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Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., said he might mount a procedural objection but not if it were "futile."

‘Chips-plus’ bill passage could slip to next week in Senate

By Laura Weiss and Lindsey McPherson
Posted July 20, 2022 at 2:15pm
Rep. Michael C. Burgess, R-Texas, an OB-GYN, said he has never seen confusion over what is considered life-saving in the field.

Post-Roe, doctors worry about what constitutes lifesaving care

By Sandhya Raman
Posted July 20, 2022 at 12:35pm
Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, D-Vt., center, and other Senate Democrats are pictured on the steps of the Capitol on May 3.

Leahy has second surgery related to hip fracture

By Aidan Quigley
Posted July 20, 2022 at 10:05am
A bill introduced by Rep. Sara Jacobs, D-Calif., and Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, would specify that no entity may “collect, retain, use, or disclose personal reproductive or sexual health information” without an express permission from an individual or to provide services to the individual. 

Data privacy, abortion limits set to collide post-Roe

By Sandhya Raman and Gopal Ratnam
Posted July 20, 2022 at 7:00am
Maine independent Sen. Angus King’s committee vote in favor of Republican language calling for a halt to anti-extremism efforts in the military tipped the balance in the GOP’s favor.

Senate NDAA to Pentagon: ‘Immediately’ halt fight against extremism

By John M. Donnelly
Posted July 20, 2022 at 6:30am
Rep. Ilhan Omar is escorted away from a sit-in with other members of Congress outside of the Supreme Court on Tuesday to protest the decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. Democrats pointed to that ruling Tuesday ahead of a vote on a bill to codify same-sex marriage nationwide.

House passes same-sex marriage bill in wake of abortion ruling

By Michael Macagnone
Posted July 19, 2022 at 6:26pm
The yacht Amadea, of sanctioned Russian oligarch Suleiman Kerimov, was seized by the Fiji government at the request of the United States. It is shown arriving at Honolulu Harbor, Hawaii, on June 16.

Senate support builds to seize, liquidate Russian oligarch assets

By Rachel Oswald
Posted July 19, 2022 at 6:14pm
A smashed window is pictured after a mob attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 — an event that renewed questions about the continuity of Congress.

Congress needs to take disaster planning seriously, Modernization panel says

By Chris Cioffi
Posted July 19, 2022 at 5:57pm
Lawmakers discussing the “chips-plus” may add in the R&D tax provision, says Sen. Todd Young.

Test vote on ‘chips-plus’ bill teed up in Senate

By Laura Weiss, Lindsey McPherson and Aidan Quigley
Posted July 19, 2022 at 1:56pm, Updated at 4:51pm
Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Fla., during a 2020 House Ways and Means Committee hearing.

Buchanan pulls in big Q2 haul as Ways and Means race heats up

By Laura Weiss
Posted July 19, 2022 at 10:22am
A U.S. Army AH-64 Apache attack helicopter flies over members of the Moroccan Royal Armed Forces during a military exercise June 30 in southwestern Morocco.

Senate NDAA has $13 billion extra for defense inflation

By John M. Donnelly
Posted July 18, 2022 at 8:48pm
House Appropriations Chair Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., has said she wants to get all 12 spending bills on the floor before August.

House appropriations bill sprint seeks to buck recent history

By Paul M. Krawzak and Aidan Quigley
Posted July 18, 2022 at 7:42pm
An amendment from Rep. Mike Quigley would authorize the hiring and international deployment of 50 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Law Enforcement attachés to disrupt illegal wildlife trafficking abroad.

NDAA a magnet for far-reaching amendments

By Mark Satter
Posted July 18, 2022 at 5:34pm
Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Andy Levin, D-Mich., left, conduct a news conference in February 2020. On Monday, staff in their offices, as well as five others, announced they would take steps to begin forming unions.

