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Capitol Ink | Mean tweets

By R.J. Matson
Posted February 25, 2021 at 7:00am
Rep. Greg Stanton, D-Ariz., pictured at a House Judiciary Committee markup in 2019, has introduced a bill to require Capitol Police to wear body cameras, one of several pieces of legislation designed to respond to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

Lawmakers begin to develop legislative response to Capitol attack

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted February 25, 2021 at 5:00am
The Biden White House’s playbook on immigration is emblematic of a new approach to legislating that avoids playing for opposition votes with provisions your own base hates, Shapiro writes.

Biden’s newfangled theory of legislating

By Walter Shapiro
Posted February 23, 2021 at 6:00am
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks during her weekly news conference in the Capitol Thursday.

Lawmakers prepping supplemental appropriations for Capitol security

By Lindsey McPherson and Katherine Tully-McManus
Posted January 28, 2021 at 2:37pm, Updated at 6:03pm
Parler app downloads increased in the days after the attack on the Capitol. But Google and Apple banned the app from their stores soon after.

Study: Parler users were more likely veterans or in military

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted January 19, 2021 at 6:00am
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
Capitol workers remove damaged furniture in the Capitol on Jan. 7, a day after the mob attack. We owe a debt of gratitude to staff on the Hill who helped the Capitol quickly return to business, Zapien writes.

Let’s not forget the staffers

By Ivan Zapien
Posted January 15, 2021 at 2:20pm
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 taps retired Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré to conduct Capitol security review

By Lindsey McPherson and John M. Donnelly
Posted January 15, 2021 at 1:24pm
Workers install more robust fencing along the east side of the Capitol on Jan. 7, a day after a pro-Trump mob attacked the building.

Securing the Capitol shouldn’t mean it becomes a fortress

By Meredith McGehee
Posted January 14, 2021 at 3:15pm

Capitol Ink | Amy Coney Barrett-ometer

By Robert Matson
Posted October 13, 2020 at 7:00am