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Gazpacho, crack pipes, cannabis and ‘GTA’ — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted February 11, 2022 at 3:43pm
UNITED STATES - JANUARY 31: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., walks back to his office after speaking on the Senate floor in the Capitol on Monday, January 31, 2022. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

‘Nauseously woke,’ lunch in the Capitol and unicorn poop – Congressional Hits & Misses

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted February 4, 2022 at 7:13pm
President Joe Biden leaves the Senate Democrats’ luncheon in the Russell Building on Jan. 13.

Rope-a-doped, mental fitness and a Perlmutter roast — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted January 21, 2022 at 7:13pm
Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., talks with reporters in the Capitol on Dec. 1, 2021.

Movement on the appropriations process?

By Jennifer Shutt, David Lerman and Jinitzail Hernández
Posted January 14, 2022 at 3:20pm
A “Let’s Go Brandon” flag is seen in Wyoming County, Pa. The saying is a way of cursing President Joe Biden.

Timothy Snyder: Voting rights an ‘existential question’ facing America

By Jason Dick and Jinitzail Hernández
Posted January 12, 2022 at 4:13pm

Just what you want to do, relive 2021 — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted January 7, 2022 at 8:13pm
Sunset at the U.S. Capitol on Monday, Dec. 13.

Insurrection texts, filibustering hearings and Aaron Rodgers – Congressional Hits and Misses

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted December 17, 2021 at 7:48pm
The “Instagrinch” carries messages on the Mall about the ways Instagram negatively impacts young people on Tuesday, ahead of CEO Adam Mosseri’’s Capitol Hill testimony on Wednesday.

McGovern for Broadway, margaritas for Senate pages and no toys for Christmas — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted December 10, 2021 at 7:38pm
UNITED STATES - NOVEMBER 19: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., fist bumps the man wearing the “Build Back Better Bill” costume on the House steps as she arrives for votes on the legislation Friday morning, Nov. 19, 2021. (Photo by Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

The McCarthy episode — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted November 19, 2021 at 7:30pm
Speaker Nancy Pelosi addresses a news conference after the House passed the Build Back Better Act at the U.S. Capitol on Friday.

At last, House passes massive reconciliation package

By Jennifer Shutt, David Lerman and Jinitzail Hernández
Posted November 19, 2021 at 11:52am
UNITED STATES - NOVEMBER 03: Chairman Jim McGovern, D-Mass., background center, and ranking member Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., point out a new portrait of former Chairman Pete Sessions, R-Texas, in the House Rules Committee meeting on the Build Back Better Act in the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, November 3, 2021. At the witness table from left are, Reps. Tom Rice, R-S.C., Frank Pallone, D-N.J., John Yarmuth, D-Ky., Bobby Scott, D-Va., Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., and Jason Smith, R-Mo. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Private jets, nude beaches and SNL is back — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted November 5, 2021 at 4:40pm
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema leaves the Senate Democrats’’ luncheon in the Capitol on Oct. 26.

The Astros, hot mics and Sasse getting sassy — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted October 29, 2021 at 4:57pm
Activists from Greenpeace USA set up a marionette depicting Exxon Mobil, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., President Joe Biden, and Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., outside the Capitol on Wednesday.

Paris and yelling in the Rules Committee — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted October 22, 2021 at 5:57pm
The East Front of the U.S. Capitol is seen in Washington in May.

What’s the meaning of compromise?

By Jennifer Shutt, David Lerman and Jinitzail Hernández
Posted October 22, 2021 at 1:46pm
An airline employee is seen on the Metro platform at Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Va., on October 13, 2021.

It’s recess but we still have Congressional Hits and Misses

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted October 15, 2021 at 2:12pm
Ranking member Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, attends the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing titled “Renewing and Strengthening the Violence Against Women Act,” in Dirksen Building on Tuesday, October 5, 2021.

‘The Biden Build Back Broke’ — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted October 8, 2021 at 5:04pm
Chairman Richard Durbin, D-Ill., attends the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing titled “Texas’s Unconstitutional Abortion Ban and the Role of the Shadow Docket,” in Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/POOL)

Pets, pot and ‘Veep’ — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted October 1, 2021 at 5:02pm
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., passes by a Build Back Better for Women rally held by Democrats on the House steps of the U.S. Capitol on Friday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Blueberries, chickens and lamb-eat-lamb — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted September 24, 2021 at 4:18pm
Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pa., references a graphic of the goose that lays the golden eggs, during the Ways and Means Committee markup of the Build Back Better Act in Longworth Building on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

‘We are all dying’ — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted September 17, 2021 at 6:39pm
Lightning strikes over Washington as seen from the Capitol during the Senate‘s vote-a-rama on Tuesday, August 10, 2021.

