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Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., says its “premature” to discuss bringing back earmarks until after the elections.

House Appropriations candidates float possible return of earmarks

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted September 22, 2020 at 10:56am
Chad Wolf is likely to face questions about the legitimacy of his current appointment.

Wolf to face heated Senate hearing for Homeland Security job

By Tanvi Misra
Posted September 22, 2020 at 8:00am
A woman waves a Notorious R.B.G. flag as crowds gather at the U.S. Supreme Court on Sept. 21, 2020, to mourn the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Supreme Court expected to forge ahead with eight justices after Ginsburg’s death

By Todd Ruger
Posted September 22, 2020 at 5:00am
Speaker Nancy Pelosi says a Supreme Court battle won't interfere with spending negotiations.

Partisan stopgap funding bill set for House vote Tuesday

By Jennifer Shutt and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted September 21, 2020 at 11:20am, Updated at 7:46pm
An American flag is flown at half-staff at the Supreme Court on Monday to mourn the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Road ahead: Stopgap spat and Supreme Court tension dominate week

By Lindsey McPherson and Chris Cioffi
Posted September 21, 2020 at 6:01pm
Peter DeFazio, Sam Graves are posing for a picture

Spending bill would extend highway law by a year

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted September 21, 2020 at 3:34pm
The late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will be honored at the Supreme Court and the Capitol this week.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg to be honored both at the Supreme Court and Capitol

By Katherine Tully-McManus
Posted September 21, 2020 at 2:51pm
New Jersey Rep. Josh Gottheimer, flanked by other members of the Problem Solvers Caucus, speaks at a news conference Sept. 15 at the House Triangle to unveil their coronavirus relief package.

Democrats, the party of government, are torn over coronavirus relief

By Shawn Zeller
Posted September 21, 2020 at 7:00am
An 'I Dissent' poster featuring a photo of Justice Ginsburg was p;aced on the sidewalk in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on Saturday.

Supreme Court’s legitimacy at stake in wake of Ginsburg’s death

By Todd Ruger
Posted September 20, 2020 at 12:58pm
Kelli Midgley of Baltimore holds up her “What Would RBG Do?” sign at the U.S. Supreme Court on Saturday.

Democrats focus on Supreme Court messaging, not on stalling the Senate

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted September 19, 2020 at 7:14pm
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg takes the stage for a discussion during the Library of Congress National Book Festival at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center on Aug. 31, 2019.

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at 87

By Todd Ruger
Posted September 18, 2020 at 8:10pm
A sign advertises free meals for kids during the coronavirus pandemic on March 29, 2020, in New York City.

Stopgap funding talks bleed into weekend amid farm aid pushback

By Jennifer Shutt and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted September 18, 2020 at 5:34pm, Updated at 7:54pm
Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., arrives through the Senate Reception Room on her way to the Senate chamber in this archive photo. Duckworth and Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill., split on a quartet of judges nominated to benches in their home state.

Illinois senators split on judge votes, exposing division

By Chris Cioffi
Posted September 18, 2020 at 5:08pm
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., is seen in the Capitol’s Statuary Hall after a news conference on Thursday.

House Democrats prep fallback option on stopgap funding

By Jennifer Shutt and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted September 18, 2020 at 11:01am, Updated at 4:49pm
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., conduct a news conference on Sept. 9. Thursday, the two unveiled a resolution that would to forgive up to $50,000 in student debt.

Is canceling $50k in student debt a good idea?

By Chris Cioffi
Posted September 18, 2020 at 10:55am
An activist vapes in front of a 51-foot inflatable joint during a rally at the Capitol in 2019 that called on Congress to pass marijuana reform legislation.

House postpones vote to decriminalize marijuana until after election

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted September 17, 2020 at 5:38pm
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is laying off a dozen of its roughly 500 employees.

US Chamber, the nation’s biggest lobby, is cutting staff

By Kate Ackley
Posted September 17, 2020 at 4:14pm
FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies Thursday before a House Homeland Security Committee hearing about "Worldwide threats to the Homeland."

FBI director describes domestic extremists in homeland threats hearing

By Todd Ruger
Posted September 17, 2020 at 3:43pm
Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., says negotiations are going pretty well, all things considered.

Deal elusive on stopgap funding as deadline nears

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted September 17, 2020 at 2:53pm
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy says he is focused on the election.

McCarthy focused on election, not Freedom Caucus push to remove Pelosi

By Chris Marquette
Posted September 17, 2020 at 1:48pm
Administration support for airlines could boost vulnerable incumbents like Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo.

White House backs $25B airline relief extension

By Jessica Wehrman and David Lerman
Posted September 17, 2020 at 1:01pm
Sara Nelson, head of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, speaks at a Sept. 9 rally outside the Capitol calling on Congress to renew the aid program that keeps airline employees on the payroll during the pandemic.

Flight attendant advocate Sara Nelson fights to protect their jobs

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted September 17, 2020 at 7:00am
CDC Director Robert Redfield says that while a vaccine might be authorized for limited populations by November or December, it will likely be mid-2021 before there are enough doses for the general population.

CDC director seeks billions for vaccines, says millions were transferred for HHS ad campaign

By Andrew Siddons
Posted September 16, 2020 at 6:18pm, Updated at 7:42pm
Rep. Eliot L. Engel, D-N.Y., makes his way to the House Democrats' caucus meeting on Jan. 14, 2020.

Democrats accuse Pompeo, allies of cover-up over IG firing

By Rachel Oswald
Posted September 16, 2020 at 5:24pm
A worker adjusts the hands of the Car of History Clock in Statuary Hall in October of 2019. A new bill would call for keeping clocks set to daylight saving time through this winter.

Florida men pitch daylight saving time pause

By Chris Cioffi
Posted September 16, 2020 at 4:02pm
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II, D-Mo., a former Congressional Black Caucus chairman, says Wasserman Schultz will help correct "federal funding inequities" that have affected minority communities.

Wasserman Schultz gains support in bid for Appropriations gavel

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted September 16, 2020 at 3:43pm
Mark Meadows, White House chief of staff, arrives at the Capitol for a meeting with Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, on coronavirus aid on Tuesday, August 4, 2020.

White House shows flexibility on coronavirus aid; Pelosi holds firm

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted September 16, 2020 at 1:45pm
Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Chairman Roger Wicker.

Air safety bill prompted by 737 Max flaws pulled before vote

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted September 16, 2020 at 12:38pm
House Democrats are pressing Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., pictured walking through the Russell Senate Office Building after a television interview Monday, to schedule a vote this month on coronavirus relief even if there's not a bipartisan deal.

House Democrats worry last legislative message before election lacks COVID relief

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted September 15, 2020 at 8:58am, Updated September 16, 2020 at 12:35pm
Motor coach companies organized a rally in Washington in May to urge Congress tio provide the industry with support to get through the coronavirus pandemic.

With no aid in sight, motor coach industry predicts abyss

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted September 16, 2020 at 6:00am