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A man dressed as Uncle Sam with a syringe through his hat is seen at a protest against virus vaccine mandates at the National Mall on Sunday, Jan. 23, 2022.

Final NDAA expected to rescind Pentagon vaccine mandate

By John M. Donnelly
Posted December 5, 2022 at 6:13pm
Senate Banking Chairman Sherrod Brown has said cryptocurrency legislation backed by Senate Agriculture leaders is too favorable to the industry.

Senate Banking Democrats plan bigger role in crypto legislation

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted December 5, 2022 at 4:54pm
The proposal by Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema and Republican Sen. Thom Tillis is still very much in flux.

Senators pitch deal to protect ‘Dreamers,’ boost border security

By Caroline Coudriet
Posted December 5, 2022 at 2:52pm
A sign directs voters to polling booths on Election Day at Eastern Market in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C., on Tuesday.

Here’s who won open House seats in the 2022 midterms

By Kate Ackley, Daniela Altimari, Paul V. Fontelo, Mary Ellen McIntire, Lindsey McPherson, Aidan Quigley, Jim Saksa and Laura Weiss
Posted November 8, 2022 at 8:45pm, Updated December 5, 2022 at 8:39am
Members of the next Congress who pledged not to accept corporate PAC contributions include Democratic Sens.-elect Peter Welch of Vermont, left, and John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, right, here posing with Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer on Nov. 15.

Vows to reject corporate PAC money on the rise for incoming Congress

By Kate Ackley
Posted December 5, 2022 at 5:01am
Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., is accusing postal workers or contractors of stealing $20,000 in campaign contribution checks.

Stefanik: Postal workers stole more than $20,000 from campaign

By Daniela Altimari
Posted December 2, 2022 at 3:09pm, Updated at 5:01pm
President Joe Biden signs a resolution to avert a nationwide rail shutdown Friday in the Roosevelt Room of the White House.

Rail unions look to next contract talks as Biden signs agreement

By Valerie Yurk
Posted December 2, 2022 at 1:34pm
Rep.-elect Max Miller, right, gets a congratulatory hug from Rep.-elect Andy Ogles on Friday morning. Miller drew the top pick in the office lottery, a tradition for incoming members of the House.

Halls of power(ball): New House members pick their offices via lottery

By Jim Saksa
Posted December 2, 2022 at 11:31am
“The pandemic is long over — unnecessary funding should shift to more worthy causes, like helping U.S. victims of terror attacks,” says Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton.

9/11 compensation bill tangled up in Beirut victims’ push

By David Lerman
Posted December 2, 2022 at 6:00am
Speaker Nancy Pelosi Pelosi told reporters Thursday that if there’s no agreement, "we have no choice but to keep government open with a yearlong CR."

VA health care funds, military vaccine rule gum up omnibus talks

By Aidan Quigley, Lindsey McPherson and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted December 1, 2022 at 7:43pm
Rep. Richard E. Neal, D-Mass., is seen in the Cannon tunnel during a vote Wednesday.

Ways and Means chairman coy about path ahead for Trump taxes

By Ellyn Ferguson
Posted December 1, 2022 at 6:56pm
President Joe Biden welcomed passage of the resolution putting in place a labor agreement reached by White House, railroads and unions in September.

Senate clears rail labor agreement, rejects sick leave

By Valerie Yurk
Posted December 1, 2022 at 6:10pm
Chairman Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill., left, and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., confer during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in March.

Senate Democrats largely keep gavel rules intact; House caucus may vote next week

By Niels Lesniewski and Lindsey McPherson
Posted December 1, 2022 at 4:46pm
Rostin Behnam, chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, testifies to the Senate Agriculture Committee on Thursday.

CFTC chairman urges strengthening conflict-of-interest part of Senate crypto bill

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted December 1, 2022 at 3:23pm
House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn, D-S.C., left, Rep. Pete Aguilar, D-Calif., and Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., conduct a news conference during the House Democratic Caucus Issues Conference in Philadelphia on March 11.

Clyburn backed by acclamation as Democrats fill out leadership team

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted December 1, 2022 at 2:03pm
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testifies before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee in November.

House GOP push to impeach DHS chief could split caucus next year

By Caroline Coudriet
Posted December 1, 2022 at 8:54am
“We’re not talking about gutting environmental laws, we’re talking about making the environmental laws work so that we can actually protect the environment and we can have a strong and vibrant economy all at the same time,” Rep. Bruce Westerman says. 

Westerman won’t be ‘boxed in’ by climate at Natural Resources

By David Jordan
Posted December 1, 2022 at 6:15am
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is pictured after a meeting at the White House on Tuesday.

House GOP overlooks internal antisemitism, points at Democrats

By Rachel Oswald
Posted December 1, 2022 at 5:30am
Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., is in line to chair the House Education and Labor Committee next year.

Transgender ban, Biden loan program top House GOP’s education agenda

By Daniela Altimari
Posted December 1, 2022 at 5:00am
Rep. Ted Lieu, D-Calif., was elected vice chair of the House Democratic Caucus on Wednesday.

Lieu elected vice chair of House Democratic Caucus

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted November 30, 2022 at 5:05pm, Updated at 6:43pm
Rep. Ami Bera, D-Calif, is vying to chair the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.

Jeffries gets bigger role in picking House Democrats’ campaign chief

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted November 30, 2022 at 6:35pm
New York Rep. Hakeem Jeffries was elected by fellow Democrats to be House minority leader in the next Congress, making him the first Black lawmaker to lead a party caucus.

Jeffries elected first Black leader of a congressional caucus

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted November 30, 2022 at 10:58am, Updated at 6:27pm
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., is seen after a news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center on Nov. 15.

House GOP votes down earmark ban proposal

By Aidan Quigley and Lindsey McPherson
Posted November 30, 2022 at 2:33pm, Updated at 3:43pm

Capitol Lens | Bat signal

By Tom Williams
Posted November 30, 2022 at 3:39pm
Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks to reporters about the legislation to avert a rail workers strike on Wednesday.

House OKs rail labor agreement, sick leave measures

By Valerie Yurk
Posted November 30, 2022 at 3:05pm
House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., released the chamber's 2023 legislative schedule.

Scalise’s House calendar features a lofty goal: Adjourning for the holidays by mid-December

By John T. Bennett
Posted November 30, 2022 at 1:07pm
Sen. Joe Manchin III, D-W.Va., is among a bipartisan group of senators who want to see an overhaul of the Electoral Count Act pushed through before the end of the lame-duck session.

Manchin and Klobuchar: Omnibus likely place for electoral count overhaul

By Jim Saksa
Posted November 30, 2022 at 12:02pm
Rep. David Cicilline, D-R.I., speaks with reporters outside the House Democratic Caucus leadership election in Longworth Building on Wednesday.

Cicilline challenging Clyburn for No. 4 in Democratic leadership

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted November 30, 2022 at 11:58am
Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., one of the lead negotiators on the same-sex marriage bill, is seen after the Senate luncheons in the Capitol on Tuesday.

Senate passes protections for same-sex marriages

By Michael Macagnone
Posted November 29, 2022 at 6:35pm
The White House’s rail union agreement would avert a Dec. 9 work stoppage.

Congress poised to pass resolution to avoid rail strike

By Valerie Yurk
Posted November 29, 2022 at 6:05pm