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Rep. Anthony D'Esposito leaves a meeting of the House Republican Conference in the Capitol on Sept. 19.

How Anthony D’Esposito went from cop to GOP congressman in a Biden district

By Jim Saksa
Posted September 26, 2023 at 6:15am
As senators picked their camps — comfort or decorum — Sen. John Fetterman weighed in. Above, Fetterman is seen at the Capitol on Wednesday.

Senate dress code spat continues: Avoid a shutdown and I’ll wear a suit, Fetterman says

By Jim Saksa
Posted September 18, 2023 at 7:34pm, Updated September 20, 2023 at 1:36pm
Georgetown medical student Perry Diaz speaks during a naloxone training offered to congressional staffers by the Bipartisan Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Task Force on Wednesday.

Congressional aides learn how to provide overdose aid

By Jim Saksa
Posted September 14, 2023 at 1:32pm
“So much of the story of West Michigan ... is people feeling like they didn’t leave the Republican Party, but the Republican Party left them,” says Democratic Rep. Hillary Scholten, seen here in her D.C. office in July.

For Hillary Scholten, faith (and Jerry Ford) led the way to Congress

By Jim Saksa
Posted September 14, 2023 at 6:15am
Despite what the header says, these are six AI-generated images used in a campaign attack ad by Never Back Down PAC.

AI deepfakes in campaigns may be detectable, but will it matter?

By Jim Saksa
Posted September 5, 2023 at 5:31am
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he would support a ban on stock trading by members of Congress and would eliminate members' pensions.

DeSantis says he sold all stocks; House disclosures show otherwise

By Jim Saksa
Posted August 14, 2023 at 4:50pm
A tour bus with an advertisement for a stress relief supplement drives on North Capitol Street in Washington on Wednesday. Congress is once again set to take its annual August break.

The real reason Congress leaves Washington every August

By Jim Saksa
Posted July 27, 2023 at 5:00am
Rep. Wiley Nickel, D-N.C., began his career as an advance staffer, which meant he was traveling “all the time.”

What a long strange trip it’s been for Rep. Wiley Nickel

By Jim Saksa
Posted July 25, 2023 at 6:15am
Rep. George Santos reports few results when it comes to constituent casework with the IRS. The New York Republican pleaded not guilty to 13 federal charges earlier this year.

Santos off to slow start on constituent casework

By Jim Saksa
Posted July 20, 2023 at 5:00am
Pedro Martinez, right, calls for the release of his son, Eyvin Hernandez, at a rally at the Capitol on Tuesday alongside Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove, D-Calif.

Friends of lawyer detained in Venezuela rally at Capitol for his release, beg Biden to intercede 

By Jim Saksa
Posted July 18, 2023 at 2:42pm
Elon Musk’s Twitter faces a new rival in Meta’s Threads, and communications staffers on Capitol Hill are paying attention.

Can Threads replace Twitter as Washington’s political watercooler? 

By Jim Saksa
Posted July 14, 2023 at 12:34pm
Rep. Marc Molinaro attends a hearing in February. The Republican from New York got an early start in politics.

How Marc Molinaro went from teenage mayor to key vote in Congress

By Jim Saksa
Posted July 13, 2023 at 6:15am
Virginia Republican Rep. Jen Kiggans is interviewed by CQ Roll Call in her Longworth Building office.

Being a lawmaker is the latest leap for career-hopping Kiggans

By Jim Saksa
Posted July 6, 2023 at 6:15am
House Democrats speak in front of the Supreme Court following the decision overturning Roe v. Wade by the Supreme Court.

Women’s interest in entering politics surged after Dobbs. So why aren’t they running?

By Jim Saksa
Posted June 30, 2023 at 6:00am
Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio.

Senate Democrats offer resolution to let staff organize

By Justin Papp and Jim Saksa
Posted June 23, 2023 at 1:33pm
"We commend the courageous congressional staff," seeking to unionize, said Taylor J. Swift, senior policy adviser at Demand Progress.

In a first, House Education and the Workforce panel’s Democratic staffers look to unionize

By Jim Saksa
Posted June 15, 2023 at 11:37am
Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, hits the ball during Congressional Baseball Game at National Park in Washington on Wednesday, June 14, 2023.

