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President Donald Trump arrives to South Lawn of the White House from Camp David on Monday, June 9, 2025.

F-bombs left and right; in Congress? Oh, quite

By Jim Saksa
Posted June 25, 2025 at 5:09pm
Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., defeated Rep. Stephen Lynch, D-Mass., in a closely watched contest for the top Democratic slot on the Oversight Committee.

Robert Garcia wins top Democratic spot on Oversight panel

By Jim Saksa
Posted June 24, 2025 at 12:33pm, Updated at 1:38pm
FBI agents huddle in a Green Isle, Minn., neighborhood on June 15, as law enforcement agencies searched for a suspect in the killing of state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband. The slayings have resurfaced debates about lawmakers’ online footprints.

Worried about political violence, some want to scrub home addresses

By Jim Saksa
Posted June 23, 2025 at 4:58pm
Former Rep. Anthony D'Esposito, R-N.Y., testifies Wednesday during his confirmation hearing for inspector general of the Department of Labor.

Anthony D’Esposito looks to go from cop to congressman to inspector general

By Jim Saksa
Posted June 18, 2025 at 2:45pm
Olympic swimmer Katie McLaughlin arrives to testify before a Senate subpanel about the World Anti-Doping Agency on Tuesday.

Faster, higher, stronger? Senators probe anti-doping group ahead of LA Games

By Jim Saksa
Posted June 17, 2025 at 7:38pm
Capitol Police officers direct a jogger away from the Senate Plaza on Tuesday. The department has placed the plaza in restricted mode as a security measure.

‘We need more money’: Lawmakers call for security boost after Minnesota killings

By Justin Papp and Jim Saksa
Posted June 17, 2025 at 5:56pm, Updated June 18, 2025 at 1:45pm
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, center, has been seen as adopting a more conciliatory approach during President Donald Trump's second term. She is shown at a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Mamie "Peanut" Johnson Plaza on June 2.

House passes bill that would void DC ‘sanctuary’ policies

By Jim Saksa
Posted June 12, 2025 at 6:00pm
Republican Rep. August Pfluger of Texas sponsored a bill, which the House passed Tuesday, aiming to overturn a local D.C. law that allows noncitizens to vote in local elections.

House passes pair of bills in rebuke to DC

By Jim Saksa
Posted June 10, 2025 at 7:07pm
An activist with Save Our Care brings tombstone cutouts to the office of Iowa Republican Sen. Joni Ernst to highlight her comments at a recent town hall on the Republican budget proposal.

It’s déjà tea party all over again

By Jason Dick and Jim Saksa
Posted June 10, 2025 at 3:28pm
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, seen here in January, recently presented a supplemental budget to deal with an unexpected cut from Congress. Now House Republicans aim to tee up three D.C.-related measures for floor action.

House eyes cuts to DC’s autonomy as local budget fix gathers dust

By Jim Saksa
Posted June 9, 2025 at 3:30pm, Updated at 6:21pm
Tea party groups gather in Washington on Sept. 12, 2009, to march against Democrats’ health care overhaul. Some former members of Congress see “direct parallels” between then and now.

‘Eerie similarities’: Dems tea partied in 2010 say today’s GOP faces own reckoning 

By Jim Saksa
Posted June 6, 2025 at 2:26pm
Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter speaks at a House subcommittee hearing in September 2023. Perlmutter filed a lawsuit last week, after a purge at the Library of Congress.

Judge declines to halt firing of Copyright Office head Shira Perlmutter

By Jim Saksa
Posted May 28, 2025 at 6:39pm
The office of Rep. Nancy Pelosi features a sign notifying visitors that recording is not permitted without prior authorization from staff.

No cameras, please: Some offices in Congress warn visitors not to film

By Jim Saksa
Posted May 21, 2025 at 6:33pm
A spokesperson for the Government Accountability Office said it has “declined any requests” to have a team assigned to it from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency.

DOGE attempt at GAO is ‘intrusion’ into legislative branch, Dems say

By Jim Saksa
Posted May 16, 2025 at 6:29pm, Updated May 19, 2025 at 12:40pm
Rep. Steven Horsford, D-Nev., is a former chair of the Congressional Black Caucus and a current member of House Democrats’ whip team.

