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Speaker Nancy Pelosi talks with members of the press before stepping onto the elevator in the Russell Senate Office Building on Monday.

House will stay until coronavirus aid deal, Pelosi says

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted September 15, 2020 at 11:11am
Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., listens as Rep. Tom Reed, R-N.Y., speaks at a Problem Solvers Caucus press conference in February.

Bipartisan House group unveils $1.5 trillion coronavirus relief plan

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted September 15, 2020 at 10:36am
Blackwell School first-graders in 1947.

A bipartisan effort to turn a segregated school into a monument

By Benjamin J. Hulac
Posted September 15, 2020 at 6:00am
Florence Pendleton one of the first shadow senators from D.C. in an undated photo. She died Thursday at age 94.

Florence Pendleton, pioneering DC shadow senator and statehood champion, dies at 94

By Chris Cioffi
Posted September 14, 2020 at 5:40pm
Speaker Nancy Pelosi talks with members of the press Monday. She said last week that additional COVID-19 aid will not be attached to a continuing resolution.

Road ahead: CR decisions, judicial nominations and anti-discrimination legislation

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted September 14, 2020 at 2:12pm
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., speaks during an enrollment ceremony for the Great American Outdoors Act at the Capitol on July 23, 2020.

Hoyer: House eyeing vote on stopgap funding bill next week

By Jennifer Shutt and Lindsey McPherson
Posted September 14, 2020 at 2:03pm
House Parliamentarian Tom Wickham, who has served in the role since 2012, is retiring.

House parliamentarian to retire, will be succeeded by deputy

By Chris Cioffi and Katherine Tully-McManus
Posted September 11, 2020 at 7:20pm
Georgia Rep. Tom Graves will start his retirement early, announcing Friday he plans to resign from the House next month.

Georgia Rep. Tom Graves to resign, effective October

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted September 11, 2020 at 6:10pm
Chief Administrative Officer of the House Phil Kiko has outlined the reasons the House will not defer payroll taxes on employees.

House will not give staff payroll tax break allowed by Trump action

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted September 11, 2020 at 12:25pm, Updated at 3:25pm
Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., right,, and Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., talk before a Senate Judiciary Committee markup on July 30, 2020. Some confirmations of judges to U.S. District Courts have gleaned bipartisan support.

An issue senators can agree on is … judges?

By Chris Cioffi
Posted September 11, 2020 at 12:22pm
Police line yellow tape is strung up in front of the U.S. Capitol dome.

Campus Notebook: Unattended gun in Capitol bathroom need not concern the public, Capitol Police argued

By Chris Marquette
Posted September 11, 2020 at 11:12am
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell departs from a GOP conference lunch Thursday after the coronavirus relief bill did not advance in the Senate.

Trump folly steps on Senate GOP message again

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted September 10, 2020 at 7:08pm
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell speaks during a news conference after the Senate Republican luncheon in the Hart Building on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020.

‘Skinny’ coronavirus relief bill blocked in Senate

By Doug Sword
Posted September 10, 2020 at 1:22pm
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer is among the resolution's co-sponsors.

Democrats link race, jobs, climate in election-year resolution

By Benjamin J. Hulac
Posted September 10, 2020 at 12:36pm
Secretary of Defense, Dr. Mark T. Esper records statement for virtual A.I. Symposium in the Pentagon Briefing Room September 8, 2020. (DoD photo by Marvin Lynchard)

Pentagon business reforms in limbo

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted September 9, 2020 at 5:52pm
Passengers work and eat in an Amtrak dining car.

Amtrak asks for $4.9 billion to stay afloat

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted September 9, 2020 at 6:48pm
Sens. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., right, and Ted Cruz, R-Texas, attend a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Feb. 7, 2019.

Trump adds conservative senators Cruz, Cotton and Hawley to his Supreme Court list

By Todd Ruger
Posted September 9, 2020 at 6:05pm
Sara Nelson, president of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA International, speaks during a protest Wednesday by aviation workers outside the Capitol. They urged Congress to extend the Payroll Support Program as part of a COVID-19 relief package.

With no aid in rescue package, transportation unions still see hope

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted September 9, 2020 at 4:37pm
Surgeon General Jerome Adams, left, and National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins bump elbows after testifying before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on Wedenesday in Washington.

Surgeon general, NIH director try to promote public confidence in coronavirus vaccine

By Emily Kopp
Posted September 9, 2020 at 4:17pm
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., talks with reporters in the basement of the Capitol on Wednesday, September 9, 2020.

Senate GOP seeks unity ahead of Thursday vote on ‘skinny’ coronavirus relief bill

By Doug Sword
Posted September 9, 2020 at 3:29pm
Assistant Chief Chad Thomas was among the complainant's supporters earlier in her career.

Judge rules for Capitol Police in sex discrimination case

By Chris Marquette
Posted September 8, 2020 at 6:41pm
A sign calling for essential travel only is displayed along I-95 in Maryland on Saturday, April 25, 2020.

Highway bill could hitch a ride on the continuing resolution

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted September 8, 2020 at 6:31pm
Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., is sounding more comfortable with a revised COVID-19 aid package.

‘Skinny’ coronavirus relief plan grows slightly; Senate to vote Thursday

By Doug Sword
Posted September 8, 2020 at 10:25am, Updated at 4:28pm

Isolated from constituents and colleagues, lawmakers seek bearings

By Shawn Zeller
Posted September 8, 2020 at 7:00am
The economy added 1.4 million nonfarm jobs in August, bringing the unemployment rate down to 8.4 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday.

Jobs recovery is slowing, but congressional CPR not expected

By Jim Saksa
Posted September 8, 2020 at 6:30am
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer says Republicans would be moving in the “wrong direction” if they were to vote on an even more limited version of their coronavirus aid bill.

Road Ahead: Coronavirus aid, spending deadline loom, but slow start expected for Congress’ return

By Katherine Tully-McManus, Chris Cioffi and Lindsey McPherson
Posted September 8, 2020 at 5:00am
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin arrives for the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis hearing Tuesday.

Pelosi, Mnuchin plan ‘clean’ CR, but length, other details unclear

By Paul M. Krawzak
Posted September 3, 2020 at 9:27pm
Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund asked human resources to investigate rather than the office of professional responsibility.

Capitol Police chief directed weaker look into sexual discrimination claim, attorney says

By Chris Marquette
Posted September 3, 2020 at 1:40pm
The National Archives building in Washington is pictured. The Trump administration has asked Congress for additional money for half a dozen agencies and programs it says have been hurt by the pandemic, including the National Archives and Records Administration.

Trump administration requests funds for agencies hurt by the pandemic

By Paul M. Krawzak
Posted September 2, 2020 at 8:40pm
The House Oversight and Reform Committee announced Monday it would subpoena Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, pictured here on Aug. 25, for documents relating to recent mail slowdowns and changes.

After missing document deadline, postmaster general faces subpoena by House Oversight

By Chris Cioffi
Posted August 31, 2020 at 3:30pm