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Hoyer, D-Md., attends a news conference on Nov. 18, 2020.

Hoyer: Earmarks are likely coming back next year

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted November 20, 2020 at 12:13pm
Rep. Lance Gooden, R-Texas, reimbursed himself over $280,000.

Rep. Lance Gooden received over $280,000 from his campaign since 2018

By Chris Marquette
Posted November 20, 2020 at 12:06pm
Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, attends the second day of the confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett on Oct. 13, 2020.

Crapo poised for starring role in economic, health care policy

By Doug Sword and Lauren Clason
Posted November 20, 2020 at 7:00am
Rep. Pete Aguilar, D-Calif., will serve as House Democrats' vice caucus chairman in the 117th Congress.

House Democrats elect Aguilar, Allred in contested leadership elections

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted November 19, 2020 at 11:31am, Updated at 9:21pm
An area is set up at the Capitol Visitor Center for congressional members and staffers to be tested for the coronavirus on Nov. 17, 2020.

Front-line workers in Capitol keep getting COVID-19

By Chris Marquette
Posted November 19, 2020 at 4:50pm
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., right, and Mark Meadows, White House chief of staff, are seen in the Capitol after a meeting Wednesday.

White House signals acceptance of omnibus spending package

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted November 18, 2020 at 6:26pm
Senate Armed Services ranking member Jack Reed, D-R.I., left, and Chairman Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., talk before the start of a September hearing.

Analysis: Congress unlikely to tie Trump’s hands on Afghan plan

By John M. Donnelly
Posted November 18, 2020 at 5:02pm
Reps. David Scott and Jim Costa are vying to succeed Rep. Collin C. Peterson, above, as chairman of House Agriculture. Peterson lost his bid for reelection.

It’s farm groups vs. lawmakers in rivalry for House Agriculture gavel

By Ellyn Ferguson
Posted November 18, 2020 at 4:39pm
Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Mass., pictured at a press conference Tuesday, won her race for assistant speaker during the first day of House Democrats' leadership elections Wednesday.

Katherine Clark wins assistant speaker race against David Cicilline

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted November 18, 2020 at 11:51am, Updated at 3:09pm
Rep.-elect Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., right, and aide Sarah Iddrissu leaves the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill for the first day of new member orientation in the Capitol on Friday.

New members get their bearings: Capitol tours and canceled dinners

By Katherine Tully-McManus
Posted November 17, 2020 at 6:13pm, Updated November 18, 2020 at 2:54pm
Senate Republican Conference Chairman John Barrasso talked to reporters in May, flanked by other members of Senate GOP leadership, including, from left, Roy Blunt, John Thune, Mitch McConnell, Joni Ernst and Todd Young.

Barrasso stakes claim to chair Energy and Natural Resources

By Benjamin J. Hulac and Jessica Wehrman
Posted November 18, 2020 at 2:52pm
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks during a news conference with other House Democratic leadership in Washington on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020.

Pelosi reaffirms that next term as speaker will be her last

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted November 18, 2020 at 2:08pm
Sen. John Barrasso of Wyoming will affect transportation policies, climate change legislation, nuclear oversight and wildlife issues.

For Barrasso, a tough and impactful choice for the new Congress

By Benjamin J. Hulac and Jessica Wehrman
Posted November 18, 2020 at 10:43am
House Budget Chairman John Yarmuth, D-Ky., says repealing the committee's term limits will allow members to "build up institutional knowledge."

House Budget chairman seeks to end committee’s term limits

By Paul M. Krawzak
Posted November 18, 2020 at 8:08am
A group of Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft sat on the tarmac at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport after the aircraft were grounded by the FAA in March.

FAA allows 737 Max flights as Hill takes up oversight bills

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted November 18, 2020 at 6:00am
The proposed funding addition by Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., of Gulf Coast shipyard money to the Defense bill is likely to be a bone of contention when House and Senate appropriators sit down to reconcile their two Pentagon money measures.

Shelby adds $760 million for unrequested ships with Alabama ties

By John M. Donnelly
Posted November 18, 2020 at 5:30am
Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, is isolating while waiting for coronavirus test results.

Grassley tests positive for COVID-19 after missing first roll call in 27 years

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted November 17, 2020 at 11:28am, Updated at 6:00pm
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., arrives for the House Republican leadership elections at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, November 17, 2020.

McCarthy, Scalise, Cheney reelected as top trio in House GOP

By Chris Marquette
Posted November 17, 2020 at 3:25pm, Updated at 5:27pm
Judy Shelton stirred controversy with unorthodox views about monetary policy.

With two Republicans in quarantine, Senate lacks votes to advance Fed nominee

By Jim Saksa, Ellyn Ferguson and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted November 17, 2020 at 4:06pm
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., puts on his face mask as he arrives for the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday.

Capitol testing picks up, but masks still spark conflict

By Katherine Tully-McManus
Posted November 17, 2020 at 3:30pm
"Million MAGA March" protesters crowd the street in front of the Supreme Court building to hear speeches in Washington on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2020.

House Judiciary wants to delay Supreme Court fight over Mueller materials

By Todd Ruger
Posted November 17, 2020 at 1:37pm
Ranking member Rep. Mac Thornberry, R-Texas, center, Reps. Mike Conaway, R-Texas, right, and John Garamendi, D-Calif., attend the House Armed Services Committee markup of the National Defense Authorization Act on July 1, 2020.

Georgia runoff, Confederate issue complicate completion of annual Pentagon bill

By John M. Donnelly
Posted November 17, 2020 at 12:55pm
Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, speaks with a reporter in the Senate subway on July 29.

Bipartisan talks on ‘targeted’ coronavirus relief bill underway, Portman says

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted November 17, 2020 at 10:42am
All but four of the House Democratic leadership members pictured are seeking to return to the team next Congress. The caucus holds leadership elections this week

5 things to watch in House Democrats’ leadership elections

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted November 17, 2020 at 5:00am
President-elect Biden could improve the odds of lame-duck agreement by weighing in with lawmakers.

Short-term punt seen likely for spending bills, coronavirus aid

By Paul M. Krawzak
Posted November 16, 2020 at 6:00am, Updated at 6:05pm
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., right, talks with President Donald Trump in the House chamber after Trump delivered his State of the Union Address Feb. 4, 2020.

McConnell blasts Trump on troop withdrawals

By John M. Donnelly
Posted November 16, 2020 at 4:48pm
Rep. Ross Spano, R-Fla., is being investigated by the Department of Justice.

Ethics Committee continues its deferral of probe into Rep. Ross Spano

By Chris Marquette
Posted November 16, 2020 at 3:25pm
Rep. Steven Palazzo, R-Miss., is being investigated by the Office of Congressional Ethics.

Rep. Palazzo under investigation over campaign spending

By Chris Marquette
Posted November 13, 2020 at 3:20pm
Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court including (L-R) Associate Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen Breyer, Elena Kagan, Neil Gorsuch, Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John Roberts, Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh, former Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy and Associate Justice Samuel Alito await the arrival of the casket of former U.S. President George H.W. Bush inside the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on December 3, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/Pool

Justice Alito speech leads to rare court-Congress dialogue

By Todd Ruger
Posted November 13, 2020 at 3:12pm
Chairwoman Maxine Waters, D-Calif., at a House Financial Services Committee hearing on Oct. 23, 2019.

Democrats look to Biden for progressive financial policies

By Jim Saksa
Posted November 13, 2020 at 1:22pm