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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., arrives for his weekly news conference on Thursday.

Coronavirus Special Report: Morning minute 3/27

By Shawn Zeller and Micaela Rodríguez
Posted March 27, 2020 at 5:00am
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell flashes a thumbs-up to the media Wednesday after speaking on the floor about the coronavirus stimulus package.

Coronavirus Special Report: Morning minute 3/26

By Shawn Zeller and Micaela Rodríguez
Posted March 26, 2020 at 7:36am
Reporters question Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, center, as he walks through the Capitol on his way to a meeting with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.

Coronavirus Special Report: Morning minute, 3/25

By Shawn Zeller and Micaela Rodríguez
Posted March 25, 2020 at 5:00am
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell exits from the Senate floor in the Capitol on March 18, 2020.

Coronavirus Special Report: Mid-day update, 3/23

By Jason Dick and Micaela Rodríguez
Posted March 23, 2020 at 1:53pm
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he would like a vote on the stimulus bill Monday.

Coronavirus Special Report: Evening update, 3/20

By Micaela Rodríguez and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted March 20, 2020 at 6:22pm
A box of tissues and a bottle of Purell hand sanitizer sit on the desk in the Senate Reception Room in the Capitol.

Coronavirus emergency funding is just getting started

By David Lerman, Jennifer Shutt and Micaela Rodríguez
Posted March 9, 2020 at 5:56pm
Teamsters listen to Massachusetts Rep. Richard E. Neal speak about efforts to save pensions in South Boston on Jan. 24, 2018. The promise of a monthly pension check, once considered ironclad, is now in doubt for more than a million retirees and older workers nationwide, including tens of thousands in Massachusetts and neighboring states. Their underfunded pension plans are creeping toward insolvency, putting benefits they earned over the course of a career at risk of being cut or even eliminated.

Union pension funds trigger congressional rescue efforts

By David Lerman and Micaela Rodríguez
Posted March 2, 2020 at 5:00am
The U.S. Capitol building in May 2019.

Candidates already jockeying to lead House Appropriations Committee

By David Lerman, Jennifer Shutt and Micaela Rodríguez
Posted February 24, 2020 at 1:51pm
A section of the border wall stretches through the Rio Grande Valley sector of the Texas border.

Military weapons funding takes hit for border wall

By David Lerman, Jennifer Shutt and Micaela Rodríguez
Posted February 18, 2020 at 2:09pm
Copies of President Donald Trump’s budget for fiscal 2021 arrived on Capitol Hill Monday, February 10. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Top takeaways from Trump’s latest budget proposal

By David Lerman, Jennifer Shutt and Micaela Rodríguez
Posted February 11, 2020 at 1:13pm
UNITED STATES - JANUARY 23: Storm clouds pass over the dome of the U.S. Capitol building on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Infrastructure week is back again

By Micaela Rodríguez and David Lerman
Posted February 3, 2020 at 5:37pm
A staffer carries multiple binders as he walks through the Senate Reception Room before the continuation of the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Senate says no to witnesses, as final vote is set for Wednesday

By Evan Campbell, Micaela Rodríguez and Shawn Zeller
Posted February 1, 2020 at 2:50pm
LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 24: A visual representation of the digital Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin on October 24, 2017 in London, England. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Bitcoin Intermediaries

By Micaela Rodríguez and Chris Brummer
Posted January 28, 2020 at 5:00am
UNITED STATES - AUGUST 15: The U.S. flag waves in front of the U.S. Capitol dome on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Congress faces narrow spending increase as VA health care costs balloon

By Micaela Rodríguez, Jennifer Shutt and David Lerman
Posted January 21, 2020 at 4:14pm
UNITED STATES - JANUARY 16: Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., Democratic Caucus Chair Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., Rep. Val Demings, D-Fla., Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo., and Rep. Sylvia Garcia, D-Texas, walk through the Capitol Rotunda as they pass from the House to the Senate on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Historic impeachment trial begins. Now what?

