The Senate was slowly trudging toward approval of a $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package Saturday, with final approval expected around midday, according to Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer. “It looks like we have about 14 amend...

Senators were prepared for a long day and night of voting, but on Friday the chamber stalled out on the very first vote of an anticipated vote-a-rama and the single question dragged on to become the longest Senate vote in modern history. Th...

A standoff over unemployment benefits that derailed movement on the Senate’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus aid package for most of the day ended after Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer hammered out a deal with moderate holdout Joe Manchin III,...

Congressional Republicans ramped up calls to the Biden administration and Democratic leaders for meetings on the rising number of migrant children crossing the U.S. border, pushing back on the administration’s claim that the border is not i...

Sen. Cory Booker joked about a power trip while he briefly sat in Sen. Richard J. Durbin’s chair, and an objection Thursday afternoon from Sen. Ron Johnson resulted in Senate floor staff reading a 600-plus page amendment until the wee hours...

The Biden administration has argued it can distribute the coronavirus vaccine both quickly and equitably, but federal data shows little progress in getting doses to minority communities as states prioritize getting shots into as many arms a...

March has come in Washington, and the repairs from the Jan. 6 Capitol attack are still ongoing as the National Guard presence remains. As of this posting Friday, the Senate is in for a long night working on the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief...

Senate Democrats reached agreement Friday to reduce the federal unemployment insurance payment in the COVID-19 bill from $400 to $300 per week and extend the length of the program from the end of August through the end of September, accordi...

California Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell filed a lawsuit Friday that accuses Alabama Republican Rep. Mo Brooks of directly inciting the violence at the Capitol in the Jan. 6 insurrection, launching an unusual episode of congressional member...

The Latino vote played a big part in President Joe Biden’s victory over Donald Trump in November, especially in battleground states like Arizona and Nevada. In others, Latino voters helped oust Democratic incumbents. So, is there a Latino v...

A last-minute insert by Democrats looking to offset the cost of their coronavirus aid package would send tax collectors into the gig economy, eventually costing Uber and DoorDash drivers, Airbnb hosts and others about $1 billion annually. U...

Senate Democrats are urging President Joe Biden to provide strong backing for the Violence Against Women Act in his fiscal 2022 budget request, in light of increased reports of domestic violence during the pandemic and lack of supplemental...

When Virgin Islands Del. Stacey Plaskett took center stage last month as a House manager in the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump, America took note. A star was born. In the latest episode of Equal Time, Mary C. Curtis talks with Pla...

As congressional committees continue to review the breakdown of Capitol Police security preparations on Jan. 6, some congressional leaders are deferring to the department when it comes to a vital decision: how long the robust National Guard...

Michigan National Guard troops conduct a promotion ceremony on the East Front of the Capitol on Thursday. Troops have remained deployed in the Capitol complex since a pro-Trump mob breached the building Jan. 6.The post Photo of the day: At...

Shalanda Young will serve as the acting director of the Office of Management and Budget if Congress confirms her as deputy director, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said Thursday. Psaki stopped short of saying that President Joe Biden...

An evenly divided Senate agreed to take up a $1.9 trillion pandemic relief package Thursday, triggering days of partisan debate that was likely to stretch into the weekend. The chamber voted 51-50 to proceed to the measure, with Vice Presid...

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The federal courts have spent so long deciding whether House Democrats could subpoena Donald Trump’s personal financial records from his accounting firm that the ongoing legal saga has a new wrinkle: What changes now that he’s a former pres...

Early voting starts Saturday in Louisiana special elections to replace Rep. Cedric Richmond, a Democrat who resigned to join the White House staff, and Luke Letlow, a Republican who died in December of complications from COVID-19 weeks befo...

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Republicans greeted climate legislation from their Democratic peers with a cold embrace, calling it a “one-size-fits-all” approach. Nevertheless, some elements of the bill have a shot at bipartisan support, including electricity standards,...

Many of K Street’s power players have gone in search of Democratic talent now that the party controls official Washington, but one shop went in a totally different direction, recruiting its newest partner from the Trump administration.  The...

A group backing Democratic candidates with backgrounds in science, technology, engineering and math is looking to raise and spend $50 million in the 2022 midterms, listing two open Senate seats as top priorities.  The group, 314 Action, is...

Even with Tuesday night’s withdrawal of Neera Tanden’s nomination to lead the Office of Management and Budget, the Senate is still generally showing deference to President Joe Biden’s prerogative to name his Cabinet.Still, it’s taking...