‘If you look up stupid stuff in the dictionary’ — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted August 13, 2021 at 12:19pm

A race for the podium, whiskey and birthdays — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted August 6, 2021 at 5:36pm
Rep. Sean Casten on the House floor on Wednesday.

Senators forget procedure, Cassidy lectures on diarrhea and hot FERC summer isn’t over — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted July 30, 2021 at 6:34pm
House Majority Whip James Clyburn, D-S.C., conducts a news conference on the coronavirus relief bill, the American Rescue Plan Act, in the Capitol Visitor Center on Tuesday, March 9, 2021.

‘This is about whether or not we will have a democracy or an autocracy,’ Clyburn says on voting rights

By Mary C. Curtis, Evan Campbell and Jinitzail Hernández
Posted July 29, 2021 at 9:44pm
President Joe Biden participates in a CNN town hall hosted by Don Lemon, right, at Mount St. Joseph University in Cincinnati on Wednesday.

‘Favorite time during the week’ — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted July 23, 2021 at 5:13pm
From left, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., and Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., hold their news conference to introduce a draft of S-420 the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act in the Capitol on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Olivia Rodrigo, Miller Lite and cans of worms — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted July 16, 2021 at 5:55pm
Rep. Michael Turner, R-Ohio, asks questions during the House Intelligence Committee hearing on the impeachment inquiry of President Trump in Longworth Building on Thursday, November 21, 2019. Fiona Hill, former National Security Council Russia adviser, and David Holmes, counselor for political affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine, testified. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Lawmaker on Vanessa Guillén Act: ‘When we have a system that fails victims, everyone is failed’

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted June 23, 2021 at 4:00pm
President Joe Biden, center, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., left, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., pay respects as the remains of U.S. Capitol Police Officer William “Billy” Evans, lie in honor in the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, April 13, 2021. Evans was killed when a driver rammed the north barricade of the Capitol on April 2, 2021. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/POOL)

Biden’s full eulogy for Sen. John Warner

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted June 23, 2021 at 3:55pm
Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., talks with reporters outside of the Senate Democrats policy luncheon in the Capitol in Washington on June 15, 2021. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Warnock on voting rights: ‘Let’s do our job’

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted June 22, 2021 at 5:03pm
Mark Zuckerberg, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Facebook, arrives to testify during the House Financial Services hearing on 'An Examination of Facebook and Its Impact on the Financial Services and Housing Sectors' on Oct. 23, 2019. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Lawmakers want advertising transparency from Big Tech

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted May 28, 2021 at 3:18pm
An Indian man looks at the Facebook app on his smartphone in Amritsar on March 22, 2018. (NARINDER NANU/AFP via Getty Images)

Facebook and Twitter silence government critics in India

By Dean DeChiaro and Jinitzail Hernández
Posted May 5, 2021 at 4:05pm
President Joe Biden delivers his address to the joint session of Congress on Wednesday night.

Mark McKinnon: Biden could go bigger than ‘anybody since FDR’

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted April 29, 2021 at 6:28pm
President Joe Biden speaks with lawmakers Wednesday as he exits the House chamber at the end of his joint session address.

4 defense takeaways from Biden’s joint address

By John M. Donnelly and Jinitzail Hernández
Posted April 29, 2021 at 4:52pm
Names are displayed as votes in during a vote challenging the seating of lawmakers from Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin on the House floor on the first day of the 117th Congress on Jan. 3, 2021. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

How can Congress evolve with technology? Let’s look to Brazil

By Gopal Ratnam and Jinitzail Hernández
Posted April 27, 2021 at 5:35pm
Marine One, with President Joe Biden on board, approaches the White House in Washington on Friday, Feb. 19, 2021. Biden traveled to the Michigan plant where Pfizer Inc. is manufacturing its Covid-19 vaccine as his administration works to boost the number of shots delivered each day (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

100 days in, let’s hear from Biden’s most powerful constituents — third graders

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted April 26, 2021 at 6:15am
Thumbnail photo by Mark Andersen/Getty

As VAWA awaits Senate vote, experts weigh in on the way we talk about abuse

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted April 20, 2021 at 6:15am
National Guardsmen stand guard on Constitution Avenue NW, after a man was shot during a confrontation with Capitol Police at the north barricade entrance to the Capitol on Friday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

House chaplain prays for Capitol Police and suspect

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted April 5, 2021 at 3:45pm
A sign regarding vaccines points toward the dining area in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on March 10.