By Micaela Rodríguez and Shawn Zeller
Posted January 16, 2020 at 5:14pm
Basketball icon Kobe Bryant was remembered Monday as the Senate convened as a court of impeachment. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Previewing the appropriations process in 2020

By Micaela Rodríguez and David Lerman
Posted January 13, 2020 at 5:10pm
The Federal Reserve building. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Fintech Beat sits down with the former chief of the Federal Reserve’s open banking unit

By Chris Brummer and Micaela Rodríguez
Posted January 7, 2020 at 4:00am
LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 24: A visual representation of the digital Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin on October 24, 2017 in London, England. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

The Year in Fintech

By Micaela Rodríguez and Chris Brummer
Posted December 24, 2019 at 12:00am
Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., talks to reporters after Tuesday’sa meeting of the House Democratic Caucus in the Capitol, where impeachment was barely discussed. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

House Democrats in Trump districts risk it all with impeachment vote

By Micaela Rodríguez and Shawn Zeller
Posted December 19, 2019 at 1:58pm
House Financial Services Committee Chairwoman Maxine Waters, D-Calif., departs from a meeting of the House Democratic Caucus in the Capitol on Tuesday. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Fintech Beat sits down for a one-on-one with Maxine Waters

By Micaela Rodríguez and Chris Brummer
Posted December 17, 2019 at 5:00pm
UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 18: The U.S. Capitol building as seen from the Senate side on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Curbing unexpected medical bills has bipartisan backing in Congress

By Micaela Rodríguez and Shawn Zeller
Posted December 13, 2019 at 4:44pm
Public blockchains such as those that underpin cryptocurrencies like bitcoin are most at risk because anyone can participate. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images file photo)

The transfer agent: A deep-dive into how blockchain technology can help capital markets

By Micaela Rodríguez and Chris Brummer
Posted December 10, 2019 at 12:30am
UNITED STATES - JANUARY 23: Storm clouds pass over the dome of the U.S. Capitol building on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Lawmakers appear eager to reach year-end spending deal

By Micaela Rodríguez and David Lerman
Posted December 9, 2019 at 4:45pm
Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., participates in the House Democrats’ news conference on health care reform in the Capitol on Thursday, July 20, 2017. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

How robocalls may be the thing to unite Congress

By Micaela Rodríguez and Shawn Zeller
Posted December 6, 2019 at 2:23pm

Curing the Small Business Recession

By Micaela Rodríguez
Posted December 3, 2019 at 5:00am
As technological innovations rapidly reshape the American economy, it’s time Congress took notice and brought itself up to speed, Grumet and Johnson write. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

The outlook for a year-end tax bill

By Micaela Rodríguez and David Lerman
Posted December 2, 2019 at 4:58pm
Gordon Sondland, U.S. ambassador to the European Union, arrives to testify before the House Intelligence Committee during a hearing on the impeachment inquiry of President Trump in Longworth Building on Wednesday, November 20, 2019. Jennifer Williams, an aide to Vice President Mike Pence, also testified. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

To beat Trump, Democrats need to win Wisconsin. The impeachment inquiry isn’t helping.

By Micaela Rodríguez
Posted November 22, 2019 at 6:00am

China is introducing a digital yuan: Here’s what a state-backed cryptocurrency could mean for the U.S. dollar

By Micaela Rodríguez
Posted November 19, 2019 at 4:45am
Fall leaves blanket the lawn on the east side of the Capitol on Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Congress barreling toward agreement on stopgap funding measure, avoiding a shutdown before holiday

By Micaela Rodríguez and David Lerman
Posted November 18, 2019 at 3:31pm
Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch takes her seat for the House Select Intelligence Committee hearing on the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump begins on Friday, Nov. 15, 2019. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

New witnesses emerge after first week of public impeachment hearings

By Micaela Rodríguez and Shawn Zeller
Posted November 15, 2019 at 3:38pm
Journalists follow Senate Intelligence Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein as she leaves her office on her way to the chamber floor to speak about the CIA torture report being released by the committee on on Dec. 9, 2014. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

How a Capitol Hill staffer and a James Bond screenwriter dramatized ‘The Report’

