Congress · 117th Congress
Planning for a post-pandemic Congress underway
Any predictions became more complex on Jan. 6, when the Capitol was overrun by mobs of pro-Trump insurrectionists.
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Campaigns · 117th Congress
Democrats target Johnson, Rubio for votes against COVID-19 relief package
— Senator Ron Johnson (@SenRonJohnson) March 6, 2021 While Rubio voted against the package, one of his amendments was adopted as part of a 24-hour marathon of amendment votes.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Democratic group eyes $50 million effort to elect STEM candidates to House, Senate
Morrow said the group’s grassroots network, which directs donations to endorsed candidates, has grown from 400,000 members at the end of the 2018 election cycle to nearly 6 million today.
Congress · 117th Congress
Wray: FBI followed protocol on Jan. 6 intel, but process needs improvement
The Capitol Police and Metropolitan Police departments received three separate notifications of an FBI report warning of violence at the Capitol the day before the violent Jan. 6 insurrection, FBI Director
Campaigns · 117th Congress
NRSC Chairman Rick Scott says he’s ‘not going to mediate’ GOP conflicts
Trump and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell traded barbs following the Jan. 6 attack at the Capitol, and an ongoing internal party conflict over Trump’s role in the GOP could play out in upcoming
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.
Policy · 117th Congress
Winter weather delays vaccine shipments to all 50 states
Winter storms have led to a nationwide backlog in the delivery of 6 million COVID-19 vaccine doses, setting the time-sensitive vaccination effort back days in communities across the country, the White
Congress · 117th Congress
House Dems renew call for hate crime law after anti-Asian attacks
“The former president showed that words can kill and his already have,” Lieu said, referring to Trump’s role in the Jan. 6 deadly attack on the Capitol.
Policy · 117th Congress
Cybersecurity is not a tech problem, it’s a matter of national survival
The second impeachment trial of Donald Trump served as the backdrop, the vivid videos of the angry mob of Jan. 6 underscoring all that could have been lost that day, and all that divides Americans
Congress · 117th Congress
Pentagon report reveals inroads white supremacists have made in military
And military veterans who adhere to supremacist beliefs have been overrepresented in recent American violence — including in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
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
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Will impeachment even be a blip in 2022 battle for Senate control?
Seven Republican senators crossed party lines and joined all 50 members of the Democratic Conference in voting to convict Trump for inciting the rioters who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6 to stop
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.”
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
Loneliest class in Congress wonders how to make friends
“When I was trapped in the gallery on Jan. 6, that was the first time I met some of those members I was with,” said Jacobs, a Democrat from California.
Congress · 117th Congress
House impeachment managers mount long-shot bid for Trump conviction
But the managers are hoping an emotional, gut-wrenching presentation illustrating how Trump allegedly incited the Jan. 6 insurrection on the Capitol may still persuade some of the 44 GOP senators
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
At AOC-organized floor session, Democrats share tears, fears from Capitol storming
“So, I urge my colleagues to please, please take what happened on Jan. 6 seriously,” the Michigan Democrat said. “It will lead to more death. And we can do better. We must do better.”
Opinion · 117th Congress
The GOP talks a good game, but let’s review those conservative principles
leadership to move on from impeachment, a future face of the party, former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley — after criticizing Trump’s postelection attempts to hold on to power and his actions on Jan. 6
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Peters says it’s ‘too early to speculate’ on DSCC endorsements
Peters said some potential candidates have been spurred to run after the Jan. 6 attack at the Capitol, when a mob of former President Donald Trump’s supporters, fueled by lies that the 2020 election
Congress · 117th Congress
House argues Trump conviction would warn future presidents to follow oath
Schoen said that Trump has condemned violence at all times and that his speech to the crowd on the morning of Jan. 6 called for peacefulness.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Kevin McCarthy taps Trump donors in seeking to retake House majority
It comes at a pivotal moment for the GOP as party insiders wrestle with the role that will now be played by Trump, whose supporters rioted at the Capitol on Jan. 6 but who also remains hugely popular