Watch: The military’s slow overseas vaccine rollout

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted March 25, 2021 at 5:30am
In this photo illustration, a hacker with an Anonymous mask on his face and a hood on his head uses a computer.

Russia is outsourcing disinformation efforts, report finds

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted March 24, 2021 at 1:53pm
Rep. Deb Haaland, D-N.M., nominee for interior secretary, is seen on the House steps of the Capitol during a vote on the “Protecting America's Wilderness and Public Lands Act,” on February 26, 2021. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Haaland: ‘I thought I would have more time here, but we are called to service in different ways’

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted March 16, 2021 at 3:39pm
The USS Vicksburg is maneuvered into a dry dock during a docking evolution at BAE Systems Shipyard in Norfolk, Va.

Year into pandemic, this Navy shipyard is still without OSHA help

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted March 11, 2021 at 3:01pm
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and Republican Conference Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., conduct a news conference on the China Task Force report in the Capitol’s Rayburn Room on September 30, 2020. The report outlines bipartisan action to combat threats from China. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Trump’s CPAC speech causes tension among GOP leadership

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted February 24, 2021 at 1:42pm
Aerial view of the Pentagon building. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Pentagon proposals to deal with the military’s white supremacy problem

By Jinitzail Hernández and John M. Donnelly
Posted February 17, 2021 at 12:56pm
Lead impeachment manager Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., prepares for the start of the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump on Tuesday, February 9, 2021. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Raskin gives emotional speech at Trump’s second impeachment trial

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted February 9, 2021 at 5:38pm
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., arrives to her Longworth Building office on Thursday, February 4, 2021. The House will vote later in the day on whether to remove her from committee assignments.

Marjorie Taylor Greene equates mainstream media with QAnon

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted February 4, 2021 at 4:28pm
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., arrives for the House Republican caucus meeting in the Capitol Visitor Center on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021.

Watch: Parkland congressman testifies on Greene committee removal proposal

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted February 3, 2021 at 8:46pm
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., conducts her weekly news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center on Friday, two days after the House voted to impeach President Donald Trump for inciting an insurrection.

Pelosi on the days ahead: ‘Security, security, security’

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted January 15, 2021 at 3:59pm
Speaker Nancy Pelosi gavels into recess after the House voted to impeach President Donald Trump for inciting an insurrection in the House chamber on Jan. 13, 2021.

The Transition: ‘It was surreal’: A second impeachment, in the time of COVID-19

By Jason Dick, Jinitzail Hernández, Lindsey McPherson, Jim Saksa and Chris Marquette
Posted January 13, 2021 at 7:26pm
It's been quite a year.

The year we will never forget

By Jason Dick and Jinitzail Hernández
Posted December 30, 2020 at 11:39am
Storm clouds pass over the Capitol dome as a severe thunderstorm approaches Washington on July 22, 2020. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

2020: Roll Call’s photo picks of the year

By Jinitzail Hernández, Bill Clark, Tom Williams and Caroline Brehman
Posted December 30, 2020 at 7:00am

3 tech takeaways from the massive spending bill

By Dean DeChiaro and Jinitzail Hernández
Posted December 23, 2020 at 11:17am
Storm clouds pass over the Capitol dome as a severe thunderstorm approaches Washington on July 22, 2020. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

3 Defense takeaways from the massive spending bill

By John M. Donnelly and Jinitzail Hernández
Posted December 22, 2020 at 3:14pm

Guns and policy: A conversation with new member Lauren Boebert

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted December 17, 2020 at 12:03pm
Vice President Joe Biden and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell arrive in the House chamber on Jan. 6, 2017, for a joint session of Congress to tally Electoral College votes.

The Transition: Sorry, 2020’s political drama will be leaking into 2021

By Jason Dick, Jinitzail Hernández, Katherine Tully-McManus, Jessica Wehrman and Stephanie Akin
Posted December 15, 2020 at 5:50pm
Photo courtesy of the Jay Obernolte for Congress campaign

Video games and partisanship: A conversation with new member Jay Obernolte

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted December 15, 2020 at 4:32pm
Running against the swamp is a time-honored tactic. But someone needs to run the government.

