Politics · 115th Congress
Organizing the Senate Can Sometimes Get Messy
[jwp-video n=”1″] A switch in time The fiercest such debate probably took place in January 1953. In the run-up to the previous year’s presidential election, Sen.
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Video · 115th Congress
The Many Ways to Draw a Gerrymander
By David Hawkings and Thomas McKinless [jwp-video n=”1″] There’s a constitutional limit to partisanship in election mapmaking, courts have ruled in four states – including Pennsylvania
Politics · 115th Congress
Senate Passes Three-Week CR to Reopen Federal Government
Working for the Weekend: Highlights from the Shutdown [jwp-video n=”1″] The outcome was assured once Schumer announced his side would provide the necessary votes just before a scheduled noon
Politics · 115th Congress
Shutdown Ended, but Democrats Still Have Leverage Over Budget Caps
Watch: 17 Days to Negotiate Another Deal [jwp-video n=”1″] Lawmakers are hoping to avoid another shutdown and plan to spend the next few weeks negotiating unresolved issues, including the
Politics · 115th Congress
House Democrats Maintain Hard Line on Shutdown Demands
Watch: McConnell, Durbin Make Their Case as Shutdown Looms [jwp-video n=”1″]
Politics · 115th Congress
House Lawmakers Ready to Carve Some Pork
Watch: Python Hunting, the Great Wall of China, a ‘Little Dance’ and More as Congressional Hits and Misses Returns [jwp-video n=”1″] Rules Chairman Pete Sessions, who outlined how the process
Politics · 115th Congress
Congress Honors ‘Soldier, Legislator and Statesman’ Bob Dole
[jwp-video n=”1″] Watch: What You Didn’t See at Dole’s Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony Dole first came to Congress in 1961, having been elected to represent the 1st Congressional District
Politics · 115th Congress
How the No. 2 Leaders Have Taken Over the DACA Debate
Watch: Clock’s Ticking on Deal to Dodge a Government Shutdown [jwp-video n=”1″] The No. 2s and their staffs took the reins of the high-level immigration talks last week after a Tuesday meeting
Politics · 115th Congress
Bipartisan Immigration Bill Greeted by Big GOP Meh
Watch: Booker Says DHS Secretary is ‘Complicit’ [jwp-video n=”1″] Graham defended his bill and said he hoped more people would view the proposal as legitimate.
Policy · 115th Congress
Democrats Won’t Support CR Without DACA Deal, Hoyer Says
Watch: Clock’s Ticking on Deal to Dodge a Government Shutdown [jwp-video n=”1″] “While there are many reasons why we would be opposed to kicking the can down the road, we haven’t made that
Politics · 115th Congress
Freedom Caucus Members Withholding Votes GOP Needs to Pass CR
With a CR into February, government funding will be operating on autopilot more than a third of the way through fiscal 2018, which began Oct. 1.
Politics · 115th Congress
Key GOP Negotiators Doubt Immigration Deal Materializes This Week
Watch: Leahy Questions Nielsen About Trump Comment [jwp-video n=”1″] Short also said he expected the No. 2 leaders — Cornyn, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California, House Minority
Politics · 115th Congress
GOP Leaders Under the Gun to Avert Partial Shutdown
Watch: Clock’s Ticking on Deal to Dodge a Government Shutdown [jwp-video n=”1″] President Donald Trump signed the previous continuing resolution into law on Dec. 22, after it passed the House
Politics · 115th Congress
At the Races: Senate Challengers — One In, One Out
Darrell Issa, No. 1 on our list of most vulnerable House incumbents, has decided not to seek a 10th term (at least to his district). (CQ Roll Call file photo)Starting Gate In-N-Out: Ohio Rep.
Politics · 115th Congress
GOP Leaders Weighing Mid-February Stopgap, With Sweeteners
Watch: Schumer, McConnell at Crossroads on DACA [jwp-video n=”1″] It would also give appropriators another month to write a fiscal 2018 omnibus package that conforms to the new spending levels
Politics · 115th Congress
Protected Immigration Status for Salvadorans to End in 2019
Watch: DACA Protesters Sit on Senate Steps, Get Arrested [jwp-video n=”1″] The announcement was condemned by some Senate Democrats, who are embroiled in a dispute with President Donald Trump
Politics · 115th Congress
Trump Takes McConnell’s Side in Republican Primaries
Watch: Primary Primer — Your Guide to the 2018 Midterms [jwp-video n=”1″] When a reporter followed up to ask the president if he might engage in challenges to incumbent GOP senators, Trump
Politics · 115th Congress
Getting Into the Boys Club
Watch: Former Congresswomen Reflect on Sexual Harassment Issues [jwp-video n=”1″] Mary Bono of California, who served from 1998 to 2013, said no one handed her anything — she had to work
Politics · 115th Congress
House Democrats Pick Nadler Over Lofgren for Judiciary Post
Watch: ‘There’s a Big Step Between Marching and Running’: Former Congresswomen on Getting Women to Run [jwp-video n=”1″] Many members said Nadler and Lofgren were both qualified candidates