Rep. Steven Horsford on tourism, trade wars and taking on Trump

By Jim Saksa
Posted May 14, 2025 at 4:31pm
Democrats have leaned into colorful language this Congress, including House Budget ranking member Brendan F. Boyle. Above, he speaks in front of a poster quoting Donald Trump at a markup in February.

From cringe to catharsis, Democrats keep cussing

By Jim Saksa
Posted May 5, 2025 at 2:39pm
House Oversight Chair James R. Comer led Republicans in advancing a chunk of a budget reconciliation package that would make several changes to benefits for federal employees.

Oversight panel endorses cuts to federal retirement system

By Jim Saksa
Posted April 30, 2025 at 5:47pm
Rep. Tom Suozzi came back to Congress in February 2024 after winning a special election to reclaim his old seat. Now he wants Democrats to get back to basics.

Don’t call it a comeback — Tom Suozzi’s been here for years

By Jim Saksa
Posted April 30, 2025 at 2:25pm
Jake Rakov briefly worked for Rep. Brad Sherman in 2017. Now he plans to challenge his former boss in California’s 32nd District.

Battle of the exes: Former Hill staffers take on incumbents

By Jim Saksa
Posted April 29, 2025 at 6:00am
Rep. Josh Harder hopes to eradicate nutria, enjoys listening to punk music and wants to make Democrats the party of government reform.

Rep. Josh Harder on why Democrats should be angrier at the status quo

By Jim Saksa
Posted April 15, 2025 at 4:20pm
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., talks with reporters at the Capitol on Tuesday. Another item on her calendar that day was an excursion to a nearby federal building to hold a DOGE field hearing.

Live on location, DOGE subcommittee looks at federal real estate

By Jim Saksa
Posted April 8, 2025 at 3:19pm, Updated at 8:26pm
Rep. Laura Gillen is seen in her Cannon building office on April 1. The New York Democrat unseated Anthony D'Esposito in November.

Rep. Laura Gillen on traffic, campus protests and early days in Congress

By Jim Saksa
Posted April 7, 2025 at 4:08pm
Cherry blossoms bloom in Lower Senate Park on Wednesday with the Capitol in the background. Congressional staffers looking for jobs this March describe a landscape further complicated by “DOGE’d” federal workers. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Spring brings no relief for Dem job-seekers on the Hill

By Jim Saksa
Posted March 27, 2025 at 5:00am
Katherine Maher of NPR and Paula Kerger of PBS prepare to testify before the House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency on Wednesday.

Greene calls for ‘complete and total’ defunding of NPR, PBS

By Jim Saksa
Posted March 26, 2025 at 3:07pm
A man holds a D.C. flag during a House Oversight hearing in 2020.

In latest effort to curb DC, House panel advances ICE bill

By Jim Saksa
Posted March 25, 2025 at 8:17pm
A protester supporting the Free DC campaign stands in the Hart Senate Office Building on Friday.

Budget uproar offers DC an uneasy reminder of Congress’ power

By Jim Saksa
Posted March 14, 2025 at 2:50pm, Updated at 8:53pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, President Donald Trump and Taoiseach Micheál Martin walk down the House steps following the annual Friends of Ireland luncheon at the Capitol on Wednesday.

Trump, Johnson praise Irish immigrants amid mass deportation push

By Jim Saksa and John T. Bennett
Posted March 12, 2025 at 4:15pm
Capitol Police Chief J. Thomas Manger arrives to testify at a House hearing on March 21, 2024. The chief has announced that he will retire this spring.

Capitol Police Chief J. Thomas Manger announces retirement

By Jim Saksa
Posted March 11, 2025 at 2:48pm
Some Democratic strategists are urging lawmakers in Congress to step up their outreach to gamers and other heavily online Americans.

Not just a game: Dems need to catch up on livestreams to earn back young men, advisers say

By Jim Saksa
Posted March 10, 2025 at 4:02pm
Rep. Melanie Stansbury holds a sign reading “This is not normal” as President Donald Trump enters the House chamber on Tuesday night to deliver his address to a joint session of Congress.