The Transition: The bureaucrats are back

By Jason Dick, Jinitzail Hernández, Niels Lesniewski and Benjamin J. Hulac
Posted December 10, 2020 at 6:16pm
Gen. Lloyd James Austin III, commanding general of U.S. Forces in Iraq, and U.S. Ambassador to Iraq James F. Jeffrey during the Senate Foreign Relations hearing on Iraq's transition to civilian control. (Scott J. Ferrell/Congressional Quarterly)

4 confirmation obstacles for Lloyd Austin, Biden’s Defense pick

By Jinitzail Hernández and John M. Donnelly
Posted December 10, 2020 at 12:47pm
U.S. President George W. Bush signs the renewal of the U.S. Patriot Act during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, March 9, 2006. After a long battle with Congress that went down to the wire, President Bush signed the renewal of the USA Patriot Act, a day before 16 major provisions of the old law expire. (Brooks Kraft LLC/Corbis via Getty Images)

Explaining Section 215, FISA and reauthorization status as the 116th wraps up

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted December 9, 2020 at 6:00pm
Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Tito Alvarado, a preventative medicine technician at Camp Lemonnier, prepares to administer the flu vaccine to Cmdr. Chuck Williams, the executive officer at Camp Lemonnier. The camp started providing the influenza vaccine this month to Camp personnel in 2015.

COVID-19 vaccine: Navy’s top officer outlines distribution priorities

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted December 2, 2020 at 3:20pm
Avril Haines, former deputy national security adviser and former deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency, was named by President-elect Joe Biden to be director of national intelligence.

Biden Cabinet: 3 big challenges facing the next DNI

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted November 24, 2020 at 6:47pm
Burqa-clad women shop at a women's clothing store in Kandahar on October 1, 2020. (WAKIL KOHSAR / AFP)

Expert tells Congress to watch for setbacks for Afghan women post-troop withdrawal

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted November 20, 2020 at 2:14pm
Rudolph Giuliani, attorney for President Donald Trump, conducts a news conference Thursday at the Republican National Committee on lawsuits regarding the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.

The Transition: Trump team briefs senators, but not Biden team, on pandemic

By Jason Dick, Jinitzail Hernández, Niels Lesniewski and Kate Ackley
Posted November 19, 2020 at 6:41pm
Scenes from the Federal Election Commission headquarters located at 1050 First St. NE Sept. 21, 2018. (Sarah Silbiger/CQ Roll Call)

Nanoinfluencers: The next regulatory frontier

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted November 19, 2020 at 3:59pm
Twitter home feed displayed on a laptop on Oct. 20, 2020 (Jinitzail Hernández/CQ Roll Call)

Election misinformation: Experts analyze Facebook and Twitter labels

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted November 11, 2020 at 1:31pm
A U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit assigned to the 509th Bomb Wing from Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, receives fuel from a 100th Air Refueling Wing KC-135 Stratotanker during Global Thunder 20, Oct. 28, 2019. Global Thunder is an annual command and control exercise that provides training opportunities for all of U.S. Strategic Command’s mission areas, tests joint and field training operations, and has a specific focus on nuclear readiness. (Staff Sgt. Trevor T. McBride/U.S. Air Force)

Nuclear experts weigh in on top issues for incoming administration

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted November 10, 2020 at 6:00am
New York City Councilman Ritchie Torres sits down with CQ Roll Call. He is a Democrat running in NY-15 in the Bronx. The race now an open-seat contest now that Rep. Jose E. Serrano is retiring. (Nathan Ouellette/CQ Roll Call)

New member Ritchie Torres on intersectionality, mental health and more

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted November 5, 2020 at 3:45pm
What could go wrong with Election Day and its aftermath? Plenty. Political Theater outlines the worst-case scenarios.

Just in time for Halloween: Worst-case scenarios for the election

By Jason Dick and Jinitzail Hernández
Posted October 29, 2020 at 9:50am
Cutouts of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg appear on the east lawn of the Capitol ahead of his testimony before a joint hearing of the Senate Judiciary and Commerce Committees on the protection of user data on April 10, 2018. Avaaz set up the display to call on Facebook to delete fake accounts. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

What is Section 230?

By Jinitzail Hernández and Dean DeChiaro
Posted October 26, 2020 at 3:15pm
Iowa is playing host to competitive House races, a tight Senate contest and a close presidential election this year.

Brent Roske, ‘Iowa’s political bartender,’ talks Hawkeye State races

By Jason Dick and Jinitzail Hernández
Posted October 22, 2020 at 3:33pm
The U.S. Capitol dome is seen at dawn on Aug. 27, 2020. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Experts weigh in on how QAnon conspiracy theory gained followers

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted October 16, 2020 at 12:19pm
President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden participate in the first 2020 presidential debate in Cleveland, OH.

