The House on Friday passed by voice vote a five-day continuing resolution to fund the government through Dec. 16.
E-cigarette manufacturers are pushing hard for a policy rider in the year-end spending bill that would shield them from a costly, time-consuming FDA approval process.
Negotiations over the $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill aren't the only thing on Congress’ to-do list that will stretch into next week.
Speaker Paul D. Ryan announced his big 2016 priority would be advancing a “pro-growth agenda.”
Facing the prospect of weekend work, members sifted through purses, handed out pinky promises and mulled keeping Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, on the terrorist watch list.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations, located a few blocks south of the Capitol, was evacuated for a few hours Thursday afternoon. CAIR spokesman Ibrahim Hooper told Roll Call that a white powdery substance was received in a letter and several staffers were quarantined inside the building.
More than half of young Americans would prefer to see Democrats maintain control of the White House, according to the Harvard Institute of Politics’ most recent survey of 18- to 29-year-olds released Thursday.
In the office of House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, the year-end scramble will involve a personnel transition in the very senior ranks.
The National Confectioners Association wanted to spread their message of “The Power of Sweet” with Capitol-bound commuters, but underestimated Metro riders’ sweet teeth, running out of the free candy canes they were distributing at the Union Station, Capitol South and Metro Center stops.
Anti-gun lawmakers have spent most of the week trying to force floor votes on the issue this week, but they paused from that effort Wednesday night to attend the annual vigil commemorating the Newtown, Conn., shootings with victims and families of gun violence.
Sen. Roy Blunt, the Missouri Republican who has served on committees related to the military or intelligence gathering for all but two of his 18 years in Congress, presents himself as a man who knows very well the issues surrounding national security.
Attorney Bryan Caforio Thursday declared his intention to put California Republican Steve Knight out of a job.
Facing accusations from Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida that he’s supported weakening surveillance powers, presidential rival and Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas hit back against his rival on Thursday.
“Political brands are important,” I wrote more than a year and a half ago in a lede that was much less interesting than the entire column. Now, though, I am wondering whether political party brands are so different from soap brands or over-the-counter medicine brands, which loyal consumers often stick with no matter what the competition is selling.
The conservative House Freedom Caucus was the first faction to start pushing leadership to expand diversity on the House Republican Steering Committee, but it was the center-right Tuesday Group that ended up winning the lion’s share of the influential panel’s six open seats.
Real estate executive LuAnn Bennett announced her candidacy against Virginia GOP Rep. Barbara Comstock Thursday.
When Rep. Michael P. Forbes first came to Congress as part of the Republican Revolution in 1995, he was a self-described “loyal lieutenant,” of then-Speaker Newt Gingrich, whom he quoted 11 times in an hour-long interview with The New York Times early that year.
A Republican has not represented Maryland in the Senate since 1987, the end of the late liberal Republican Sen. Charles Mathias’ three-term tenure.
Reps. Walter B. Jones, R-N.C., and Thomas Massie, R-Ky., plan to introduce a bill Wednesday to eliminate a perk that allows former speakers to set up a government-funded office with as many as three aides.
Elections for leadership positions are still a year away, but Rep. Linda T. Sanchez is laying the groundwork for her campaign.
In this week’s edition of Office Space, Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, shows CQ Roll Call his Dum Dums jar, a vast collection of barn photos and the journey of his “misspent youth.”
The 2016 presidential field started with a pair of former congressional power players, one from each party, with singular lawmaking achievements on their record.
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. asked a five-word question early in oral arguments Wednesday that summed up the quandary facing the Supreme Court in a major test of affirmative action in university admissions.
Dozens of Capitol food workers went on strike Tuesday, demanding to negotiate higher wages with their management and taking their message to other Senate workspace, specifically calling on Sen. Ted Cruz, who sits on the committee that oversees their contract, to support their push for better pay and union representation.
The White House and congressional Democrats are referring to two very different lists of potential terrorists interchangeably in their push for stricter gun laws, further complicating a politically white-hot issue.
It has been almost 20 years since I started writing a best/worst end of the year column. Since I’m committed to doing them until I finally get one right, here goes this year’s attempt.
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