Staff in several House offices begin the process of unionizing

By Chris Cioffi
Posted July 18, 2022 at 11:17am, Updated at 2:56pm
President Joe Biden's bad poll numbers should make predictions for the fall campaign easy, but 2022 is not a normal year.

Confused about 2022? You should be

By Stuart Rothenberg
Posted July 18, 2022 at 1:14pm
People read an informational sign following a two-week closure of a USCIS field office because of an employee who may have been infected with the novel coronavirus in Tukwila, Wash., in March 2020.

Immigration agency backlog weighs on congressional offices

By Suzanne Monyak
Posted July 18, 2022 at 6:00am
Sen. Joe Manchin III, D-W.Va., with United Mine Workers of America President Cecil Roberts in 2017.

After Manchin tanks talks, climate action moves to life support

By Benjamin J. Hulac and David Jordan
Posted July 18, 2022 at 6:00am
Sen. Joe Manchin III, D-W.Va., is seen in the Capitol on Thursday.

Biden OKs health care-focused budget pact struck in Senate

By Aidan Quigley
Posted July 15, 2022 at 12:05pm, Updated at 4:56pm
Rep. Katie Porter’s new proposal was part of a bloc of amendments that the House adopted by voice vote during consideration of the $840.2 billion NDAA.

House NDAA would further limit Pentagon officials’ stock ownership

By John M. Donnelly
Posted July 15, 2022 at 3:27pm
Hemp flowers packed in containers sit on a table at Empire Standard, a hemp extract processing and distribution plant.

Cannabis banking provisions clear House for seventh time

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted July 15, 2022 at 12:21pm
Nominees to lead the EPA's enforcement and Superfund operations are in political limbo.

Enforcement, Superfund nominees for EPA in confirmation limbo

By Benjamin J. Hulac
Posted July 15, 2022 at 12:08pm
Deportation protection for "documented Dreamers" sponsored by Rep. Deborah K. Ross, D-N.C., was included in a sweeping defense policy bill the House passed Thursday.

Defense bill could be best shot for immigration changes

By Caroline Coudriet
Posted July 15, 2022 at 11:33am
Far-right provocateur Alex Jones appears on a screen during a hearing held by the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.

To ‘get Trump,’ Jan. 6 committee would need to start connecting some dots — directly to him

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 15, 2022 at 11:31am
Sen. Joe Manchin III, D-W.Va., told Democratic leaders Thursday he would not support a reconciliation package that included climate change or tax increases.

Manchin upends effort for a downsized `Build Back Better’

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted July 14, 2022 at 10:49pm, Updated at 11:29pm
The Pentagon policy bill, enacted into law annually for 61 years, would authorize money for the Defense Department and national security programs within the Department of Energy.

House easily passes NDAA

By Mark Satter
Posted July 14, 2022 at 9:09pm
"We'll advance chips because of the national security and the economic urgency of it," said Republican Sen. Todd Young of Indiana.

Senate to push ahead on semiconductor manufacturing bill

By Aidan Quigley, Laura Weiss and Lindsey McPherson
Posted July 14, 2022 at 7:41pm
Rep. David Cicilline says Congress should update the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to cover sexual orientation and gender identity.

Democrats preview same-sex marriage, contraception votes at hearing

By Michael Macagnone
Posted July 14, 2022 at 3:57pm
A firefighter waters down hot spots from the Washburn Fire in Mariposa Grove in Yosemite National Park, Calif., on Monday.

Sequoias safe for now, as lawmakers debate forest policies

By Keith Lewis
Posted July 14, 2022 at 3:55pm
Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan wrote the provision in the fiscal 2022 defense policy law that required the Defense Department's new report.

Pentagon: Hill added $58 billion to current defense budget

By John M. Donnelly
Posted July 14, 2022 at 2:22pm
Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions ranking member Richard M. Burr has sent a letter to the HHS secretary demanding clarity on the federal government's monkeypox response.

Doctors warn US monkeypox response is lagging

By Ariel Cohen
Posted July 14, 2022 at 1:43pm