Video · 117th Congress
How Aaron Burr may have created the filibuster by mistake
Despite its dominance over the Senate today, the filibuster may have actually come about by accident due to a speech by Aaron Burr in 1805.
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Policy · 117th Congress
White House resists pressure to space out COVID-19 vaccine doses
Calls grow for expanding first doses of two-dose COVID-19 vaccines and White House faces questions about redirecting vaccines to hot spots.
Congress · 117th Congress
Is broadband infrastructure? Republicans used to think so
Republicans less sure that providing broadband internet service to all Americans is infrastructure, or at least at Biden's price tag.
Congress · 117th Congress
Special report: Microchip security continues to confound Pentagon
The Pentagon and Congress are concerned computer chips and servers can not only be counterfeit but also malicious if it carries spyware.
Congress · 117th Congress
House chaplain prays for Capitol Police and suspect
Chaplain Kibben opened the House on Monday with a prayer for fallen U.S. Capitol Police Officer William Evan and a prayer for the assailant, Noah Green.
Video · 117th Congress
CDC: Deaths jumped 16 percent in 2020
Deaths in the United States increased nearly 16 percent in 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a CDC report.
Congress · 117th Congress
Special report: Questions swirl over subsidies for chip industry
A bipartisan chorus in Washington says U.S. dependence on just a few sources of semiconductors for its economy and military is dangerous.
Video · 117th Congress
‘One of my favorite times of the week’ — Congressional Hits and Misses
Dan Sullivan gave Roll Call reporter Chris Cioffi a Senate floor shout-out for his story about Sullivan’s “Alaskan of the Week” speech.
Policy · 117th Congress
Section 230 changes will be elusive despite pressure on tech CEOs
Democrats rail against social media's role in Jan. 6 riot; Republicans fault Facebook, Google and Twitter for stifling conservative voices.
Video · 117th Congress
Watch: The military’s slow overseas vaccine rollout
Military personnel overseas are reaching out to Congress after expressing frustration with not yet getting the COVID-19 vaccine.
Video · 117th Congress
Fact-checking the filibuster’s racial history
Mitch McConnell says historians agree that the filibuster has no racist history. Given it was a tool for segregationists, some academics object.
Video · 117th Congress
Russia is outsourcing disinformation efforts, report finds
The DNI released a report next month confirming what social media companies knew, Moscow has outsourced influence operations to other countries.
Policy · 117th Congress
Johnson & Johnson under pressure to deliver promised vaccine doses to states
Delays could undercut vaccinations in areas without access to deep freezers needed for one of the two other authorized vaccines.
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
St. Paddy’s Day, SportsTalk and Tom Carper on a train — Congressional Hits and Misses
With Wilmington clogged by traffic from Biden’s St. Paddy’s Day trip, Tom Carper was forced to lead a committee hearing from a train.
Congress · 117th Congress
‘Our community is bleeding’: Asian American lawmakers seek to curb rise in violence
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.
Video · 117th Congress
Watch: Marie Newman shares why equality bill matters to her and her daughter
Rep. Marie Newman testified in favor of an LGBTQ civil rights bill at a Senate hearing Wednesday and discussed her daughter's experience.
Video · 117th Congress
GOP senators say their party’s vaccine hesitancy will go away
GOP senators are downplaying the party’s vaccine hesitancy. Almost half of GOP men and a third of GOP women say they won’t get vaccinated.
Congress · 117th Congress
Haaland: ‘I thought I would have more time here, but we are called to service in different ways’
Watch the highlights of Deb Haaland's speech as she steps down from Congress to become the first Native American secretary of the Interior.
Congress · 117th Congress
Capitol Police to begin moving back fence surrounding complex
The Capitol Police will begin removing the fencing around the Capitol complex in place since a Jan. 6 attack.
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
‘Heaven forbid’ Congress accomplish something — Congressional Hits and Misses
Sen. Mike Lee said a Democratic bill may as well have been “written in hell by the Devil himself,” while Rep. Tim Ryan cried to the heavens.