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A staffer watches C-SPAN on a television monitor in Statuary Hall during the 10th attempt in the House to elect a speaker in the Capitol on Thursday.

McCarthy, holdouts discussing possible deal for speaker’s gavel

By Laura Weiss, Caitlin Reilly, Lindsey McPherson and Jim Saksa
Posted January 5, 2023 at 11:06pm
North Carolina Republican Dan Bishop nominates Florida's Byron Donalds for speaker on Thursday. Florida Republican Matt Gaetz applauds.

Another day, similar result: Adjournment with no speaker

By Aidan Quigley, Lindsey McPherson, Niels Lesniewski, Mark Satter and Jessie Hellmann
Posted January 5, 2023 at 1:35pm, Updated at 8:42pm
Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., center, is seen on the House floor during a vote Wednesday in which House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., did not receive enough votes to become Speaker of the House.

Late-night talks yield no breakthrough in speaker battle

By Lindsey McPherson, Laura Weiss and Caitlin Reilly
Posted January 5, 2023 at 12:00am, Updated at 3:54pm
Michigan Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow will not seek reelection next year.

Michigan Sen. Debbie Stabenow not running for reelection

By Ellyn Ferguson and Niels Lesniewski
Posted January 5, 2023 at 9:20am, Updated at 11:11am
Lawmakers are pushing Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall for answers as to why the service doesn't want many aircraft it recently claimed were vitally important.

Appropriators puzzled by Air Force cuts to ‘critical’ programs

By John M. Donnelly
Posted January 5, 2023 at 9:34am
Wisconsin Republican Mike Gallagher nominates Kevin McCarthy to be speaker Wednesday as the House resumed its attempt to pick a leader of the Republican majority in the 118th Congress.

House resumes speaker votes with new alternative, similar result

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted January 4, 2023 at 1:31pm, Updated at 8:43pm
President Joe Biden shakes hands with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell during an event Wednesday to tout the bipartisan infrastructure law in front of the Brent Spence Bridge in Covington, Ky.

Amid House GOP tussle, Biden and McConnell make nice

By Valerie Yurk
Posted January 4, 2023 at 3:17pm
House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., arrives at the Capitol ahead of a floor vote for speaker on Wednesday.

Day Two of speaker drama begins with no end in sight

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted January 4, 2023 at 11:05am
Votes for speaker of the House are tallied after the first round of voting in the House chamber on Tuesday. House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., did not secure the 218 votes he needed.

McCarthy opponents unmoved as speaker election drags on

By Lindsey McPherson, Laura Weiss, Caitlin Reilly and Aidan Quigley
Posted January 3, 2023 at 4:01pm, Updated January 4, 2023 at 12:06am
Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., looks up in the Old Senate Chamber on Tuesday after reenacting his oath of office, which was administered by Vice President Kamala Harris.

Senate convenes with pomp and circumstance, and no drama

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted January 3, 2023 at 5:12pm
House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy sits as colleagues stand around him applauding after he was nominated for speaker in the 118th Congress.

Opponents deny McCarthy speaker’s gavel on first vote

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted January 3, 2023 at 2:11pm
New York Republican Rep.-elect George Santos, center, votes in a quorum call on the House floor Tuesday prior to members being sworn in.

Advocacy groups denounce GOP proposals to ‘gut’ ethics office

By Kate Ackley
Posted January 3, 2023 at 1:09pm
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., made some concessions to his detractors in the House rules package released late Sunday. But the changes have not yet secured him enough votes to be elected speaker on Tuesday.

McCarthy releases House rules package, still short speaker votes

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted January 2, 2023 at 11:02am
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., pictured at a Dec. 14 news conference, is struggling to secure the votes needed to be elected speaker.

Speaker race headed toward dramatic floor election

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted December 30, 2022 at 6:27pm
Pandemic restrictions that required visitors to House office buildings to have staff escorts are being lifted.

