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Yellen, Powell say pandemic aid averted worst economic blow
Recovery has moved faster than expected, but there’s still a ways to go, the economic officials said at a hearing on the pandemic response.
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Recovery has moved faster than expected, but there’s still a ways to go, the economic officials said at a hearing on the pandemic response.
The Senate on Tuesday confirmed President Joe Biden's pick to be surgeon general, setting up Vivek H. Murthy for his second turn at the post.
Samantha Power, Obama's former U.N. ambassador, says she would work on democracy promotion and human rights at USAID.
Senators showed few signs that mass shootings in Colorado and Georgia would do much to shake years of partisan stalemate.
Statehood advocates capitalized on momentum in their quest to make D.C. the 51st state as GOP lawmakers sought to knock them back.
ANALYSIS — Recent remarks from Schumer and Durbin illustrate how Democrats see political gain in taking a stand on the Senate filibuster.
The Senate has several confirmation votes on tap, as well as the Senate Democratic caucus retreat, which gets under way Monday.
Both new chairs of their chambers’ respective Defense Appropriations panels are well versed in how the budget sausage is made.
The outer fence surrounding the Capitol complex will be removed this weekend, according to acting House Sergeant-at-Arms Timothy P. Blodgett.
Rep. Tom Reed could be subject to the House ethics process for accusations by Nicolette Davis of sexual misconduct.
The effort to expel Marjorie Taylor Greene from the House could set the stage for extended partisan war in the chamber.
The bill would provide a citizenship path for undocumented immigrant 'Dreamers' brought to the U.S. as children. It passed 228-197, with nine GOP votes.
The issue of expanding gun background checks shows the limits of bipartisan negotiations and public pressure in moving Republicans.
The hearing, the first in 34 years on the issue, was set even before a deadly attack Tuesday on three Asian businesses in the Atlanta area.
Sen. Tim Kaine revealed he is a long-hauler with neurological symptoms he described as non-painful but “weird.”
Rep. Mike Gallagher and others want to repeal authorizations dating back to the 1950s to reassert Congress' war powers.
Lawmakers on Wednesday set out the personal nature of the partisan split that will mean a tough path to becoming law.
Republicans objected to a lack of bipartisanship in drafting and expansion of provisions that bar domestic abusers from owning firearms.
President Joe Biden's support of some sort of change to filibuster rules has heartened some Democrats who favor such a move.
The House passed a bill to award Congressional Gold Medals to U.S. Capitol Police and the District's Metropolitan Police Department.