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Senate Rules Chairman Roy Blunt, R-Mo., led the advancement of the proposal to effectively change the rules for debating presidential nominees. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Senate panel spars over judges, advances GOP effort to cut nomination debate time

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted February 13, 2019 at 12:55pm
Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Jim Risch said the Trump administration has met its reporting requirements. (Sarah Silbiger/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Foreign Relations chairman says Trump has met reporting burden on Khashoggi murder; other senators disagree

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted February 12, 2019 at 3:48pm
Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., lead the Green New Deal resolution. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Mitch McConnell will make Democratic senators vote on the ‘Green New Deal’

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted February 12, 2019 at 2:54pm
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., outlined a broad anti-corruption plan on Tuesday at the National Press Club. (Sarah Silbiger/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Elizabeth Warren keeps pressure on big banks to help workers during government shutdowns

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted February 12, 2019 at 10:45am
Rep. Nita Lowey, D-N.Y., chair of the House Appropriations Committee walks across the Capitol from the House side for a meeting with House and Senate appropriators in an effort to revive spending talks and avert a second shutdown on Monday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Top appropriators reach ‘agreement in principle’ on funding border security, rest of government

By Lindsey McPherson and Jennifer Shutt
Posted February 11, 2019 at 9:02pm
 Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., is among the members who want clarity on using official funds for feminine hygiene purchases. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

House members want official office supply store to stock tampons

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted February 11, 2019 at 1:37pm
Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., a presidential candidate, gives a thumbs-up to Rep. Billy Long, R-Mo., as senators arrive in the House chamber for President Donald Trump’s State of the Union Address on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Is 2019 over yet? It kind of feels like 2020 already

By Jason Dick
Posted February 8, 2019 at 9:00am
The State of the Union did not change the course of the border security conference committee, said Sen. Richard C. Shelby, R-Ala. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Shelby: Trump SOTU didn’t move the needle on border security talks

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted February 5, 2019 at 11:57pm