‘Nothing I can say to make them happy’: Trump and Democrats face off during raucous speech

By Jim Saksa and Hunter Savery
Posted March 5, 2025 at 12:32am
Grover Cleveland served two nonconsecutive terms as president. But his message to Congress in 1893 won’t be a model for Donald Trump.

What will Trump say in his speech? Don’t ask Grover Cleveland

By Jim Saksa
Posted March 3, 2025 at 11:55am
The Capitol dome is seen through American and Ukrainian flags last April, before lawmakers passed a package with aid for Kyiv. Ex-Hill staffer Steven Moore is urging conservatives in Washington not to back away from Ukraine.

He rushed to Ukraine when Russia invaded. Now he’s rushing to DC to rally Republicans

By Jim Saksa
Posted February 26, 2025 at 4:52pm
Marjorie Taylor Greene chairs the House Oversight Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency, whose name echoes the DOGE initiative sweeping through the executive branch. At its second hearing, the new subpanel took up the topic of USAID, with little middle ground.

Humanitarians or funders of woke terrorists? DOGE subpanel clashes over USAID

By Jim Saksa
Posted February 26, 2025 at 4:36pm
Ranking member Melanie Stansbury talks with Chair Marjorie Taylor Greene during Wednesday’s Oversight and Government Reform DOGE Subcommittee hearing. Stansbury had a message for Elon Musk: “Come and testify in front of the American people under oath,” she said.

DOGE fight: New subcommittee holds its first House hearing

By Jim Saksa
Posted February 12, 2025 at 2:49pm
Rep. Janelle Bynum attends a House Financial hearing on Feb. 5. The freshman Democrat flipped her seat in Oregon’s 5th District, defeating Republican Lori Chavez-DeRemer.

Rep. Janelle Bynum on what it means to be a ‘disrupter’

By Jim Saksa
Posted February 12, 2025 at 10:00am
Rep. Debbie Dingell, chair of the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee, speaks at a news conference last November, with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries in the background.

The road to a comeback goes through Fox, podcasts and social media, Dems say

By Jim Saksa
Posted February 4, 2025 at 6:09pm
A young Charles Grassley, center, and other lawmakers celebrate the launch of the Office of Compliance in January 1996.

Living under the laws they make: How a workplace push changed Congress

By Jim Saksa
Posted January 28, 2025 at 3:04pm
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is joining the Congressional Dads Caucus, hoping to put a spotlight on policies that “ensure that every parent has the resources they need.”

Congressional dad bod grows as Jeffries joins Dads Caucus

By Jim Saksa
Posted January 22, 2025 at 5:37pm
Progressive staffers sent a letter Thursday proposing a 32-hour week for Hill staff during district work periods, and the same for district staff when members are in Washington.

A 32-hour week? It could work for Congress, staff say

By Jim Saksa
Posted January 16, 2025 at 10:43am
The flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter is carried down the steps of the Capitol on Thursday, ahead of a funeral service at Washington National Cathedral.

Jimmy Carter’s funeral: Fanfare for the common man with an extraordinary life

By Jim Saksa
Posted January 9, 2025 at 12:57pm, Updated at 1:15pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, center, appears in the House chamber on Friday with vote flippers Ralph Norman, second from right, center, and Keith Self, far right, who were critical to his election.

GOP’s fragile majority

By David Lerman and Jim Saksa
Posted January 6, 2025 at 4:46pm
Mike Johnson was elected speaker on Friday in a nail-biter of a vote, as the 119th Congress began.

Johnson wins gavel on first ballot after flipping holdouts

By Jim Saksa
Posted January 3, 2025 at 1:33pm, Updated at 6:32pm
Sen. Debbie Stabenow looks back on her time on Capitol Hill, from her early years in the House to holding the No. 3 spot in Democratic Senate leadership.

Why retiring Sen. Debbie Stabenow still believes in the ‘win-win’

By Jim Saksa
Posted December 20, 2024 at 3:14pm
Kansas Republican Rep. Jake LaTurner is in his final weeks in Congress after serving two terms.

