Congress · 116th Congress
Duckworth blocks military promotions to protect impeachment witness
She has put a hold on 1,100 promotions until the Defense secretary assures her Lt. Col. Alex Vindman will not be punished for his impeachment testimony.
Search the Roll Call archive by keyword, date, Congress, section, or tags.
She has put a hold on 1,100 promotions until the Defense secretary assures her Lt. Col. Alex Vindman will not be punished for his impeachment testimony.
Critics had raised alarms that the move to give the Pentagon new power would lessen civilian control of the nuclear weapons enterprise.
The Supreme Court will decide whether the House can get materials from the Russian 2016 election interference probe, but likely not before November.
Sen. Bill Cassidy has spent more than $5,500 in campaign money on membership dues to the Penn Club of New York, located in Manhattan.
The Senate on Thursday left for its first recess since Memorial Day, and will return in two weeks with plenty of business waiting.
Chinese officials responsible for crackdown on Hong Kong could face economic sanctions under bill awaiting President Trump's signature
The panel’s annual deliberations on Pentagon policy began with fogged glasses, Diet Cokes and a promise to forgo the usual all-nighter.
The $1.5 trillion bill, unlikely to find traction in the GOP-controlled Senate, shows Democrats view climate as a top issue in the 2020 elections.
GOP senators came out swinging Wednesday against a bill passed in the House last week that would make the District of Columbia the 51st state.
A report showing a lack of diversity among House interns also shows the extent to which entrenched lawmakers are not interested in providing information.
The Congressional Black Caucus on Wednesday outlined its legislative priorities to address systemic racism, including plans to study reparations.
While New York still counts ballots, colleagues are starting to angle for the chairmanship that would open up next year if Rep. Eliot Engel is ousted.
Tucked inside the Senate’s defense bill is a provision that experts say would give nuclear arms advocates extraordinary power over the president’s budget.
The House will vote Wednesday on a $1.5 trillion infrastructure bill that Democrats hail as transformative and Republicans dismiss as doomed.
Confusion reigned Tuesday afternoon when the Senate agreed to a unanimous consent request — but other senators weren't quite sure what exactly passed.
Senate Republicans are drafting a new coronavirus relief bill, but with no Democratic involvement it's unlikely to receive enough support to pass.
The bicameral Congressional panel tasked with planning the 2021 presidential inauguration on Tuesday named its chairman and approved the event budget.
Russian backing of extremist groups in America and Europe deemed a major new threat under the Senate's pending annual defense policy bill
House Democrats who attended a White House briefing on Russian bounties on U.S. troops said they learned nothing from the briefing they didn't know.
The National Defense Authorization Act has been enacted annually for decades, but this year the markups were marked by a different conversation — racism.