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From left, Senate Appropriations Chairman Richard C. Shelby, House Appropriations Chairwoman Nita M. Lowey, House Appropriations ranking member Kay Granger and Senate Appropriations ranking member Patrick J. Leahy have fiscal 2021 spending markups on their minds.

Busy summer ahead for appropriators after pandemic delays

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted June 10, 2020 at 10:00am
Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., talks with reporters about his plans for policing legislation after the Senate Republican policy luncheon in the Hart Building on June 9, 2020.

Senate GOP policing plan may hold some compromises for Democrats

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted June 9, 2020 at 8:01pm
Sens. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., left, and Ed Markey, D-Mass., sent a letter to both the Department of Transportation and the Department of Health and Human Services urging the agencies to craft rules to protect the flying public.

Transport workers still seek enforceable COVID-19 rules

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted June 9, 2020 at 7:31pm
Demonstrators march on Constitution Avenue to honor George Floyd and victims of racial injustice Saturday in Washington.

Democrats seek answers on high-tech surveillance of protesters by U.S. agencies

By Dean DeChiaro
Posted June 9, 2020 at 6:02pm
Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., shown here in May, wants Congress to authorize Medicare and Medicaid to continue to pay for remote doctor and emergency care.

Alexander pushes for passage of pandemic planning law this year

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted June 9, 2020 at 5:26pm
Interior and Forest Service officials predict a busy wildfire season for 2020.

Senators worry about COVID-19 as busy wildfire season closes in

By Benjamin J. Hulac
Posted June 9, 2020 at 4:59pm
General Charles Brown Jr., President Donald Trump's nominee to be Air Force chief of staff, listens during a Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing on May 7.

Senate confirms first black military service chief

By John M. Donnelly
Posted June 9, 2020 at 2:57pm
Fr. Joseph Rahal attended a vigil on 16th Street NW, to honor George Floyd on Friday.

McConnell blasts Bowser for restricting church services but allowing protests

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted June 9, 2020 at 12:08pm
Protesters march down Pennsylvania Avenue from the Capitol on Saturday as George Floyd police brutality demonstrations and marches are held around Washington.

Democrats push bigger role for courts to curb police misconduct

By Todd Ruger
Posted June 9, 2020 at 5:00am
Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., speaks with a staffer last week.

Conservation bill clears one Senate hurdle, but more remain

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted June 8, 2020 at 8:28pm
House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn, left, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and other Democrats gather at Emancipation Hall on Monday to observe a moment of silence for George Floyd and other victims of racial injustice. The lawmakers are wearing kente cloth stoles.

Senate considers wildlife bill, NDAA gets markup, and police overhaul unveiled: Road ahead

By Chris Cioffi
Posted June 8, 2020 at 5:45pm
D.C. Metro Police and a demonstrator talk during a march to Freedom Plaza from Capitol Hill on Pennsylvania Avenue on Friday, June 6, 2020.

Democrats’ policing overhaul targets prosecution standards, data collection, training

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted June 8, 2020 at 1:18pm, Updated at 4:53pm
UNITED STATES - JUNE 8: Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., joined by other members of Congress, walks up to a podium to speak during a press conference to unveil policing reform and equal justice legislation in Washington on Monday, June 8, 2020. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Watch: Democrats propose policing overhaul bills

By Thomas McKinless
Posted June 8, 2020 at 2:20pm
Passengers wearing face masks wait for their bus in front of a national debt display on Pennsylvania Ave. NW in Washington on Monday, May 18, 2020.

CBO: May deficit down from April, but still huge amid pandemic

By Paul M. Krawzak
Posted June 8, 2020 at 12:18pm
Demonstrators on Pennsylvania Avenue march toward the Capitol to protest the death of George Floyd on June 3, 2020.

Democrats promise ‘bold change,’ but delivering is harder

By Shawn Zeller
Posted June 8, 2020 at 7:01am
From left, Sens. Steve Daines, Bill Cassidy and Cory Gardner attend a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee markup in the Dirksen Building on Jan. 8, 2015.

A lot riding on conservation bill vote for Gardner, Daines

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted June 8, 2020 at 6:01am
Protesters march down Pennsylavania Avenue from the Capitol as George Floyd police brutality demonstrations and marches are held around Washington on Saturday, June 6, 2020.

Protesters flood Capitol Hill and across Washington, lawmakers among them

By Katherine Tully-McManus
Posted June 7, 2020 at 1:13pm
Nevada Rep. Mark Amodei is considering laying off some of his D.C. staff, saying there is not enough work for them to do.

Hill layoffs? Amodei considers it, while other House offices shuffle to meet constituent needs

By Katherine Tully-McManus
Posted June 5, 2020 at 3:55pm
The District of Columbia on Friday renamed a portion of Sixteenth Street Northwest “Black Lives Matter Plaza,” accompanied by the words written in large yellow letters on the road.

DC statehood bill to get a House vote as Trump, Bowser escalate battle over protests

By Chris Cioffi
Posted June 5, 2020 at 2:20pm
Former Rep. Chris Collins, R-N.Y.,.

Campus Notebook: Former Rep. Chris Collins prison report date delayed again

By Chris Marquette
Posted June 5, 2020 at 2:16pm
Senate Finance Chairman Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, says it's too early to say whether another economic rescue bill is necessary.

GOP renews ‘go slow’ approach on virus aid after jobs report

By David Lerman
Posted June 5, 2020 at 1:56pm
UNITED STATES - JUNE 3: More than a thousand demonstrators march from Freedom Plaza to the Capitol as they protest the death of George Floyd outside of the Capitol in Washington on Wednesday, June 3, 2020. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

‘There’s so much going on’ — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Thomas McKinless
Posted June 5, 2020 at 1:51pm
Mitch Daniels, the president of Purdue University in Indiana, said the university purchased more than 1 mile of plexiglass to use in separating professors and students.

College presidents outline how campuses plan to reopen

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted June 4, 2020 at 6:59pm
Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao.

New acting DOT watchdog says he’ll keep his other agency job

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted June 4, 2020 at 6:00pm
Lita Griffin gets her hair cut by Raheem Austin on the first day of the phase one reopening of Washington at Mason's Barber Shop on H Street NE, on Friday, May 29, 2020.

CBO: Extending higher jobless benefits would increase unemployment

By David Lerman
Posted June 4, 2020 at 4:25pm
Former Secretary of Defense James Mattis.

Murkowski ‘struggling’ over Trump support; other GOP senators not swayed by Mattis

By Chris Cioffi and Katherine Tully-McManus
Posted June 4, 2020 at 3:55pm
Rep. Karen Bass, D-Calif., says now is the "moral moment" to act on policing legislation.

Democrats to unveil plan Monday to end police racial profiling, use of force

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted June 4, 2020 at 3:39pm
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said his conference is contemplating policing overhauls.

McCarthy offers Republican-backed policing overhauls in response to George Floyd’s killing

By Chris Marquette
Posted June 4, 2020 at 3:31pm
A Capitol Police officer dressed as a construction worker runs a K9 maintenance drill with a police dog and hidden tennis ball on the East Front of the Capitol on Thursday, April 16, 2020.

Capitol Police sex discrimination lawsuit proceeds with retaliation claim

By Chris Marquette
Posted June 4, 2020 at 11:39am
President Donald Trump, flanked by Senate Republican Conference Chairman John Barrasso and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell speaks to the cameras as he departs the Senate Republicans policy lunch in May.

McConnell sets vote for Trump media agency pick, who has ties to Steve Bannon

By Chris Cioffi
Posted June 4, 2020 at 8:00am