Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
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Congress · 117th Congress
Effort to expel Marjorie Taylor Greene could set pattern for sustained partisan war
One of them was a measure to award the Capitol Police and the District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department Congressional Gold Medals for their heroism on Jan. 6.
Opinion · 117th Congress
GOP election strategy more Jim Crow than John Lewis
Though the 6-3 conservative majority on the Supreme Court seems likely to approve the policies because that’s what they do, Michael Carvin, a lawyer for the Arizona GOP, revealed more than he may have
Campaigns · 117th Congress
At the Races: Border checks vs. COVID checks
PAC crash: Corporate PAC donations plummeted dramatically after the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, according to a CQ Roll Call analysis.
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.
Policy · 117th Congress
IRS to postpone April 15 tax-filing deadline by a month
p> As a result of this year’s late start, the IRS had processed 49 million tax returns as of the week ending March 5, down 25 percent from the 65 million returns processed as of the week ended March 6,
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Corporate PAC donations to parties and candidates plummet after Capitol riot
The unusual inaction of the two PACs, among the biggest of their kind, is emblematic of a dramatic plunge in contributions by all corporate PACs following the deadly Jan. 6 riots on Capitol Hill.
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
Capitol Police to begin moving back fence surrounding complex
Congress is not facing the sort of threats that warrant the security fencing that has encompassed the Capitol complex since pro-Trump insurrectionists breached the Capitol on Jan. 6, according to Capitol
Congress · 117th Congress
Democrats set the bar high for COVID-19 relief law’s success
Brian Higgins of Buffalo, N.Y., said it would boost economic growth by 6 percent, a rate, he acknowledged, “not seen in many, many decades.”
Opinion · 117th Congress
Self-determination for Puerto Rico: A win for democracy, not Democrats
lacks political representation and, as many Americans witnessed for the first time, its mayor lacked the executive authority to call up the National Guard when a violent mob stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6.
Congress · 117th Congress
‘I still don’t feel safe’: House lawmakers adjust to metal detectors, new normal
Officials scrambled to tighten security after Jan. 6, adding fences around the perimeter of the complex. While those are meant to repel violent intruders, the new metal detectors are different.
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
A COVID year in 5 photos
From the initial hand sanitizer frenzy to Black Lives Matter to wall-to-wall troops on the Hill after the Jan. 6 attack, it’s been a year that no one in the nation or world will forget.
Congress · 117th Congress
Ethics panel examining appeals of magnetometer fines for two GOP members
The House Ethics Committee is considering the appeals of two Republicans who were penalized thousands of dollars for circumventing security screening set up outside the chamber floor after the Jan. 6 attack
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.
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
Lunch from a vending machine? It’s the new happy hour
Several said they had been using popular apps like Uber Eats and Grubhub to order meals, but that changed after a pro-Trump mob stormed Congress on Jan. 6.
Congress · 117th Congress
Will Congress continue using tech tools forced by COVID-19?
The utility of technological tools that Congress was forced to adopt because of the pandemic was only reinforced by the Jan. 6 insurrection, which showed that the work of Congress can be disrupted
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.
Congress · 117th Congress
Senate confirms Garland as attorney general
Merrick Garland takes over the Justice Department determined to curb the rise of white supremacist violence after the Jan. 6 insurrection on the Capitol, and the sprawling investigation of that attack
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Democrats on House panel refuse to dismiss challenge to Iowa Republican’s 6-vote win
“None of us can state with confidence which candidate won this election,” House Administration Chairperson Zoe Lofgren said after the committee voted 6-3 to postpone its determination on a motion