With or without a debate: Five defense questions the candidates should answer

By John M. Donnelly and Jinitzail Hernández
Posted October 7, 2020 at 11:31am
Secretary of Defense, Dr. Mark T. Esper records statement for virtual A.I. Symposium in the Pentagon Briefing Room September 8, 2020. (DoD photo by Marvin Lynchard)

Pentagon business reforms in limbo

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted September 9, 2020 at 5:52pm
Presidential nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden and his wife Jill Biden wave at a wall of fan webcams during the closing moments of the virtual 2020 Democratic National Convention, livestreamed online.

Congressional Hits and Misses: Democratic Convention edition

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted August 21, 2020 at 5:16pm
New York Sens. Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand celebrate on the floor of the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia on the final night of the Democratic National Convention on July 28, 2016.

Virtually the same? This year’s unconventional Democratic National Convention

By Jim Saksa and Jinitzail Hernández
Posted August 19, 2020 at 6:19pm
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., joined by other Democratic members of Congress, speaks during a news conference on postal service outside the U.S. Postal Service Headquarters on Tuesday. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Coronavirus Special Report: Why the GOP is offering money to help the ailing Postal Service

By Shawn Zeller and Jinitzail Hernández
Posted August 18, 2020 at 5:55pm
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, attends the Senate Judiciary Committee markup on the “Civil Justice for Victims of COVID Act,” and judicial nominations in Russell Building on July 30, 2020.(Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Witnesses testify at Senate Judiciary hearing on protests

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted August 5, 2020 at 11:35am
Engineers prepare for the flexible heat shield installation on the inflatable structure that would allow spacecrafts to land safely on planets with an atmosphere. The view is from bottom side, and the heat shield is on top. (NASA/Langley Research Center)

Space architecture: What Congress needs to focus on

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted July 30, 2020 at 2:39pm
Adam D. DeMarco, a National Guard officer, testifies during the House Natural Resources Committee hearing on Tuesday.

Dueling testimonies: National Guard officer contradicts Park Police on Lafayette Square protests

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted July 28, 2020 at 7:45pm
The military honor guard carries Rep. John Lewis’ casket up the steps of the Capitol on Monday. Rep. Lewis will lie in state at the Capitol Monday and Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Pelosi yields the floor to Lewis one last time

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted July 27, 2020 at 6:11pm
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., wears a face mask as she walks down the House steps of the U.S. Capitol before the House vote on the $483.4 billion economic relief package on April 23, 2020.(Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Yoho: ‘I apologize for the misunderstanding’

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted July 22, 2020 at 12:33pm
NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy works during a six-hour spacewalk to install three lithium-ion batteries on the International Space Station's truss structure. The orbiting lab was above the North Pacific Ocean off the coast of Russia flying into an orbital sunrise at the time this photograph was taken. (Courtesy of NASA)

Why are there no rules in space?

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted July 22, 2020 at 6:50am
Rep. G.K. Butterfield, D-N.C., arrives to the Capitol for the House vote on an impeachment inquiry resolution on October 31, 2019. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

For Rep. G.K. Butterfield, the fight for voting rights goes way back

By Jason Dick and Jinitzail Hernández
Posted July 16, 2020 at 8:32am
Members of the Congressional Black Caucus Reps. G.K. Butterfield, D-N.C., and Brenda Lawrence, D-Mich., conduct a news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center on how COVID-19 disproportionately affects black Americans on April 23, 2020. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Butterfield wants Pelosi to require masks on the House floor

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted July 15, 2020 at 1:17pm
Mark Zuckerberg, chairman and chief executive officer of Facebook, confers with aides before testifying during the House Financial Services hearing titled ““An Examination of Facebook and Its Impact on the Financial Services and Housing Sectors”,” on Oct. 23, 2019.

Why can’t we define disinformation?

By Jinitzail Hernández and Gopal Ratnam
Posted July 10, 2020 at 11:49am
Illinois state police respond to protests outside of Trump Tower in Chicago on May 30, 2020.

Milley: We need a clear distinction between police and military

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted July 9, 2020 at 6:38pm
Three Black congressman — from left, Will Hurd, Cedric L. Richmond and André Carson — share what their parents told them about interacting with law enforcement, and what they’re telling the next generation.