Owning the libs: GOP routs Dems at Congressional Baseball Game

By Jim Saksa
Posted June 15, 2023 at 7:00am
Rep. Mike Doyle, D-Pa., holds the Roll Call Trophy at Nationals Park on July 14, 2011 after Democrats won the 50th Annual Congressional Baseball Game.

Retired Reps. Mike Doyle, Kevin Brady win their greatest elections yet — into the Congressional Baseball Hall of Fame

By Jim Saksa
Posted June 13, 2023 at 5:18pm
Rep. Bill Posey, R-Fla., a former amateur car racer, co-chairs both the Congressional Motorsports and Congressional Automotive Performance and Motorsports caucuses.

Estuaries? Pickleball? Rum? There’s a congressional caucus for practically everything

By Jim Saksa
Posted June 13, 2023 at 5:00am
Senators and staff pose for a picture to mark National Seersucker Day in the Ohio Clock Corridor of the U.S. Capitol on Thursday. Senators include Cindy Hyde-Smith, Shelley Moore Capito, Dianne Feinstein, Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Roger Marshall, Maggie Hassan, Deb Fischer, Eric Schmitt, Amy Klobuchar, Raphael Warnock, Roger Wicker, and Bill Cassidy.

Sartorially savvy senators and staff select seersucker as the smart summertime suit

By Jim Saksa
Posted June 8, 2023 at 4:28pm
Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Va., poses in her office in the Cannon House Office Building.

How Abigail Spanberger represents Frontline Democrats on leadership

By Jim Saksa
Posted June 6, 2023 at 6:15am
Philip Bennett speaks during a July 2022 news conference on union organizing at the U.S. Capitol.

Young, educated and unionized: Hill staffers at vanguard of white-collar labor movement

By Jim Saksa
Posted May 31, 2023 at 6:15am
New York Democratic Rep. Yvette Clarke has introduced legislation to regulate AI.

AI could sway the 2024 elections, campaign pros say — but not like you think

By Jim Saksa
Posted May 25, 2023 at 6:00am
Rep. Stephanie Bice, R-Okla.

Bice ponders family leave bill as she juggles multiple priorities

By Jim Saksa
Posted May 24, 2023 at 6:15am
House Appropriations ranking member Rosa DeLauro says Republicans’ appropriations process hasn’t been clear enough.

Legislative Branch bill advanced to full Appropriations panel

By Jim Saksa
Posted May 17, 2023 at 2:42pm
Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas

The GOP wants you* to quit your job

By Jim Saksa
Posted May 12, 2023 at 7:00am
Philip Bennett, outgoing president of the Congressional Workers Union, praised the efforts of organizers who were able to take the effort "to the next level."

After a year of organizing, staff union leaders look ahead to collective bargaining

By Jim Saksa
Posted May 11, 2023 at 6:15am

DSCC Vice Chair Tina Smith has high hopes, even for the race in Texas

By Jim Saksa
Posted May 4, 2023 at 6:15am
ChatGPT is one tool congressional staffers may be using more of in the future

Promise or peril? AI may offer both to congressional staff

By Jim Saksa
Posted April 27, 2023 at 5:00am
Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., is seen in his office in the Hart Senate Office Building on March 16.

DSCC Vice Chair Alex Padilla on the 2024 election, immigration and the worst rule in baseball

By Jim Saksa
Posted April 20, 2023 at 6:15am
UNITED STATES - MARCH 1: Rep. Matt Cartwright, D-Pa., is interviewed by CQ Roll Call in his Rayburn Building office on Wednesday, March 1, 2023. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Democrat Cartwright advises GOP to tame the ‘crazies’

By Jim Saksa
Posted April 18, 2023 at 6:15am
Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt.

Peter Welch on being the Senate’s (old) new guy, dairy, and how Dems like him win rural voters

By Jim Saksa
Posted April 5, 2023 at 6:00am
Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., introduced 521 bills in one day, but a congressional expert says it's unlikely any of the bills will see the House floor.

Go Biggs or go home: Arizona Republican sponsors 521 bills in a day

By Jim Saksa
Posted April 4, 2023 at 2:48pm
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., put up this sign after Rep. Marie Newman, D-Ill., put up a pro transgender rights flag across the hallway in 2020.

