Skip to content
RollCall logo

Video

Congressional Republicans Had Wonky Plans for the Week, Then Trump Happened

By John T. Bennett
Posted March 13, 2018 at 10:29pm

By John T. Bennett and D.A. Banks

[jwp-video n=”1″]

The House and Senate planned on a rare bipartisan week in Washington to move financial and school safety measures. But then President Donald Trump fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson via Twitter — and White House correspondent John T. Bennett says Democrats see the ensuing chaos as a good issue for midterm candidates.

Recent Stories

Capitol Ink | Mega MAGA deal

Chairman Bill Cassidy, R-La., left, speaks with Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., during the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee confirmation hearing for Dr. Heidi Overton, nominee to be commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, on Thursday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week | September 19-24, 2026

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., conducts a news conference after the Senate luncheons in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, September 15, 2026. Sens. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., left, Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso, R-Wyo., also appear. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Senate plots its final week before elections with potential data center electricity vote

Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, talks with reporters in the Capitol on Aug. 5. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Vote on Chinese car imports bill sought as Xi meets with Trump

Independent candidate Dan Osborn of Nebraska attends a news conference outside the Capitol on Thursday.

Who would this independent caucus with? ‘Everybody’

Senate Majority Leader John Thune talks with reporters at the Capitol on Thursday. He’s been getting a version of this question a lot: Will you run for leader again?

‘The assumption is yes,’ Thune says of another leadership run