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Trump supporters stand on a Capitol Police armored vehicle Wednesday as others take over the steps of the Capitol as Congress worked to certify the Electoral College votes.

Calls for impeachment, prosecution of president after pro-Trump mob storms Capitol

By Todd Ruger
Posted January 6, 2021 at 5:10pm
Reps. Diana DeGette of Colorado, center, and Veronica Escobar of Texas, right, take cover Wednesday as protesters disrupt the joint session of Congress to certify the Electoral College vote.

National Guard troops deployed as pro-Trump mob swarms Capitol

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted January 6, 2021 at 4:40pm
Trump supporters occupy the West Front of the Capitol and the inauguration stands on Wednesday. ( Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Pro-Trump protesters storm Capitol during Electoral College certification, causing lockdown

By Chris Marquette, Katherine Tully-McManus and Chris Cioffi
Posted January 6, 2021 at 2:39pm
Vice President Mike Pence makes his way to the House floor for a joint session of Congress to tally the electoral college votes for the president and vice president in the Capitol in Washington on Wednesday.

Top Republicans openly disagree over Electoral College objections

By Lindsey McPherson and Niels Lesniewski
Posted January 6, 2021 at 2:11pm
An unidentified man rolls the Electoral College ballot boxes onto an elevator on Jan. 6, 2017, ahead of the electoral vote count during a joint session of Congress.

Marathon of Electoral College objections expected, but Biden win will hold

By Katherine Tully-McManus and Lindsey McPherson
Posted January 5, 2021 at 6:10pm
Rep. Tom O'Halleran, D-Ariz., is among those wary of too much deficit spending.

Democratic unity on budget rules masks schism under the surface

By Paul M. Krawzak
Posted January 5, 2021 at 7:22am, Updated at 2:12pm
House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer, D-Md., dismissed Republican arguments by noting that adoption of the rules package is always a partisan vote.

House adopts rules package for 117th Congress

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted January 4, 2021 at 5:46pm
House members are sworn in at the Capitol's House chamber on the first day of the 117th Congress.

House holds not-so-socially-distant swearing-in

By Lindsey McPherson and Jim Saksa
Posted January 4, 2021 at 8:16am
Speaker Nancy Pelosi displays the speaker’s gavel Sunday on the House floor after retaining her position in the 117th Congress.

Pelosi elected speaker, likely for the last time

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted January 3, 2021 at 5:28pm
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., arrives to the Capitol in Washington on Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021. Both chambers are holding rare Sunday sessions to open the new Congress on January 3 as required by the Constitution.

Electoral College, COVID-19 challenges cloud Senate ceremonies

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted January 3, 2021 at 4:45pm
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and her leadership team released the House rules package on Friday.

House rules package offers compromise on members’ requests

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted January 1, 2021 at 5:37pm
The Capitol is seen from the top of the Washington Monument in Washington on Nov. 23, 2020.

Pelosi names the first woman to be House chief administrative officer

By Chris Cioffi
Posted January 1, 2021 at 4:39pm
Rep. John Yarmuth, D-Ky., talks before a House Budget Committee meeting in January 2020.

House rules would exempt coronavirus, climate bills from budget limits

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted January 1, 2021 at 2:59pm
Senate Armed Services Chairman James M. Inhofe, R-Okla., pressed for an override after President Donald Trump vetoed the annual defense authorization bill.

In defiance of Trump, Senate overrides defense veto

By Mark Satter
Posted January 1, 2021 at 2:16pm
The House in the 117th Congress will have more than 130 Catholics. Above, another kind of house, Saint Peter's Church on Capitol Hill in April.

Catholics rise to prominence in Congress

By Paul V. Fontelo
Posted January 1, 2021 at 9:00am
The fiscal 2022 budget could be delayed, officials in President-elect Joe Biden's transition said, because of poor cooperation from President Donald Trump's administration.

Budget process, COVID spending being undermined by OMB, Biden transition says

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted December 30, 2020 at 3:43pm, Updated December 31, 2020 at 3:36pm
Vice President Mike Pence and President-elect Joe Biden both attended a ceremonial swearing-in ceremony in 2018.

Opening day for the Senate won’t be clean break from the old

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted December 31, 2020 at 3:24pm
Retired Rear Adm. Margaret G. Kibben will be the next House chaplain.

Margaret Kibben to become first woman to serve as House chaplain

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted December 31, 2020 at 12:49pm
U.S. Capitol Police in respond to the Supreme Court building where thousands of participants in the "Million MAGA March" gathered to hear speeches in Washington on Nov. 14.

Capitol Police to enhance security at Jan. 6 session to certify election

By Chris Marquette
Posted December 31, 2020 at 12:22pm
Capitol Lounge, which closed in September due to the covid-19 pandemic, is pictured on Pennsylvania Avenue SE, on Monday, December 28, 2020.

House prepares for an opening day unlike any other

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted December 31, 2020 at 9:00am, Updated at 11:25am
Mariannette Miller-Meeks, candidate for Iowa's 2nd District who appears to have won by six votes, is expected to be seated at the beginning of the 117th Congress.

Contested Iowa House seat will go to the GOP for now, Pelosi says

By Chris Cioffi
Posted December 30, 2020 at 1:57pm
Storm clouds pass over the Capitol dome as a severe thunderstorm approaches Washington on July 22, 2020. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

2020: Roll Call’s photo picks of the year

By Jinitzail Hernández, Bill Clark, Tom Williams and Caroline Brehman
Posted December 30, 2020 at 7:00am
Rep.-elect Luke Letlow died of COVID-19 Tuesday, days before the 117th Congress he would have joined was set to begin.

Rep.-elect Luke Letlow dies of COVID-19

By Lindsey McPherson and Paul V. Fontelo
Posted December 29, 2020 at 11:13pm
Armed Services Chairman James M. Inhofe expressed frustration about the vote timing.

Senate could be in session (and voting) through New Year’s and beyond

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted December 29, 2020 at 4:55pm
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., leaves the Senate floor on Dec. 3.

McConnell blocks Democrats’ attempts to boost relief checks to $2,000

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted December 29, 2020 at 1:39pm
Construction for the inaugural platform on the West Front on the Capitol was well underway in October. The festivities are being scaled back amid the pandemic.

The Inaugural Luncheon is the latest pandemic casualty

By Chris Cioffi
Posted December 29, 2020 at 12:34pm
The fiscal 2021 defense authorization bill was named to honor House Armed Services ranking member Mac Thornberry, R-Texas, who is retiring.

House votes to override Trump veto of defense bill

By Mark Satter
Posted December 28, 2020 at 7:08pm
Metro DC Socialists hold a Christmas morning photo op for Santa to deliver coal to Congress while demanding a $2000 per month check.

House GOP votes boost Trump’s $2,000 checks proposal

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted December 28, 2020 at 4:21pm, Updated at 6:22pm
Prior to signing the massive spending package, President Donald Trump had criticized foreign aid provisions in the bill that were part of his own White House’s fiscal 2021 budget request.

Trump signs massive omnibus spending, coronavirus relief package

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted December 27, 2020 at 8:10pm
Virginia Rep. Rob Wittman was the GOP's in-person representative for Thursday’s pro forma session in the House.

Dueling objections leave omnibus, coronavirus relief bill in limbo

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted December 24, 2020 at 10:29am