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Colorado Sen. Cory Gardner said the change in the DOJ‘s marijuana policy was a “trampling of Colorado’s right, its voters.” (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Lawmakers Object to DOJ Move on Marijuana Enforcement

By Todd Ruger
Posted January 4, 2018 at 4:31pm
The Senate is losing a longtime member — and a songwriter. Utah GOP Sen. Orrin G. Hatch is known for his compositions. His song “Souls Along the Way,” written about the late Democratic Sen. Ted Kennedy and Kennedy’s wife, was included on the “Ocean’s Twelve” movie soundtrack. Hatch and Kennedy worked together on major health care legislation, and the pair were good friends. (Douglas Graham/Congressional Quarterly file photo)

At the Races: Escape Hatch

By Bridget Bowman and Simone Pathé
Posted January 4, 2018 at 3:12pm
Mississippi Rep. Rep. Gregg Harper is not running for a sixth term. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Mississippi’s Gregg Harper Not Running for Re-Election

By Simone Pathé
Posted January 4, 2018 at 1:26pm
A friend of Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., could face up to 30 years behind bars. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Prosecutors Seek 30-Year Sentence for Doctor Tied to Menendez Case

By Griffin Connolly
Posted January 4, 2018 at 12:43pm
Former Rep. Michael Grimm, R-N.Y., poses with former White House strategist Steve Bannon on Wednesday in Washington. (Michael Caputo via Twitter)

Trump Claims He Has Cut Off Contact With Steve Bannon

By John T. Bennett
Posted January 4, 2018 at 12:41pm
Steve Bannon and Kellyanne Conway, aides to President Donald J. Trump, are seen on the West Front of the Capitol after Trump was sworn in as the 45th President of the United States in 2017. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

GOP Candidates Shun Bannon After Trump ‘Treason’ Remarks

By Griffin Connolly
Posted January 4, 2018 at 10:46am
Rep. Mimi Walters, R-Calif., is one of many Republican House members that the Congressional Leadership Fund has a field office to protect. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

GOP Leadership Super PAC Announces 27 Offices Nationwide

By Eric Garcia
Posted January 4, 2018 at 9:33am
Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., denied through a spokesman Wednesday she was weighing a possible bid for governor. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Speier, ‘MeToo’ Spearhead in House, Shoots Down Governor Run Rumor

By Griffin Connolly
Posted January 4, 2018 at 8:48am
President Donald Trump delivers his address to a joint session of Congress last year. He started 2018 with an extended Twitter rant. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Trump: Democrats Sabotaged Voting Fraud Panel

By John T. Bennett
Posted January 4, 2018 at 7:18am
Minnesota Sen. Tina Smith, appointed to replace Sen. Al Franken, will face voters in a special election in November. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Tina Smith Has Just 10 Months to Keep Her New Job

By Simone Pathé
Posted January 4, 2018 at 5:04am