‘We’re not going to be in this season forever,’ says outgoing Rep. Jake LaTurner 

By Jim Saksa
Posted December 19, 2024 at 5:23pm
“If you want to get things done, the best way to get to do it is with Democrats and Republicans working together,” said Sen. Tom Carper, who is leaving the Senate at the end of this term.

Retiring Sen. Tom Carper talks bipartisanship and endorphins

By Jim Saksa
Posted December 19, 2024 at 12:34pm
For staffers on Capitol Hill, the usual post-election shuffle is in full swing. Meanwhile, the wider hiring landscape in official Washington is uncertain. Above, reporters and aides are seen at the Capitol in March.

Hanging over the usual post-election staff shuffle? Trump’s purge threat

By Jim Saksa
Posted December 18, 2024 at 1:34pm
Rep. Bob Good, R-Va., stepped down as Freedom Caucus chair in September after losing his primary in Virginia’s 5th District. “We’re pulling the conference to the right, no question,” he says.

Good says goodbye: ‘This Congress should have done even less’

By Jim Saksa
Posted December 16, 2024 at 3:21pm
Rep. Tony Cárdenas, now in his final weeks in the House, ran the Congressional Hispanic Caucus BOLD PAC for several years.

Rep. Tony Cárdenas on his legacy and Latinos’ electoral shift

By Jim Saksa
Posted December 11, 2024 at 4:36pm
“I honestly feel that people should come and serve and not spend the rest of their entire career in Congress,” says Rep. Larry Bucshon, seen here in the Capitol in October 2023.

After 14 years in the House, Rep. Bucshon moves on

By Jim Saksa
Posted December 10, 2024 at 6:14am
Reps. Jared Huffman and Jamie Raskin, seen here in July, are among those pushing for a changing of the guard at the committee level as House Democrats head into the second Trump era.

Seniority shake-up? House Democrats test committee norms

By Jim Saksa
Posted December 5, 2024 at 8:02pm
Books by Gioia Diliberto, David Greenberg, Katherine Carter, Michael Tackett, Dmitri Alperovitch and James R. Jones top our annual list of recommendations from lawmakers and policy experts.

Deck the Hill with books aplenty: Capitol insiders share their favorite reads of 2024

By Jim Saksa
Posted December 5, 2024 at 6:15am
Anna Eshoo spent three decades on the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Above, she is seen chairing a Subcommittee on Health markup in 2019.

Anna Eshoo looks back on 32 years in Congress

By Jim Saksa
Posted December 2, 2024 at 5:24pm
Pablo José Hernández Rivera will become Puerto Rico’s resident commissioner in the upcoming Congress. Above, he speaks during a press conference introducing new members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus during freshman orientation in Washington on Nov. 15.

Meet the newest nonvoting members of the House 

By Jim Saksa
Posted November 22, 2024 at 3:30pm
New York Democratic Rep.-elect Laura Gillen reacts after drawing the best chip at the traditional office lottery during new member orientation on Thursday.

Cheers, jeers and long-walk fears: Lottery decides freshman office spots

By Jim Saksa
Posted November 21, 2024 at 1:10pm
Jayden Daniels of the Commanders drops back to pass during Thursday’s game against the Philadelphia Eagles. Some hope the Washington football team could return to city limits, but before local leaders can make their pitch, they need Congress to act on a land lease.

Burgundy and hold: What’s next for the RFK stadium site bill?

By Jim Saksa
Posted November 18, 2024 at 11:37am
Sarah McBride, pictured here at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Aug. 20, is the first transgender person elected to Congress.

A night of firsts for the First State, as Delaware elects Sarah McBride, Lisa Blunt Rochester

By Jim Saksa
Posted November 5, 2024 at 11:20pm, Updated November 6, 2024 at 9:46am
Only a handful of people have served as a D.C. shadow senator so far, including civil rights activist Jesse Jackson in the early 1990s. This election will likely see a newcomer join the list. Above, tourists are seen amid shadows in the Capitol Rotunda earlier this year.

