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Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., filed legislation earlier Thursday to extend the current Violence Against Women Act for six months. It is now being extended through Dec. 7 under a stopgap spending bill. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Stefanik launches PAC to boost female candidates, now with GOP leadership support

By Simone Pathé
Posted January 18, 2019 at 5:04am
Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, could face a well-funded primary challenger. (CQ Roll Call file photo)

Rep. Steve King challenger raises $100,000 in 10 days

By Emily Kopp
Posted January 17, 2019 at 2:10pm
President Donald Trump called the government spending package headed his way “ridiculous,” raising doubts about whether he’ll sign it. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Trump unveils his ’Ric Flair doctrine’ — after another border wall pitch

By John T. Bennett
Posted January 17, 2019 at 2:01pm
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that Congress will skip its recess next week to take up bills “that the Republicans themselves passed in the Senate but now won’t take up.” (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Pelosi says House will skip recess while government is shut down

By Roll Call Staff
Posted January 17, 2019 at 12:55pm
Rep. Tom Marino, R-Pa., leaves the U.S. Capitol building after final votes of the week on Friday, June 15, 2018. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Two weeks after being sworn in, Tom Marino announces resignation from Congress

By Chris Cioffi and Katherine Tully-McManus
Posted January 17, 2019 at 12:43pm
Sens. Jack Reed, D-R.I., and Robert Menendez, D-N.J., at a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on Nov. 28, 2017.  They want answers from President Trump about his conversations with Russia’s Vladimir Putin. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Reed, Menendez press Trump for ‘immediate’ info on talks with Russia’s Putin

By John T. Bennett
Posted January 17, 2019 at 10:26am
Texas Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert, left, said Republican House leader Kevin McCarthy didn’t give Iowa GOP Rep. Steve King, right, “due process” before taking action against him. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Louie Gohmert comes to Steve King’s defense

By Griffin Connolly
Posted January 17, 2019 at 9:03am
William Barr, nominee for attorney general, testifies during his Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Barr assures senators of his independence

By Todd Ruger
Posted January 15, 2019 at 9:49am
Sen. Mazie Hirono said she will donate her paycheck to food banks in Hawaii during the shutdown. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Here are lawmakers diverting pay in solidarity with shutdown employees

By Emily Kopp
Posted January 4, 2019 at 3:34pm