Congress · 117th Congress
House passes bill to award Congressional Gold Medals to Capitol, DC police
Capitol Police and Washington’s Metropolitan Police Department for protecting the Capitol and members of Congress during the Jan. 6 insurrection.
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Congress · 117th Congress
House set to pass Violence Against Women Act reauthorization, with renewed hope for Senate action
Corrected 6:40 p.m. | The House will vote to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act this week, after standoffs over LGBTQ issues and gun rights prevented an update of the law for years.
Congress · 117th Congress
One-tenth of Congress had COVID-19, but cases halted soon after vaccinations
Only 6 percent of lawmakers who had COVID-19 are Black, all four of whom are from the House where 13 percent of members are Black.
Congress · 117th Congress
House sends massive coronavirus relief bill to Biden
But they extended the length of the program by about a week, from Aug. 29 to Sept. 6, and made the first $10,200 of unemployment benefits exempt from federal taxes for those earning up to $150,000.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Trump vs. Murkowski: Home team advantage
Four years earlier, he carried the state with 51 percent against Hillary Clinton’s 37 percent, while Libertarian Gary Johnson got 6 percent.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
At the Races: Florida man returns
Trump said he is not starting his own party (“Fake news, fake news”); he wants to take on the Republicans who voted to impeach him for inciting the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol (“Get rid of them
Congress · 117th Congress
Lawmakers begin to develop legislative response to Capitol attack
Other legislative efforts are more reflective, like a proposal to establish Jan. 6 as a national day of remembrance.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
At the Races: Can you cancel a civil war?
While we’re reluctant to employ the language of war, especially after the violence of Jan. 6, we can safely say that the Republican Party’s internal strife is not over.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
At the Races: After the fist bump
Meanwhile, Johnson grabbed headlines this week for downplaying the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, saying it “didn’t seem like an armed insurrection to me.”
Congress · 117th Congress
Lawmakers, Capitol Police Board unmoved by union no confidence vote
Acting Capitol Police Chief Yogananda Pittman and six other top officials received votes of no confidence from the department union regarding their ability to lead the department after the Jan. 6 insurrection
Congress · 117th Congress
Reasons for hope after Trump’s second impeachment trial
ANALYSIS — The Senate’s acquittal of former President Donald Trump on a charge he incited Jan. 6’s deadly riot at the Capitol indicates again the depths of the party polarization that afflicts the country
Congress · 117th Congress
Senate votes to acquit Trump for incitement of Jan. 6 insurrection
Senate Republicans declined to convict Donald Trump on Saturday for his role in his supporters’ deadly Jan. 6 insurrection, an expected outcome for an impeachment trial that could alter congressional politics
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
Photos of the day: As D.C. freezes, impeachment comes to a close
Sleet and freezing rain continued to fall in Washington on Saturday as the Senate acquitted former President Donald Trump of “incitement of insurrection” for the Jan 6. Capitol attack.
Congress · 117th Congress
New revelation could derail plan for Senate to acquit Trump Saturday
But then news broke late Friday of a damning statement Trump made to House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy during the Jan. 6 insurrection on the Capitol the House is charging him with inciting.
Congress · 117th Congress
Tension, misery, laughs and a small moment of unity as Trump trial nears end
Trump’s defense team claimed, contrary to facts, that Trump had consistently called for peace as the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol unfolded and had never glorified violence during his presidency or
Congress · 117th Congress
Impeachment managers urge Senate to use ‘courage’ to convict Trump
Ted Lieu read a line from her resignation letter that said the Jan. 6 attack “has deeply troubled me in a way that I simply cannot set aside.”
Campaigns · 117th Congress
At the Races: Impeachment: The Sequel
As Democratic impeachment managers made their case to senators that Donald Trump incited an insurrection at the Capitol on Jan. 6, the former president’s second trial also came up on the campaign
Opinion · 117th Congress
Since when has racial equity been a controversial goal? Sadly, forever
That military and law enforcement veterans played an outsize role in the Jan. 6 pro-Trump riot at the Capitol should be a bipartisan cause for concern.
Congress · 117th Congress
House managers weave senators’ experiences into Trump impeachment evidence
Senators often saw themselves in the evidence Wednesday while House impeachment managers made their case against Donald Trump, on new security footage from the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol Building or
Congress · 117th Congress
Jan. 6 riot weakened Congress’ soft power abroad, experts say
The glass has been swept up, the graffiti cleaned off and authorities continue to identify and arrest rioters who participated in the violent assault on the Capitol on Jan. 6.