Casting a long shadow? DC’s shadow delegation enters a new era

By Jim Saksa
Posted November 4, 2024 at 3:54pm
Paul Winfree, president and CEO of the Economic Policy Innovation Center, has some thoughts about Washington’s think tank ecosystem. The onetime Senate Budget staffer and Trump White House official sees an opening for groups like his.

With an epic name, this conservative think tank sees opening 

By Jim Saksa
Posted October 31, 2024 at 6:00am
Election night watch parties are back this year in D.C., after the pandemic derailed most in 2020. Above, workers are seen in 2021 at Boundary Stone in the Bloomingdale neighborhood.

Bars in DC brace for election night

By Jim Saksa
Posted October 28, 2024 at 5:23pm
Rep. Mike Johnson is pictured on the House floor before his election as speaker on Oct. 25, 2023. House Republicans spent weeks searching for a new speaker that month, losing valuable legislating time.

Lawmaking lows? Congress heads into lame duck with slow pace

By Jim Saksa
Posted October 23, 2024 at 4:06pm
“When I would come here and advocate, I felt empowered. As a patient, it felt like I was more in charge,” says Adam Jardine, who now works for Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla.

He found a purpose working on the Hill. Now he needs a kidney

By Jim Saksa
Posted October 15, 2024 at 3:29pm
Rep. Derek Kilmer, D-Wash., walks up the House steps on Sept. 25 for the final votes in the Capitol before Congress’ October recess. The former chair of the Modernization Committee is in his final months as a congressman, after deciding not to run for reelection.

Even as he heads out the door, Derek Kilmer is still trying to fix Congress

By Jim Saksa
Posted October 3, 2024 at 6:15am
Senate Judiciary ranking member Lindsey Graham and Chair Richard J. Durbin will have a lot to consider in the lame-duck session. A press shield proposal may not make the list.

Despite last-minute press, reporters’ source shield faces hard deadline in Senate

By Jim Saksa
Posted September 26, 2024 at 4:48pm
Sarah Geary, left, and Harley Adsit created the "Crime in Congress" podcast. So far they’ve released more than a dozen episodes on topics ranging from Watergate to the murder of Philip Barton Key II.

Only murders in the Capitol? True crime podcast explores seedier side of Congress

By Jim Saksa
Posted September 26, 2024 at 6:30am
A statue of country music legend Johnny Cash is unveiled during a ceremony in Emancipation Hall on Tuesday.

‘Hello, I’m Johnny Cash’: Statue of the ‘Man in Black’ unveiled at the Capitol

By Jim Saksa
Posted September 24, 2024 at 2:57pm
Rep. Brittany Pettersen, D-Colo., is among those in the House calling for a proxy voting option for new parents.

Proxy voting for new parents among changes pitched to House Rules panel

By Jim Saksa
Posted September 19, 2024 at 4:24pm
Joylette Hylick and Katherine Moore, daughters of Katherine Johnson, accept the "Hidden Figures'" Congressional Gold Medal from Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday.

Once ‘Hidden Figures,’ now Congressional Gold Medal recipients

By Jim Saksa
Posted September 18, 2024 at 6:00pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, Sen. Deb Fischer and Speaker Mike Johnson take part in a Wednesday ceremony marking the start of inaugural platform construction at the Capitol.

Hammering the ‘first nail,’ lawmakers kick off inauguration construction

By Jim Saksa
Posted September 18, 2024 at 2:44pm
Wiley Brown, the son of go-go legend Chuck Brown, performs “Bustin’ Loose” with Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove, D-Calif., during the Congressional Record concert in the Capitol Visitor Center on Tuesday.

Members of Congress croon like Frank Sinatra, bust loose like Chuck Brown

By Jim Saksa
Posted September 18, 2024 at 11:14am
“When congressional workers come together to bargain for the pay they deserve, they win — and we’re just getting started,” the Congressional Workers Union said in a statement.

MOU money: Hill staff union announces pay bumps as talks continue

By Jim Saksa
Posted September 18, 2024 at 5:00am
Rep. John Duarte, R-Calif., cites water policy as one reason he ran for office.

