Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
Photos of the year so far: Turbulent times
Susan Wild, D-Pa., while taking cover as rioters disrupt the joint session of Congress to certify the Electoral College vote on Jan. 6, 2021.
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Campaigns · 117th Congress
Clyburn: Pass voting bills or Democrats will lose majorities
On Jan. 6, people roamed the halls of this building trying to set in place efforts to make this an autocracy. That’s what they were trying to do.
Congress · 117th Congress
Biden signs into law Congressional Gold Medals for Capitol Police, MPD
Washington’s Metropolitan Police Department and other law enforcement agencies with Congressional Gold Medals for protecting lawmakers from pro-Trump insurrectionists who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6.
Opinion · 117th Congress
‘Punching down,’ the political weapon of so-called tough guys
While not approving of the violent Jan. 6 insurrectionists who stormed the Capitol, McCarthy tried to block an investigation of the attack and said he ignored the testimony of brutalized police officers
Congress · 117th Congress
Cannon renovation hearing highlights questionable reimbursements
The renovation for the oldest House office building was over budget and delayed even before the advent of COVID-19 and the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Congress · 117th Congress
Senate aims for weekend vote on infrastructure bill
Rob Portman R-Ohio, and Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., leading negotiators, said in a joint statement At around 6 p.m., leaders asked members if they would object to the Senate taking up the 16 amendments
Congress · 117th Congress
Portman’s 2011 ‘supercommittee’ try informed infrastructure work
He was asked to join the committee investigating Jan. 6 but declined, in part because of his experience in 2011.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
At the Races: Racing to recess
‘Share our values’: NRCC Chairman Tom Emmer didn’t rule out backing candidates who were at the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, when asked during a tele-town hall, HuffPost reports.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
GOP’s Van Duyne tries to write her own headline after winning district Biden won too
They came back within minutes with the pair, Jacob Cobb and 6-year-old son Jeff. Van Duyne ushered Cobb to the booths of the two employers he said he wanted to meet. She made introductions.
Congress · 117th Congress
Capitol Police, MPD to get Congressional Gold Medals
Clyde went so far to say that Jan. 6 was not an insurrection and compared the assault on the Capitol to a tourist visit.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
$6M flows through loopholes in pledge against corporate PACs
Hawley and Cruz got caught up in a corporate backlash, with companies saying they would cut them off after they voted against certifying certain Electoral College results on Jan. 6.
Policy · 117th Congress
Infrastructure bill may give Buttigieg final say over $105 billion
Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., likened to a one-time supplemental spending bill, would give $6 billion to Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor, divvied out at $1.2 billion a year.
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
Photos of the week ending July 30, 2021
An infrastructure deal, the first Jan. 6 hearing and mask confusion highlight our favorite photos of the week as we enter the dog days of summer.
Opinion · 117th Congress
For GOP, ‘back the blue’ doesn’t matter when there’s an election to be won
Aquilino Gonell compared it with his Army service, “different” because the Jan. 6 attackers were “our own citizens.”
Campaigns · 117th Congress
What the loss by Trump’s favorite in an all-GOP Texas runoff means
Ellzey’s win, by 6 points, was a rare victory for a Republican candidate over a Trump-backed opponent in a race that was expected to hold a clue about how much sway Trump still holds over the GOP
Congress · 117th Congress
Aid bill for Capitol security, Afghan refugees headed to Biden’s desk
Lawmakers voted overwhelmingly Thursday to approve a $2.1 billion spending bill meant to shore up their own safety in the wake of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, reimburse the National Guard for a monthslong
Campaigns · 117th Congress
At the Races: 1 BIF does not equal BFFs
week before they head out of town for their August respite debating spending measures, as well as reliving some of the most difficult moments of the year with the first public meeting of the House Jan. 6
Congress · 117th Congress
Mo Brooks on his own in Jan. 6 lawsuit
Eric Swalwell’s lawsuit over the Jan. 6 mob attack on the Capitol, now that government lawyers have declined to back Brooks.
Congress · 117th Congress
GOP ‘holds’ threaten quick action on supplemental spending bill
The package would provide $521 million to reimburse the National Guard for the cost of activating troops from throughout the country to protect the Capitol for months following the Jan. 6 attack.
Congress · 117th Congress
House passes Legislative Branch spending bill
If it becomes law, the emergency bill would deliver money to pay for the extraordinary amount of overtime officers have worked since the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol.