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Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., cleans his phone before the start of a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday. The latest coronavirus relief bill unveiled by House Democrats contains a provision he has pushed to ease immigration visas for nurses and doctors.

House aid package contains key immigration measures

By Tanvi Misra
Posted May 12, 2020 at 4:44pm
Brian Miller testifies during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on May 5, 2020.

Trump pick to oversee COVID-19 money advances to Senate floor

By Jim Saksa
Posted May 12, 2020 at 4:35pm
Ranking Member Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, speaks through a telecom during a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee nominations hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 5, 2020.

Senate Banking Committee presses financial regulators on COVID-19 responses

By Jim Saksa
Posted May 12, 2020 at 4:32pm
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi talks about the $3 trillion bill to aid in recovery from COVID-19 at the Capitol on Tuesday.

House pitches justice system changes in new COVID-19 relief bill

By Todd Ruger
Posted May 12, 2020 at 4:31pm
A passenger wearing a face mask boards a Metro Red Line subway train in Washington, D.C., on May 1, 2020.

House spending bill would boost transit, Amtrak, highways

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted May 12, 2020 at 4:12pm
Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Rep. Nita Lowey, D-N.Y.

Latest coronavirus relief bill looks to boost congressional tech capabilities

By Chris Marquette
Posted May 12, 2020 at 3:43pm

A view of social distancing on the Capitol grounds

By Thomas McKinless
Posted May 12, 2020 at 3:24pm
Charlotte Oldham-Moore of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and her pit bull, Zeke, are seen on the steps of the Supreme Court on Tuesday as arguments on President Trump’s tax returns were being conducted by telephone. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Supreme Court appears ready to cap lawmakers’ power to subpoena presidents

By Todd Ruger
Posted May 12, 2020 at 2:40pm
Kentucky Sen. Rand speaks during a Senate HELP hearing on Tuesday. How the Hill will contain coronavirus cases remains an open question.

How to keep coronavirus off Capitol Hill is still an open question among GOP

By Chris Cioffi
Posted May 12, 2020 at 2:13pm
The House is likely to vote on Friday on the next coronavirus relief package, as well as a rules change to allow proxy voting.

House to vote Friday on coronavirus relief, proxy voting rule

By Lindsey McPherson and Katherine Tully-McManus
Posted May 12, 2020 at 12:04pm, Updated at 1:10pm
According to some economists, if Congress fails to act soon, bankruptcy courts could be overwhelmed by a record number of newly jobless consumers looking to shed crushing debts.

Congress may be forced to deal with coming wave of bankruptcies

By Michael Macagnone
Posted May 12, 2020 at 1:05pm
House Ethics Committee Chairman Rep. Ted Deutch, D-Fla.

Ethics Committee sitting on alleged misconduct report due to COVID-19

By Chris Marquette
Posted May 12, 2020 at 10:26am
Senate HELP Chairman Lamar Alexander is self-quarantining in Tennessee this week.

Road ahead: Coronavirus causing scheduling havoc, but Senate presses ahead with other business

By Niels Lesniewski and Lindsey McPherson
Posted May 11, 2020 at 4:49pm
A member of the military is screened prior to driving on base. (DVIDS)

Pandemic-related changes to military bases require scrutiny, experts say

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted May 11, 2020 at 11:38am
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.

The Senate and partisanship return to the Capitol

By Shawn Zeller
Posted May 11, 2020 at 10:00am
Rep. Suzan DelBene, D-Wash., attends a news conference at the Capitol Visitor Center on Jan. 6, 2016.

Pent-up tax demands could resurface in House Democrats’ aid bill

By Doug Sword
Posted May 11, 2020 at 5:32am
President Donald Trump makes remarks to the media in the Capitol after attending the Senate Republican Policy luncheon on March 10.

Supreme Court could reshape congressional subpoena power in Trump case

By Todd Ruger
Posted May 11, 2020 at 5:01am
Sen. Patrck J. Toomey, R-Pa., was selected by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to serve on what's supposed to be a five-member oversight commission.

Oversight panel to miss deadline set by coronavirus aid package

By Doug Sword
Posted May 8, 2020 at 4:54pm
Tourists take photos on the steps of the Supreme Court on March 13.

House and Trump agree: Supreme Court should settle subpoena dispute

By Todd Ruger
Posted May 8, 2020 at 3:24pm
Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., was among the House Democrats outlining immigrant protection provisions they will push for in the next coronavirus relief package.

House Democrats outline immigration priorities for next coronavirus relief measure

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted May 8, 2020 at 3:14pm
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, pictured at the Capitol on Thursday, is preparing another coronavirus aid bill that would add significantly to already-unprecedented deficits.

April deficit soars to monthly record amid pandemic, aid bills

By Paul M. Krawzak
Posted May 8, 2020 at 1:53pm
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, in the Hart Building on Tuesday. She's been in Washington for an extended period because of coronavirus-related travel difficulties.

These senators are grounded in DC as coronavirus disrupts travel

By Chris Cioffi
Posted May 8, 2020 at 12:56pm
An Architect of the Capitol worker places social distancing marks on the floor in the Senate subway area on Monday, May 4, 2020.

Campus Notebook: Keeping an eye on Capitol drinking, porn, theft and arrests

By Chris Marquette
Posted May 8, 2020 at 12:43pm
U.S. Capitol Police officers talk outside of the Capitol on April 20.

Capitol Police must now wear masks when in close proximity to others

By Chris Marquette
Posted May 8, 2020 at 10:50am
A lone protester holds a sign calling for an end to the lockdown and claiming chloroquine works as she stands in front of the White House.

What to do with all that hydroxychloroquine Trump touted?

By Emily Kopp and Thomas McKinless
Posted May 8, 2020 at 8:26am
Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., is joining with colleagues to push for a $2000 payment to Americans during the pandemic.

Harris, Sanders and Markey want to give every American $2,000 per month

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted May 8, 2020 at 5:00am
Two dozen members of the Problem Solvers Caucus hosted a mock floor session through Zoom on Thursday to debate state and local .

Problem Solvers show how Congress can work from home with virtual floor debate

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted May 7, 2020 at 8:27pm
National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Francis Collins listens during a Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on new coronavirus tests on Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)

‘Shark tank’ competition for new virus tests draws strong interest

By Lauren Clason
Posted May 7, 2020 at 3:44pm
House Armed Services ranking member Mac Thornberry, R-Texas, discusses defense policy at the Brookings Institution on March 2, 2020.

Thornberry: Pentagon budget cuts would be shortsighted

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted May 7, 2020 at 3:35pm
Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine, left, talks to Maine Sen. Angus King on Wednesday prior to an Armed Services hearing. The Senate on Thursday was unable to overcome a veto from President Donald Trump on a Kaine-championed war powers resolution.

Senate unable to override Trump veto of Iran war powers

By Chris Cioffi
Posted May 7, 2020 at 2:20pm