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3 Defense takeaways from the massive spending bill

By John M. Donnelly and Jinitzail Hernández
Posted December 22, 2020 at 3:14pm
Both chambers will convene on January 3, 2021.

Senate circulates 2021 calendar

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted December 22, 2020 at 11:24am
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., says he won't allow a quick vote to override a presidential veto of the annual defense policy bill.

Trump signs weeklong funding extension to buy time to prep omnibus

By David Lerman and Niels Lesniewski
Posted December 21, 2020 at 3:52pm, Updated December 22, 2020 at 12:56am
Sen. Kevin Cramer crosses the street in the snow after a vote on Dec. 16. The North Dakota Republican was among several senators who unsuccessfully tried Monday to amend the spending package to strip out the wind credit extension.

Senate clears massive year-end spending bill with coronavirus relief

By Jennifer Shutt and David Lerman
Posted December 21, 2020 at 9:40pm, Updated at 11:58pm
Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer, R-Mo., and other Missouri lawmakers have been pushing a carpenters’ pension fix.

Midwestern carpenters would get relief in year-end tax package

By Doug Sword
Posted December 21, 2020 at 9:23pm
U.S. Capitol Police in riot gear make their way to the Supreme Court building where thousands of participants in the "Million MAGA March" gathered for speeches on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2020.

Legislative Branch bill includes new accountability measures for Capitol Police

By Chris Cioffi and Chris Marquette
Posted December 21, 2020 at 6:40pm
Democratic women in the House wore “sufragette white” during President Donald Trump’s State of the Union Address to a joint session of Congress in the Capitol in 2019.

Package includes new museums focused on women and Latinos

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted December 21, 2020 at 5:18pm
From left, Senate Appropriations chairman Richard Shelby, R-Ala., House Appropriations chairwoman Nita Lowey, D-N.Y., House Appropriations ranking member Kay Granger, R-Texas, and Senate Appropriations ranking member Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., talk on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019.

Omnibus spending package reflects shaky detente in Trump’s final chapter

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted December 21, 2020 at 5:12pm
A statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee stands in the Crypt area of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, July 22, 2020.

Robert E. Lee’s statue removed from the Capitol

By Chris Cioffi
Posted December 21, 2020 at 11:19am
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy speaks during a news conference on the House steps in Washington on Dec. 10, 2020.

Deal reached on $900B coronavirus relief package; votes likely Monday

By Jennifer Shutt and David Lerman
Posted December 20, 2020 at 11:31am, Updated at 11:59pm
Visitors arrive at the Museum of the Bible in Washington in June. The coronavirus relief package includes $15 billion in grants to live entertainment venues, independent movie theaters, museums and other “cultural institutions.”

Coronavirus relief package set to clear Monday, ending months of stalemate

By David Lerman
Posted December 20, 2020 at 11:54pm
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., meets virtually with HHS Secretary-designate Xavier Becerra and Surgeon General-designate Dr. Vivek Murthy in Washington on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020.

Breakthrough seen on coronavirus relief bill with Fed lending compromise

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted December 19, 2020 at 2:09pm, Updated December 20, 2020 at 12:49am
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., conducts a news conference in the Capitol after the Senate Republican policy luncheon in Washington on Tuesday.

Trump signs two-day stopgap funding bill, averts shutdown

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted December 18, 2020 at 4:41pm, Updated at 10:22pm
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-CA., receives a COVID-19 vaccination shot by Dr. Brian Monahan, attending physician Congress of the United States in her office in Washington, D.C. on Friday.

Lawmakers begin receiving COVID-19 vaccines

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted December 18, 2020 at 2:48pm
Sen. Patrick J. Toomey, R-Pa., is seen in the basement of the Capitol before a Senate vote on Tuesday, September 22, 2020.

Toomey Fed demand rocks coronavirus relief bill talks

By David Lerman and Jim Saksa
Posted December 18, 2020 at 11:24am, Updated at 2:37pm
Raul Arias-Marxuach speaks during his nomination hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee to be U.S. circuit judge for the First Circuit on Wednesday.

With calendar winding down, GOP makes case for Trump judicial pick in the 117th Congress

By Chris Cioffi
Posted December 18, 2020 at 12:20pm
Toomey said preventing the relaunching of the emergency credit facilities was a top priority in the COVID-19 aid package.

Toomey digs in on ‘redundant’ Fed facilities provision

By Jim Saksa
Posted December 18, 2020 at 10:55am
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he will soon get a COVID-19 vaccine.

Lawmakers can receive COVID-19 vaccine on Hill

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted December 17, 2020 at 7:45pm, Updated at 10:13pm
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., is seen in Russell Building on Dec. 10.

Congress girds for possible veto override votes on defense bill

By John M. Donnelly
Posted December 17, 2020 at 6:29pm, Updated at 8:15pm
Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., speaks with reporters outside his office in the Capitol on Thursday.

Stopgap funding up in the air as coronavirus relief talks drag on

By Jennifer Shutt and Lindsey McPherson
Posted December 17, 2020 at 7:47pm
Rep. Steven Palazzo, R-Miss., is being investigated by the House Ethics Committee for campaign spending.

Palazzo subject of House Ethics Committee inquiry

By Chris Marquette
Posted December 17, 2020 at 3:03pm, Updated at 5:52pm
House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer, D-Md., greets Reps. Kendra Horn, D-Okla., and Katherine Clark, D-Mass., far left, in the Capitol on Dec. 10.

Coronavirus relief package skirmishes bog down funding negotiations

By Jennifer Shutt, Paul M. Krawzak and Lindsey McPherson
Posted December 17, 2020 at 10:39am, Updated at 1:43pm
Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., has been haunted by reports of using his office to enrich himself through stock trades.

Congressional leaders indifferent to bolstering stock transaction rules for lawmakers

By Chris Marquette
Posted December 17, 2020 at 12:14pm
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer walks to a virtual meeting with HHS Secretary-designate Xavier Becerra and Surgeon General-designate Dr. Vivek Murthy in Washington on Wednesday.

Fine print issues snag tentative pact on coronavirus relief bill

By Lindsey McPherson and Jennifer Shutt
Posted December 16, 2020 at 8:07pm
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., talks during an interview in the Russell Rotunda in Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020.

Congressional leaders near $900B coronavirus relief deal

By David Lerman, Lindsey McPherson and Jennifer Shutt
Posted December 16, 2020 at 9:24am, Updated at 3:02pm
Chairman Ron Johnson, R-Wis., talks with a reporter before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing titled “Examining Irregularities in the 2020 Election,” in Dirksen Building on Wednesday.

Senators clash as panel hears discredited claims of election fraud

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted December 16, 2020 at 12:34pm
Senate pages carrying the Electoral College ballot boxes lead senators into the House chamber on Jan. 6, 2017, for the vote count to officially determine the presidential election winner.

Electoral votes are in, but congressional count may hold another round of drama

By Katherine Tully-McManus
Posted December 16, 2020 at 5:00am
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is pictured Tuesday after meeting with other congressional leaders to discuss the omnibus and coronavirus relief.

Hill leaders seek to clinch spending, coronavirus aid deals

By Jennifer Shutt and Lindsey McPherson
Posted December 15, 2020 at 1:27pm, Updated at 10:42pm
An American Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 arriving is seen taxiing to its gate at the Miami International Airport on March 12, 2019.

Time expiring for aircraft oversight bills driven by 737 Max

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted December 15, 2020 at 4:47pm
Photo courtesy of the Jay Obernolte for Congress campaign

Video games and partisanship: A conversation with new member Jay Obernolte

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted December 15, 2020 at 4:32pm