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Capitol Ink | Brick wall

By R.J. Matson
Posted June 23, 2021 at 7:00am
Sen. Charles E. Grassley has not said whether he will run for another term next year, but Iowa voters might be looking for someone new.

What to take (and leave) from recent Senate race polling

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted June 23, 2021 at 6:00am
Hispanic voters could become an important part of the Republican coalition if the party focuses on the economy and jobs, Winston writes.

As Democrats go hard left, Hispanics head to the center

By David Winston
Posted June 23, 2021 at 6:00am
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse questions Amy Coney Barrett during her Supreme Court confirmation in 2020. The Rhode Island Democrat has long sought to curb conservative anonymous donors and their influence on the high court.

Whitehouse bolsters push to shine light on ‘dark money’ at Supreme Court

By Todd Ruger
Posted June 23, 2021 at 5:00am
DC Vote rallied for DC statehood on East Capitol Street before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs holds a hearing on S 51, the Washington, DC Admission Act, on Tuesday.

Senate holds subdued ‘baby step’ hearing on DC statehood

By Chris Cioffi
Posted June 22, 2021 at 5:21pm
Sen. Patrick J. Toomey has been a strident critic of federal transit spending.

Retiring Toomey looms large over Senate transport bill

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted June 22, 2021 at 5:00am
Former Sen. Joseph Lieberman, speaks with Delaware Democratic Sen. Tom Carper in this archive photo. Lieberman, who passed along the D.C. statehood baton to Carper, is set to deliver remarks before a Senate committee hearing on statehood Tuesday.

Lieberman plans ‘head and heart’ appeal at DC statehood Senate hearing

By Chris Cioffi
Posted June 21, 2021 at 6:26pm
Supporters of the Democrats’ elections overhaul rally outside the Supreme Court on June 9 to call for the bill’s passage in the Senate.

Voting and ethics overhaul fuels drive to end Senate filibuster

By Kate Ackley
Posted June 21, 2021 at 4:59pm
Supporters of the Democrats’ elections overhaul legislation rally outside the Supreme Court on June 9. With federal efforts at voting reform in limbo, attention should turn stateside, Streator and Ekeh write.

As federal pro-voter reform stalls, advocates should prepare for state-level action

By Campbell Streator and Harold Ekeh
Posted June 18, 2021 at 10:00am
Over time, Congress has ceded its grip on the “power of the purse” — and the executive branch has gladly stepped in to absorb it, Hedtler-Gaudette and Bydlak write.

Congress must seize the opportunity to claw back its power

By Dylan Hedtler-Gaudette and Jonathan Bydlak
Posted June 18, 2021 at 6:00am