By Jason Dick, Micaela Rodríguez and Niels Lesniewski
Posted November 12, 2019 at 2:02pm
A section of the border wall stretches through the Rio Grande Valley sector of the Texas border on Aug. 20, 2019. (Photo by Jinitzail Hernández/CQ Roll Call)

Disagreements on border wall could stall defense authorization bill

By Micaela Rodríguez and Shawn Zeller
Posted November 8, 2019 at 2:30pm
Speaker Nancy Pelosi looks on as the House votes on Oct. 31 on a resolution outlining the rules for the next phase of the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. Impeachment will frame the debate going into the 2020 elections. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times/Pool)

The four most likely scenarios for 2020 elections, explained

By Jason Dick, Micaela Rodríguez and Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted November 5, 2019 at 5:00am
Fall leaves blanket the lawn on the east side of the Capitol on Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Congress struggles to agree on funding as November deadline looms

By Micaela Rodríguez and Jennifer Shutt
Posted November 4, 2019 at 4:59pm
Oklahoma Rep. Kendra Horn tops the list of most vulnerable House incumbents for the 2020 election cycle. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call file photo)

The most vulnerable 2020 House and Senate incumbents, explained

By Bridget Bowman, Jason Dick, Micaela Rodríguez, Simone Pathé and Stephanie Akin
Posted November 4, 2019 at 2:21pm
Republican lawmakers listen to Rep. Lee Zeldin, R-N.Y., speak during a news conference with other Republicans on Capitol Hill on Thursday Oct. 31, 2019. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

The House voted to make the impeachment inquiry public. Now what?

By Micaela Rodríguez and Shawn Zeller
Posted November 1, 2019 at 4:16pm
Joe Lubin (left), co-founder of Ethereum and the founder of ConsenSys, talks with Chris Brummer, co-founder of Fintech Beat, at Fintech Week 2019. (Photo by CQ Roll Call)

The co-founder of Ethereum has thoughts on Facebook’s Libra

By Micaela Rodríguez
Posted October 30, 2019 at 4:45am
Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., at podium, speaks during a news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center outside the Laura Cooper, deputy assistant secretary of defense, deposition related to the House's impeachment inquiry on Wednesday, October 23, 2019. The Republican members were calling for access to the deposition. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Closed-door impeachment inquiry irks the GOP

By Micaela Rodríguez and Shawn Zeller
Posted October 25, 2019 at 3:58pm
Twitter locked out Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s campaign account. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Bipartisan cooperation put to the test in Senate

By Micaela Rodríguez, Evan Campbell and David Lerman
Posted October 21, 2019 at 5:47pm
A coalition of progressive activist groups, including MoveOn.org, hold a rally at the Capitol calling on Congress to impeach President Trump on Capitol Hill on Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

White House staff on the hot seat

By Micaela Rodríguez and Shawn Zeller
Posted September 27, 2019 at 4:50pm
Henry Palmer, a homeless man living in one of the tents near Union Station in Washington, sweeps his area as he waits for DC city workers to load his belongings into a truck in 2016. The city ordered the small tent city, just blocks from the U.S. Capitol, removed. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Trump upends bipartisan consensus on homelessness

By Micaela Rodríguez and Shawn Zeller
Posted September 20, 2019 at 10:53am
Signs in the window of the Smoke Depot advertise electronic cigarettes and pods by Juul, the nation's largest maker of e-cigarette products, on Sept. 13, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

E-cigarette deaths prompt bipartisan response

By Andrew Siddons, Micaela Rodríguez and Shawn Zeller
Posted September 13, 2019 at 12:27pm
Gone are the days when retired lawmakers had a glide path to K Street and trade association gigs. These days, lawmakers need to show more than just a résumé to have a lucrative career in advocacy. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

K Street doesn’t need just any old retired lawmakers

By Jason Dick, Kate Ackley and Micaela Rodríguez
Posted September 11, 2019 at 12:56pm
Congress is due to return from August recess on Sept. 9.  (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Congress returns for a bleak fall session