Republicans prepare to reopen the House gallery to the public

By Daniela Altimari
Posted December 30, 2022 at 11:24am
Boxes of documents are wheeled into the House Ways and Means Committee meeting room before the start of the panel’s hearing on former President Donald Trump's tax returns on Dec. 20.

Trump tax returns made public after lengthy legal battle

By Laura Weiss
Posted December 30, 2022 at 9:08am
Rep. Andrew Garbarino, R-N.Y., co-chair of the bipartisan SALT Caucus, said he's telling party leaders that an extension of the GOP-imposed cap on deducting state and local taxes doesn't have enough votes to pass the House in the new Congress.

‘SALT’ cap foes poised to influence House GOP tax agenda

By Laura Weiss
Posted December 29, 2022 at 3:49pm
GOP Rep. Randy Weber of Texas, who secured $287.5 million in earmarks, was among the lawmakers who voted against the omnibus spending measure.

GOP omnibus opponents bring home billions of earmarked dollars

By Peter Cohn and Herb Jackson
Posted December 23, 2022 at 6:59pm
U.S. Capitol Police officers salute during a ceremony to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the “United States Capitol Police, the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police and the heroes of January 6th,” in the Capitol Rotunda on Dec. 6.

House Jan. 6 panel pushes for Capitol Police changes, funding

By Michael Macagnone
Posted December 23, 2022 at 3:25pm
Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, said on the House floor Friday that members of the chamber who voted by proxy were "lying on forms saying that they're voting by proxy for COVID."

Most members phone it in as House clears spending package

By Justin Papp
Posted December 23, 2022 at 3:18pm
Emily Murphy was GSA administrator during the Trump administration.

Presidential transition process changes head to Biden’s desk

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted December 23, 2022 at 2:59pm
House Appropriations ranking member Kay Granger, R-Texas, opposed the bill, citing "excess" nondefense spending.

House clears omnibus package as end nears for 117th Congress

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted December 23, 2022 at 1:58pm
Real and fake electoral certificates are displayed during the final meeting of the House select Jan. 6 committee on Monday.

House Jan. 6 panel releases final report on 18-month investigation

By Michael Macagnone
Posted December 22, 2022 at 11:31pm
The "option is also really good for business," said the proposal's sponsor, Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore.

Senate adds breastfeeding worker protections to omnibus

By Valerie Yurk
Posted December 22, 2022 at 5:49pm
“We should codify the system that we have discovered in recent days is not only dysfunctional, it’s nonexistent,” House Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal, left, said during the floor debate on Thursday.

House passes bill to make presidential tax returns public

By Laura Weiss
Posted December 22, 2022 at 3:19pm
Rep.-elect George Santos, R-N.Y., right, reaches in to congratulate Rep.-elect Max Miller, R-Ohio, center, after Miller drew the No. 1 pick in the House new member room lottery on Dec. 2. Rep.-elect Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., left, also congratulated Miller.

Criminal, ethics probes sought over background of Rep.-elect George Santos

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted December 22, 2022 at 2:56pm
Sen. Jon Tester of Montana, shown on Dec. 13 in the Capitol, joined Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona on a Title 42 amendment to the fiscal 2023 spending bill.

Senate immigration showdown ends with Title 42 stalemate

By Caroline Coudriet and Suzanne Monyak
Posted December 22, 2022 at 2:44pm
Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah., called the Democrats' border amendment a "wolf in sheep's clothing."

Senate passes $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill

By Aidan Quigley
Posted December 22, 2022 at 2:18pm
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz., walks to the Senate floor for a vote in the Capitol on Tuesday, December 13, 2022.

Deal reached on amendments, omnibus motors towards passage

By Aidan Quigley
Posted December 22, 2022 at 11:12am, Updated at 1:39pm
Rep. Jamie Raskin and Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn are pictured during a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony in the Capitol Rotunda on Dec. 6.

Democrats give Rep. Jamie Raskin leading role on oversight panel

By Michael Macagnone
Posted December 22, 2022 at 12:44pm