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Sens. Josh Hawley and Ted Cruz, in background, attend the Judiciary Committee markup on Dec. 10.

Democrats file ethics complaints against Hawley and Cruz, but action unlikely

By Chris Marquette
Posted January 21, 2021 at 8:20pm
The timing for when Speaker Nancy Pelosi will transmit the article of impeachment to the Senate is unknown.

Delaying impeachment trial could benefit both parties

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted January 21, 2021 at 7:50pm
Retired Gen. Lloyd Austin, nominee to be Defense secretary, attends the inauguration before the swearing-in of Joe Biden as the 46th president on the West Front of the Capitol on Wednesday.

Both chambers pass Austin waiver, paving way for confirmation

By Mark Satter
Posted January 21, 2021 at 4:27pm, Updated at 6:12pm
Pete Buttigieg speaks Jan. 21 before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee at his confirmation hearing to be Transportation secretary.

Buttigieg cites gas tax hike at hearing, but aide walks it back

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted January 21, 2021 at 2:53pm, Updated at 5:31pm
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., the incoming Senate Budget chairman, watches the Inauguration of President Joe Biden.

Democrats planning budget blitz to pass Biden agenda

By Paul M. Krawzak
Posted January 20, 2021 at 10:40pm
Kamala Harris bumps fists with Joe Biden after being sworn in as vice president of the United States during the inauguration on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol.

Vice President Harris new to wielding Senate gavel in challenging time

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted January 20, 2021 at 7:26pm
House Education and Labor Chairman Robert C. Scott, D-Va., plans to introduce legislation to rescue failing union pension plans.

Democrats eye union pension rescue as part of coronavirus aid

By Doug Sword
Posted January 20, 2021 at 7:07pm
President Joe Biden takes a seat after being sworn in during the 59th presidential Inauguration at the Capitol on Wednesday.

‘It’s therapeutic’: Democrats in Congress use inauguration to heal from Capitol siege

By Jim Saksa and Katherine Tully-McManus
Posted January 20, 2021 at 6:26pm
Vice President Kamala Harris is congratulated by her husband Doug Emhoff after being sworn in as the Vice President of the United States by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayer on the West Front of the Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021.

Historic firsts and a healing Capitol at Biden, Harris inauguration

By Katherine Tully-McManus
Posted January 20, 2021 at 5:27pm
Former President Bill Clinton and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D- Mass., talk at the end of the President Joe Biden's inauguration at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021.

Warren makes no exceptions for Massachusetts-based defense giant

By Mark Satter
Posted January 20, 2021 at 4:58pm
President Joe Biden is no stranger to tough negotiations on Capitol Hill.

President Biden arrives with negotiator-in-chief credentials

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted January 20, 2021 at 1:56pm
Reps. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., John E. Peterson, R-Pa., and Randy "Duke" Cunningham, R-Calif., during a break in the House Appropriations markup in June 2001.

Trump pardons former congressman whose actions helped prompt earmark ban

By Todd Ruger
Posted January 20, 2021 at 10:27am
The so-called Byrd rule — named for the late Sen. Robert C. Byrd, D-W.Va. — was first adopted in 1985 and later codified in budget law.

‘Byrd rule’ shadow could fall on Biden coronavirus relief plan

By Paul M. Krawzak
Posted January 20, 2021 at 7:30am
The Capitol Dome is seen from Delaware Avenue Northeast at Columbus Circle on Jan. 18, 2021. Fencing and razor have been installed around the Capitol complex.

Inauguration like no other: What health and security concerns have changed

By Katherine Tully-McManus
Posted January 20, 2021 at 5:00am
A Capitol Police officer is pictured as rioters try to break into the Capitol during a joint session of Congress to certify the Electoral College votes of the 2020 presidential election on Jan. 6, 2021.

As Capitol Police COVID-19 cases increase, it’s unclear when majority of force will get vaccine

By Chris Marquette
Posted January 19, 2021 at 7:44pm
Antony J. Blinken speaks during his confirmation hearing to be secretary of State before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday.

Blinken wins praise for pledge to consult Hill on diplomacy

By Rachel Oswald
Posted January 19, 2021 at 7:03pm
A worker installs razor wire Monday on Delaware Avenue Northeast at Columbus Circle in Washington in preparation for the Jan. 20 presidential inauguration.

‘All hell broke loose’: January so far a roller coaster for D.C. statehood

By Chris Cioffi
Posted January 19, 2021 at 6:30pm
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., walks from his office to the East Front of the Capitol on Tuesday during a walk-through a day before President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration.

Senators will judge Trump as victims of mob’s attack

By Todd Ruger
Posted January 19, 2021 at 5:36pm
Janet Yellen, President-elect Joe Biden’s pick to be Treasury secretary, participates remotely in a Senate Finance Committee hearing on January 19, 2021.

Yellen could win swift confirmation as first female Treasury secretary

By Doug Sword
Posted January 19, 2021 at 2:53pm
The law “has plagued Administrations for nearly a half-century," departing OMB director Russell Vought wrote with another official.

Trump budget office slams 1974 ‘impoundment’ law on way out

By Paul M. Krawzak
Posted January 19, 2021 at 2:16pm
Nominee for Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines arrives before her confirmation hearing Tuesday at the Senate Intelligence Committee.

DNI nominee Haines: Spy agencies will speak ‘truth to power’ under Biden

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted January 19, 2021 at 1:17pm
California Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris will resign from the Senate on Monday.

Kamala Harris to resign from Senate on Monday

By Bridget Bowman
Posted January 17, 2021 at 8:00am
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., conducts her weekly news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center on Friday, two days after the House voted to impeach President Donald Trump for inciting an insurrection.

Pelosi taps retired Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré to conduct Capitol security review

By Lindsey McPherson and John M. Donnelly
Posted January 15, 2021 at 1:24pm
Then-House Appropriations Chairwoman Nita M. Lowey, D-N.Y., seated, confers with Shalanda Young, the panel's chief clerk and staff director, during a 2019 conference committee meeting.

Biden taps top House Appropriations aide for budget office slot

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted January 15, 2021 at 9:22am, Updated at 11:47am
Democrats will have to do more than impeach Donald Trump if they want to block his post-presidential benefits. Above, Trump speaks to supporters at the White House on Jan. 6, urging them to march on the Capitol.

Perks for former presidents: Congress tried to curb them before Trump

By Jim Saksa
Posted January 14, 2021 at 4:16pm
Rep. Mike Garcia, R-Calif., speaks during an event with House Republicans on the House steps on Sept. 15.

House GOP moves to shore up some at-risk members with Appropriations seats

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted January 14, 2021 at 2:08pm
Passengers prepare to go through security at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

Lawmakers want Capitol attackers added to U.S. no-fly list

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted January 14, 2021 at 1:50pm
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. leaves the floor after the Senate acquitted President Donald Trump on two articles of impeachment on, Feb. 5, 2020.

Will Chief Justice Roberts preside at Trump’s impeachment trial? Maybe

By Todd Ruger
Posted January 14, 2021 at 10:47am
Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo., comforts Rep. Susan Wild, D-Pa., while taking cover as rioters disrupt the joint session of Congress to certify the Electoral College vote Jan. 6.

Veterans, ex-spies in Congress prominent in fraught week on Capitol Hill

By John M. Donnelly and Mark Satter
Posted January 13, 2021 at 7:25pm
Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., speaks during a news conference in December.

Menendez looks to rebuild Senate Foreign Relations panel’s power

By Rachel Oswald
Posted January 13, 2021 at 6:42pm