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Word on the Hill: Week Ahead
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Heard On The Hill · 115th Congress
Word on the Hill: Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day
In both the Capitol and the White House, staffers and the press corps have a chance today to participate in Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day.
Republicans Reverse Course, Open Door To Another Health Care Debate
The Wisconsin Republican and other House leaders Tuesday called for unity within the conference.
Word on the Hill: Smithsonian Update
As part of the federal establishment, the Smithsonian needs to check in with Congress every now and then.
Politics · 115th Congress
Wounded White House is Uncharacteristically Quiet
“That’s an issue I know quite a bit about,” Ryan said in a news conference Friday after pulling the health care bill. “I used to run that committee.
Democrats Delight in GOP Health Care Defeat
The minority party was more subdued at a press conference afterward, but House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and her leadership team still delighted in their victory.
How The GOP’s Health Care Law Went Down
In a bad sign for the bill's chance of passage, six Republicans vote against the rule.Students on a school tour of the Capitol try to catch a glimpse of members of Congress passing through Statuary Hall
Opinion: Trump, Yul Brynner and a Results-Free Presidency
At the core of Donald Trump's Friday press conference with Angela Merkel was a theme that he has been harping on since he became a candidate — America is being played for a patsy on the global stage.
Opinion: Obamacare Replacement Options — Lots of Promises, Few Facts
Press Secretary Sean Spicer called the bill "the Obamacare replacement plan that everyone has been asking for."
GOP Leaders Brought Big League Policy Differences to Trump Speech
Sarah Sanders, the White House principal deputy press secretary, called the effort to craft a replacement plan a "collective thing" between the president, the Health and Human Services Department and Congress
GOP Leaps on Congressional Review Act to Kill Obama Rules
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, at a press conference last week, joined a group of Republican leaders who have trumpeted using the CRA to roll back regulations put in place under President Barack
Word on the Hill: Muslim Group Advocacy Day Focuses on Refugees
The seventh annual "Day on the Hill" for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA today will highlight its "True Islam" campaign and "#MuslimAlly" hashtag.
Inexperience Weakens Congress and the White House
Today, the members of the House Ways and Means Committee have a total of 508 years in Congress, compared to 498 years during the health care debate in 2009 and 404 years in 1985 when the committee tackled
Photos of the Week: GOP Huddles in Philly, Cabinet Hearings Continue
By BILL CLARK and TOM WILLIAMSCQ Roll Call Today marks one week into President Donald's Trump presidency and Roll Call's photographers have captured much of the action in Washington and Philadelphia, where
Torture Talk Clouds Opening of GOP Retreat
Congress has spoken," the South Dakota Republican said when asked about the possibility of the U.S. government reopening so-called black sites to torture suspected terrorists.
Heard On The Hill · 115th Congress
Word on the Hill: Inauguration Planning
Happening today Breakfast with outgoing White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest, hosted by The Christian Science Monitor at 9 a.m. at the St. Regis, 923 16th St. NW.
Policy · 115th Congress
Obamacare Replacement Preoccupies GOP as Budget Votes Near
President-elect Donald Trump suggested in a press conference Wednesday that the repeal and replacement of President Barack Obama’s signature health care law will occur simultaneously or nearly simultaneously
Heard On The Hill · 114th Congress
Word on the Hill: Transition Time
The traditional 114th Congress official photograph is hanging in the Senate press gallery with some questions next to it.
Opinion · 114th Congress
Gingrich, Gephardt and the Day They Exchanged Power
The two men went on to spar with each other as leaders for the next four years, but they had a mutual respect for each other then and remain friends today.
Politics · 114th Congress
CBC Members Urge Justice Department to Take Action
Attendees at Thursday’s press conference outside the DOJ included Democratic Reps. G. K. Butterfield of North Carolina, Maxine Waters of California, Reps. Yvette D.