Democratic support for removing Greene from committees, House grows

By Chris Marquette
Posted February 1, 2021 at 3:52pm, Updated at 6:19pm
The Supreme Court is seen on Thursday, Jan. 7.

Biden administration asks Supreme Court to pause two Trump-era immigration cases

By Todd Ruger
Posted February 1, 2021 at 5:12pm
Stabenow, who is in line to lead Senate Agriculture Committee, sees few problems for Tom Vilsack's nomination as Agriculture secretary.

Vilsack meets Agriculture panel with clear return path to USDA

By Ellyn Ferguson
Posted February 1, 2021 at 3:28pm
The East Front of the Capitol is plowed as snow continues to fall. Weather delayed some Senate business on Monday.

Road ahead: Budget resolutions take center stage, along with Cabinet nominations

By Erin Bacon
Posted February 1, 2021 at 11:18am
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, speaks with reporters in the Senate subway on Jan. 26.

Senate GOP group floats $618B pandemic relief plan ahead of Biden meeting

By Jennifer Shutt and Niels Lesniewski
Posted February 1, 2021 at 10:47am
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer’s win over Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on the filibuster came alongside Schumer’s offer to model the Senate organizing rules on the power-sharing agreement adopted the last time the chamber was divided 50-50, in 2001.

After the filibuster fight, obstacles remain for progressives

By Shawn Zeller
Posted February 1, 2021 at 6:50am