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Justice, McConnell style

By Robert Matson
Posted October 27, 2020 at 7:00am
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell filed cloture Friday on Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court nomination, setting up a procedural vote Sunday and a final vote Monday.

Senate sets up procedural vote on Amy Coney Barrett nomination for Sunday

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted October 23, 2020 at 2:08pm

Capitol Ink | Synchronized flip-flop team

By Robert Matson
Posted September 24, 2020 at 7:00am
An American flag is flown at half-staff at the Supreme Court on Monday to mourn the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Road ahead: Stopgap spat and Supreme Court tension dominate week

By Lindsey McPherson and Chris Cioffi
Posted September 21, 2020 at 6:01pm
Senate Appropriations Chairman Richard C. Shelby, R-Ala., said Republicans are looking at pushing the annual spending bills to after the November elections.

Census deadlines dispute hangs up stopgap funding talks

By Paul M. Krawzak and Jennifer Shutt
Posted September 15, 2020 at 12:26pm, Updated at 6:17pm
Speaker Nancy Pelosi talks with members of the press Monday. She said last week that additional COVID-19 aid will not be attached to a continuing resolution.

Road ahead: CR decisions, judicial nominations and anti-discrimination legislation

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted September 14, 2020 at 2:12pm
Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., right,, and Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., talk before a Senate Judiciary Committee markup on July 30, 2020. Some confirmations of judges to U.S. District Courts have gleaned bipartisan support.

An issue senators can agree on is … judges?

By Chris Cioffi
Posted September 11, 2020 at 12:22pm
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell departs from a GOP conference lunch Thursday after the coronavirus relief bill did not advance in the Senate.

Trump folly steps on Senate GOP message again

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted September 10, 2020 at 7:08pm
Sen. David Perdue of Georgia joins seven other Republicans on the list of the 10 most vulnerable senators on the ballot this year.

10 most vulnerable senators in 2020: Georgia’s Perdue joins list, Michigan’s Peters drops off

By Bridget Bowman, Kate Ackley and Stephanie Akin
Posted August 6, 2020 at 10:00am
White House Chief of Staff Meadows said at a briefing Friday that congressional Democrats haven't made any counter offers to Republicans for another pandemic relief bill.

Coronavirus relief talks stuck on scope of aid

By Lindsey McPherson and Niels Lesniewski
Posted July 31, 2020 at 2:24pm