‘When the mud hits the fan’: Rep. John Duarte talks water

By Jim Saksa
Posted September 16, 2024 at 2:10pm
“For me, it wasn’t about polar bears,” Rep. Eric Sorensen says of climate change.

In the Quad Cities or DC, Eric Sorensen is happy to talk about the weather

By Jim Saksa
Posted September 11, 2024 at 2:25pm
Rep. Jamie Raskin, seen here at the Democratic National Convention on Aug. 19, published a memoir in 2022 called “Unthinkable: Trauma, Truth, and the Trials of American Democracy.” Now it has inspired an oratorio.

Aria ready for ‘The Jamie Raskin Oratorio’?

By Jim Saksa
Posted September 3, 2024 at 2:58pm
Sarah McBride speaks to volunteers at her campaign office in Wilmington on July 27. A state senator since 2021, she’s now campaigning for Congress.

On track to be first trans member, Sarah McBride has hope for Congress

By Jim Saksa
Posted August 15, 2024 at 3:17pm
“I think there are some preconceived notions of what it’s like to be an elected official. But I’m an introvert” who likes to work behind the scenes, says Rep. Emilia Sykes.

How Emilia Sykes went from Junior Olympian to running for reelection

By Jim Saksa
Posted August 1, 2024 at 6:15am
“It’s an investment … the more that we can be decisive here, the less bureaucracy we have out there,” says Rep. Barry Loudermilk.

More congressional staff? Conservatives are coming around to the idea

By Jim Saksa
Posted July 30, 2024 at 5:00am
House Republicans finished off their July by adopting a resolution condemning Vice President Kamala Harris’ handling of the southern border. Above, Speaker Mike Johnson and Harris are seen in April.

Messaging bills are loud, but do voters hear them?

By Jim Saksa
Posted July 25, 2024 at 4:29pm
House Administration Chairman Bryan Steil, seen here in 2023, this week hailed the fall of Chevron deference as a chance to “rein in the administrative state.”

A bigger, bolder Congress? Panel debates how to respond to end of Chevron deference

By Jim Saksa
Posted July 23, 2024 at 2:59pm
Political influencer V Spehar, creator of "Under the Desk News," speaks at Friday’s conference on Capitol Hill hosted by the Democratic Digital Communications Staff Association.

The way to voters’ hearts? It must be memes and TikTok, influencers say

By Jim Saksa
Posted July 16, 2024 at 3:03pm
Pins to promote voting by Native Americans are at a display counter during a cultural meeting at the Comanche Nation fairgrounds in Lawton, Okla., on Sept. 30, 2023.

100 years after gaining citizenship, Native Americans face barriers to voting

By Jim Saksa
Posted July 8, 2024 at 9:10am
Shye Robinson and Erick Alvarez are in Washington for the summer as part of CCAI’s internship program. Above, they sit on the House steps on June 20.

These Hill interns are bringing their foster youth stories to Congress

By Jim Saksa
Posted June 27, 2024 at 6:30am
Cheri Bustos collides with Debbie Wasserman Schultz during the Congressional Women's Softball Game in 2021. Bustos will return to the game this year as an announcer.

Key players return to Congressional Softball Game, this time at the microphone

By Jim Saksa
Posted June 21, 2024 at 2:36pm
Pay has improved for entry-level congressional staffers in recent years, but 7.6 percent of Senate aides still made below a living wage in 2023, according to a new report from Issue One. Above, staffers stand on balconies of the Russell Senate Office Building to view the solar eclipse on April 8.

Nearly 8 percent of Senate aides make less than a living wage, report finds

By Jim Saksa
Posted June 13, 2024 at 5:00pm
Rep. Jake Ellzey, R-Texas, scores in the first inning during the Congressional Baseball Game at Nationals Park on Wednesday night.

Protesters run on the field while GOP runs roughshod over Dems at Congressional Baseball Game

By Jim Saksa
Posted June 12, 2024 at 10:59pm
Visitors walk across the Supreme Court plaza last October. The court is expected to issue a decision soon that could discard or limit the Chevron doctrine.

What would Congress do without Chevron deference?