Republicans’ fixation on trans issues could backfire, pollsters say

By Jim Saksa
Posted March 31, 2023 at 7:00am
Rep. Gus Bilirakis, R-Fla., chairman of Energy and Commerce's Innovation, Data and Commerce Subcommittee.

Support for national NIL standard for athletes cuts across party lines

By Jim Saksa
Posted March 30, 2023 at 2:21pm
From left, Kyle Parker, Steven Moore and two members of the Georgian Legion in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Oct. 9, 2022.

When Russia invaded, this former House staffer rushed to Ukraine

By Jim Saksa
Posted March 30, 2023 at 5:00am
“The reality is, the last eight substantial fiscal reforms we’ve had in this country have come about because of debt ceiling negotiations,” Rep. Dusty Johnson says.

From lens of GOP’s Main Street to the bipartisan Problem Solvers, Johnson sees solutions

By Jim Saksa
Posted March 28, 2023 at 5:00am
If former President Donald Trump did go to trial, it would probably knock him off the campaign trail for the trial's duration.  

Indictment would be unlikely to divert Trump from campaign to courthouse

By Jim Saksa
Posted March 23, 2023 at 6:35pm
House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., participates in the House Republicans’ press conference following their caucus meeting in the Capitol on in January.

New Majority Whip Tom Emmer is here to listen to colleagues, not bully them

By Jim Saksa
Posted March 16, 2023 at 6:15am
The Office of Congressional Workplace Rights reported 14 offices had filed union petitions last year.

House Republicans’ attempt to block staffer unions may have missed mark 

By Jim Saksa
Posted March 13, 2023 at 4:00am
Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., voluntarily recognized his staff's efforts to unionize.

With voluntary recognition, Ed Markey’s staff will be the first in the Senate to unionize

By Jim Saksa
Posted March 8, 2023 at 9:30am
Rep. Tom Emmer, seen here watching the action at a past event, says he's enjoying team Lawmakers' winning streak.

Lawmakers and lobbyists to face off at Congressional Hockey Challenge 

By Jim Saksa
Posted February 28, 2023 at 6:15am
Unite Here union members protest outside Senate office buildings in support of cafeteria workers last year.

House cafeteria workers eyeing pickets, walkouts if contract talks sour

By Jim Saksa
Posted February 22, 2023 at 6:00am
Rep. David Cicilline, D-R.I., speaks during a bill enrollment ceremony on Dec. 8, 2022.

Rep. David Cicilline to resign from Congress

By Jim Saksa
Posted February 21, 2023 at 10:31am, Updated at 4:27pm
A sign on the outskirts of Roswell, N.M., welcomes visitors in 2020. The military's downing of several unidentified objects has swamped the news of late.

Why Washington is crazy for Chinese balloons and UFOs

By Jim Saksa
Posted February 16, 2023 at 11:06am
Last year, the Congressional Workers Union made inroads in the House. Now they’re eyeing the Senate. Above, CWU President Philip Bennett speaks at a press conference in July.

Unionize the Senate, staffers urge

By Jim Saksa
Posted February 9, 2023 at 9:00am
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., talk before President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address in the House chamber Tuesday.

The State of the Union is … saucy!

By Jason Dick, Niels Lesniewski and Jim Saksa
Posted February 8, 2023 at 6:05pm
Republicans react to President Joe Biden’s speech on Tuesday night.

Biden’s State of the Union turns into a rowdy back-and-forth

By Jim Saksa
Posted February 7, 2023 at 10:48pm
“That year was intense,” says Aubrey Stuber of her time in Officer Candidate School. An aide to Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, Stuber is the rare Hill staffer who also serves in the National Guard.

This Hill staffer also serves in the National Guard

By Jim Saksa
Posted February 2, 2023 at 6:15am
“What are the institutions in our country that are consistently blocking the will of the majority of the American people?” asks Rep. Sean Casten, D-Ill. “The Senate, the Electoral College and the Supreme Court.”

Majority rules? This Democrat wants to talk about anti-majoritarian bias

By Jim Saksa
Posted January 31, 2023 at 9:00am