‘Just come home’ — Black lawmakers reflect on their interactions with the police

By Jason Dick, Evan Campbell and Jinitzail Hernández
Posted July 8, 2020 at 3:04pm
White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany answers questions during a press briefing at the White House on Monday.

White House claims remdesivir decreases coronavirus mortality rate

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted July 6, 2020 at 5:19pm
Reps. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., and Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, prepare for an interview during the last House votes of the week in the Capitol on September 27, 2019. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

‘We can’t waste this moment in the NDAA’

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted June 30, 2020 at 11:06am
President Donald Trump speaks to the press after attending a Senate Republican Policy Luncheon in Hart Building on May 19, 2020. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Trump’s Supreme Court tax case in context

By Jinitzail Hernández and Keith Lewis
Posted June 26, 2020 at 4:09pm
White roses are placed beside a sign that reads “We are Charleston” outside the Capitol on June 18, 2015, during a prayer vigil for victims of the Charleston, S.C., shooting.

‘There are no degrees of separation’ — How the Charleston church shooting looms over the current racial justice debate

By Jason Dick and Jinitzail Hernández
Posted June 18, 2020 at 5:20pm
Dr. Stephen M. Hahn, FDA Administrator, testifies before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies on "Food and Drug Administration Budget Request for FY2021” in Washington on Wednesday, March 11, 2020. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Coronavirus Special Report: FDA reverses on drug Trump touted

By Shawn Zeller and Jinitzail Hernández
Posted June 15, 2020 at 5:31pm
A demonstrator is seen near Capitol Square during a rally to demand that Gov. Ralph Northam (D) lift restrictions that have closed certain businesses in Virginia since the coronavirus outbreak in Richmond, Va., on Wednesday, April 22, 2020. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Here’s why the US named bases for Confederate generals

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted June 11, 2020 at 7:20pm
State police arrive at Trump Tower in Chicago on May 30 in the midst of protests against the slaying of George Floyd.

Insurrection Act: What you need to know

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted June 8, 2020 at 11:24am
USS Vicksburg (CG 69) is maneuvered into a dry dock during a docking evolution at BAE Systems Shipyard in Norfolk, Virginia on March 24, 2020.(U.S. Navy Photo by Hendrick L. Dickson)

Navy has challenges keeping ships in shape during pandemic

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted June 1, 2020 at 9:14pm, Updated June 3, 2020 at 1:27pm
Rep. David Schweikert, R-Ariz., speaks during the Tribal Unity Impact Days hosted by the National Congress of American Indians in Dirksen Building on September 12, 2018. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Blockchain flashback: Legislative issues unchanged in time of coronavirus

By Jinitzail Hernández and Keith Lewis
Posted May 20, 2020 at 1:55pm
Daniel Koors waves an American flag as he sits on a semi-truck as he and a group of other truck drivers demonstrate along Constitution Avenue as they call for the Department of Justice to investigate illicit price gouging by freight brokers on Monday. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call/Pool)

Truckers ask for transparency: ‘Hear me loud and clear, we are not leaving’

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted May 13, 2020 at 2:50pm
Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., arrives for the House Financial Services hearing on “An Examination of Facebook and Its Impact on the Financial Services and Housing Sectors” on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

‘I won’t take that for granted anymore,’ says Rashida Tlaib

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted May 13, 2020 at 2:48pm
A member of the military is screened prior to driving on base. (DVIDS)

Pandemic-related changes to military bases require scrutiny, experts say

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted May 11, 2020 at 11:38am
A health care professional applies a swab at a drive-thru coronavirus testing facility for residents who have an order from a provider on Quincy Street in Arlington, Va., on March 19. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Telehealth’s expansion may be here to stay

By Gopal Ratnam and Jinitzail Hernández
Posted May 1, 2020 at 7:00am
Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., arrives at the Capitol before the continuation of the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump.

CQ on Congress’ full interview with Sen. Chris Coons

By Shawn Zeller and Jinitzail Hernández
Posted April 29, 2020 at 6:59pm
UNITED STATES - APRIL 27: An activist holds up a sign as she participates in a protest with Black Lives Matter DC, 1199SEIU and ShutDownDC to highlight the plight of vulnerable community members, including immigrant workers and people in jails, prisons and ICE detention centers exposed to Coronavirus on Monday, April 27, 2020. Police officers showed up amidst the ongoing protests outside of a Safeway in Southeast D.C. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Protesters rove DC advocating for people of color during pandemic

By Thomas McKinless and Jinitzail Hernández
Posted April 28, 2020 at 10:49am