By Katherine Tully-McManus, Micaela Rodríguez, Niels Lesniewski, Shawn Zeller and Toula Vlahou
Posted September 6, 2019 at 11:05am
Dan McCready, the Democratic candidate in North Carolina’s 9th District, campaigns in Pembroke, N.C., on Aug. 10. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

In our podcast, we’re gone to Carolina

By Jason Dick, Micaela Rodríguez, Nathan L. Gonzales, Simone Pathé and Toula Vlahou
Posted September 4, 2019 at 11:24am
People gather at a makeshift memorial honoring victims outside Walmart, near the scene of a mass shooting which left at least 22 people dead, on August 7, 2019, in El Paso, Texas. A 21-year-old white male suspect remains in custody in El Paso which sits along the U.S.-Mexico border. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Democrats weighing new gun legislation in wake of mass shootings

By Lindsey McPherson, Micaela Rodríguez, Shawn Zeller and Toula Vlahou
Posted August 30, 2019 at 5:04pm
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Emmanuel Macron and U.S. President Donald Trump pose for the media as they meet with other world leaders Sunday for the first working session of the G-7 Summit in Biarritz, France. (Jeff J Mitchell - Pool /Getty Images)

Stage-managing ‘The Trump Show on the Road’ in Biarritz

By Jason Dick, John T. Bennett and Micaela Rodríguez
Posted August 28, 2019 at 10:37am
Rep. Cindy Axne, D-Iowa, says a quick hello to her son, Gunnar, as he works at a corn dog booth at the Iowa State Fair on Monday August 12, 2019. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

The Iowa State Fair: Our hits, misses and lessons learned

By Bridget Bowman, Jason Dick, Micaela Rodríguez and Thomas McKinless
Posted August 16, 2019 at 8:01am
Iowa State Fair mascots walk by the Administration Building at the Iowa State Fair on Monday. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

The Iowa State Fair: Why do you have to come here to be president?

By Jason Dick and Micaela Rodríguez
Posted August 15, 2019 at 8:03am
People wait in the rain Sunday to hear Republican presidential candidate Bill Weld, a former Massachusetts governor, speak at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

The Iowa State Fair: A day in the deep-fried life

By Jason Dick and Micaela Rodríguez
Posted August 13, 2019 at 9:14am
A demonstrator holds a sign on the East Front of the Capitol during the student-led March for Our Lives rally on Pennsylvania Avenue to call for action to prevent gun violence in March 2018. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

What lawmakers can do about gun violence, and helping black families save ancestral lands

By Ellyn Ferguson, Micaela Rodríguez and Toula Vlahou
Posted August 9, 2019 at 9:21am
Boxes containing President Donald Trump’s budget request for fiscal year 2019 are unpacked by staff in the House Budget Committee hearing room on Monday morning, Feb. 12, 2018. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

What the two-year budget deal means for federal spending

By David Lerman, Meredith Roaten, Micaela Rodríguez, Paul M. Krawzak and Toula Vlahou
Posted July 29, 2019 at 4:06pm
A man watches former special counsel Robert S. Mueller III testify before the House Judiciary Committee on a TV screen at Duffy’s Irish Pub in Washington on Wednesday. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Robert Mueller was sobering. That spilled over to D.C. bars

By Jason Dick, Meredith Roaten and Micaela Rodríguez
Posted July 24, 2019 at 6:20pm
The Trump administration has has made clear that the Pentagon is boosting its cyber operations — both defensive and, increasingly, offensive. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Did the Pentagon weaponize ticks?

By John M. Donnelly, Micaela Rodríguez, Shawn Zeller and Toula Vlahou
Posted July 19, 2019 at 3:03pm
From left, Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ayanna S. Pressley, Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib conduct a news conference Monday to respond to attacks made on them by President Donald Trump. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Get used to it: Trumpism without Trump

By Jason Dick and Micaela Rodríguez
Posted July 17, 2019 at 5:39pm
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., is one of the lawmakers voicing concerns about the conditions in migrant detention centers. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Immigrant raids could lead to more family separations

By Jinitzail Hernández, Micaela Rodríguez, Shawn Zeller and Tanvi Misra
Posted July 12, 2019 at 3:42pm