Campaigns · 119th Congress
At the Races: The Art of the Sale
The GOP’s sales pitch faces another hurdle as well: Trump’s own inability to stay on topic. That was evident in Pennsylvania, as our colleague John T. Bennett reports.
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Campaigns · 118th Congress
At the Races: Bank shots
Sinema on Thursday announced she’s cosponsoring legislation that would claw back profits from bank executives who received bonuses or earned profits on stock sales within 60 days of a bank failure.
Congress · 118th Congress
Opponents deny McCarthy speaker’s gavel on first vote
House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy fell 15 votes short of securing the speaker’s gavel Tuesday in the first of what could be several ballots to determine who will lead the chamber for the next two
Campaigns · 117th Congress
At the Races: Keys to the Senate
Bennett about the Biden economic sales pitch. Biden’s virtual tour: President Joe Biden took part in virtual receptions for a handful of Democratic House incumbents Wednesday evening. Reps.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
At the Races: Ads nauseum
Warm up the punter: It’s September, so the approaching end of another fiscal year means Congress is preparing a short-term spending bill that will allow lawmakers to go off and campaign and not have
Congress · 117th Congress
Sweeping budget package passes Senate; House on deck Friday
Manchin identified three goals he was willing to pursue in those negotiations: lowering prescription drug costs; shoring up fossil fuels in the short term and transitioning to more clean energy sources
Congress · 117th Congress
Democrats tout climate spending in reconciliation
And it would require the Interior Department to hold offshore wind lease sales in federal waters in the eastern Gulf of Mexico and off the coasts of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida
Congress · 117th Congress
Democrats promise to do it all despite dissension in the ranks
The bipartisan plan, with $580 billion in new spending, falls far short of the ambition that Biden has set out.
Congress · 116th Congress
Road ahead: House takes up ‘Tiger King’ and marijuana bills while seeking spending deal
Schumer, have so far resisted negotiating anything short of a comprehensive aid deal, but rank-and-file lawmakers’ calls for compromise have gotten louder.
Congress · 116th Congress
Democrats’ dream election scenario is still alive
Even ambitious legislation — to combat climate change, add a public insurance option to the 2010 health care law and restrict gun sales — looks risky, with a House majority that could be just a handful
Congress · 116th Congress
The insiders: Roll Call’s people to watch in 2019
But when her predecessor, Marc Short, announced his departure as White House liaison to the Hill, the Trump team persuaded her to take the job.
Politics · 115th Congress
Negotiations on Spending Deal Will Continue, But No Deal in Sight
Dianne Feinstein issued a statement accusing the president of “holding major portions of the government hostage,” saying lawmakers and Trump “agreed on a short-term funding bill to keep the government
Politics · 115th Congress
Words and Deeds Can Come Back to Haunt Incumbents in Tight Races
Kobach takes a hard-line, Trumpesque approach to immigration and other controversial matters, and he gained national attention as vice chairman of the president’s short-lived voter fraud commission
Politics · 114th Congress
Gun Safety Groups’ Embrace of Toomey Complicates Murphy’s Mission
His actions helped land floor votes on measures expanding background checks and a ban on gun sales to suspected terrorists.
Policy · 114th Congress
Gun Compromise Faces Challenges From Right and Left
A Democratic filibuster last week led to votes on the Senate floor on Monday, including on a Democratic amendment banning gun sales for everyone on the government’s terror watch lists and a Republican
Policy · 114th Congress
Five Things to Watch: Senate Takes Up Gun Control
Each side took a different approach to stop gun sales to suspected terrorists and both fell short of the 60-vote threshold. One amendment from Democratic Sen.