By Jim Saksa
Posted June 5, 2024 at 3:16pm
Voting signs are seen outside a polling place in New York during a special election this February. As the presidential campaign season heats up, election administrators around the country are calling for more security grant funding.

Election officials, retired lawmakers plead for more money to protect voting

By Jim Saksa
Posted June 4, 2024 at 1:04pm
James R. Jones was once a Hill intern himself. Now he studies the demographics of congressional staff. “We need transparent hiring data,” he says.

Is Congress still ‘The Last Plantation’? It is for staffers, says James Jones

By Jim Saksa
Posted May 29, 2024 at 6:00am
Speaker Mike Johnson and Rep. Chip Roy hold a May 8 news conference on the House steps to unveil voting legislation they dubbed the SAVE Act. The bill saw committee action this week.

Noncitizen voting bill advances as Republicans continue messaging push

By Jim Saksa
Posted May 23, 2024 at 4:00pm
Matt Stoller, left, and Oren Cass are seen in Washington on Jan. 31, 2024.

From the left and the right, these two thinkers are upending Washington’s neoliberal consensus

By Jim Saksa
Posted April 3, 2024 at 6:15am
World War II “Ghost Army” veterans are applauded after receiving the Congressional Gold Medal on Thursday.

After decades of secrecy and years of lobbying, Congress grants Ghost Army gold medal

By Jim Saksa
Posted March 21, 2024 at 2:51pm
Generative AI has the potential to change American elections, experts warn. Above, a voting sign is seen at a polling place in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y., in 2022.

Election laws not ready for deepfakes, experts warn: ‘It’s the Wild West right now’

By Jim Saksa
Posted March 14, 2024 at 5:00am
A pair of Senate panels this week held hearings on voting rights and election security. Above, a voter prepares to cast a ballot at a polling place in Arlington, Va., on March 5.

Senators warn of threats to ’24 election, but disagree on what they are

By Justin Papp and Jim Saksa
Posted March 12, 2024 at 7:51pm
Staffers for Sen. Edward J. Markey, seen here in 2021, announced progress in their unionization effort.

Markey staffers begin collective bargaining, a win for union organizers

By Jim Saksa
Posted March 11, 2024 at 5:19pm
Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Mont., said Friday he will not seek reelection to the House, after previously launching and then ending a bid for Senate.

In second reversal, Rosendale will not run for House reelection

By Jim Saksa
Posted March 8, 2024 at 2:18pm
Nevada Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto speaks with “Keeper of the Cup” Phil Pritchard during the Stanley Cup’s visit to the Capitol on Wednesday.

Nevada senators bring Golden Knights’ Stanley Cup to Congress

By Jim Saksa
Posted March 6, 2024 at 3:02pm
“I’m used to action all the time,” says Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, seen here in 2019.

Dutch Ruppersberger will miss the ‘action’ in Congress

By Jim Saksa
Posted March 5, 2024 at 6:15am
“Partisan gerrymandering is a real problem,” says North Carolina Democratic Rep. Kathy Manning.

Gerrymandered off the Hill, Kathy Manning eyes what’s next

By Jim Saksa
Posted February 27, 2024 at 6:15am
Congressional aides gather on the House steps on Nov. 8 as they unfurl a banner demanding a cease-fire. Now staffers have organized a fundraiser for humanitarian aid.

‘We will not be complicit in this’: Hill staffers challenge their bosses on Gaza

By Jim Saksa
Posted February 21, 2024 at 5:30am
Former House Clerk Cheryl Johnson, center, receives the Freedom Award on Tuesday. She is joined on stage by, from left, Rep. Troy Carter, former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, former House Clerk Lorraine Miller, and Capitol Historical Society President Jane Campbell.

Cheryl Johnson, who made history as House clerk, gets another round of applause

By Jim Saksa
Posted February 13, 2024 at 8:11pm
Rep. John Sarbanes, D-Md., speaks at a 2021 rally in support of his proposal to overhaul voting access and money in politics. He has been “toiling in those vineyards” for years, he says now.

Rep. John Sarbanes says he’s staying on the ‘democracy team’

By Jim Saksa
Posted February 13, 2024 at 6:15am