Skip to content
RollCall logo

Video

Committees, clashes and cafeterias — Congressional Hits and Misses

Week ending March 10, 2023

Loading the player...
By Chris Hale
Posted March 10, 2023 at 3:56pm

Highlights of this week’s Congressional Hits and Misses include Oklahoma Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin and Teamsters General President Sean O’Brien turning a Senate HELP Committee hearing into a schoolyard shouting match, a hungry New Jersey Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. turning a House Energy and Commerce hearing into a cafeteria, other House members turning against the Senate, and more.

Recent Stories

Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., says the House speaker's job may be on the line if he cuts a deal with Democrats.

Senate readies stopgap as House tries again on full-year bills

Rep. Jen Kiggans, R-Va., has introduced a bill that would guarantee pay for active-duty military, reservists and certain civilian employees, including at the Coast Guard.

Military pay, typically exempted during shutdowns, is at risk

Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., said he expects to beat a federal indictment and criticized those calling for him to resign.

Menendez expects to win ‘biggest fight yet,’ defends seized cash

Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin has long focused on protecting human rights and stopping corruption abroad.

Cardin to take Foreign Relations gavel after Menendez charges

Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., is seen outside a House Appropriations Committee markup in the Rayburn House Office Building on July 18. Lee, ranking member of the House State-Foreign Operations Appropriations Subcommittee, has urged a quick, clean reauthorization of PEPFAR.

Lee, administration officials issue plea for five-year PEPFAR

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Monday that 50,000 USDA workers would be furloughed, affecting spending in the communities where they work and loans to farmers.

Vilsack sees shutdown taking away children’s food, farmers’ loans