Congress · 116th Congress
One year after Parkland, gun control advocates eye 2020
</p> Also watch: House holds a moment of silence remembering the victims of Parkland</p> [jwp-video n=”1″]</p> Political shift?
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Congress · 116th Congress
House progressives work on ‘Medicare-for-all’ as debate heats up
House progressives are set to introduce a revised single-payer “Medicare-for-all” bill during the last week of this month, as Republicans sharpen their criticism of the policy and Democratic presidential
White House · 116th Congress
Legal fight expected for Trump’s national emergency declaration
</p> “President Trump will sign the government funding bill, and as he has stated before, he will also take other executive action — including a national emergency — to ensure we stop the national security
Congress · 116th Congress
Ocasio-Cortez, other female progressive freshmen will vote against border deal
</p> Watch: Ocasio-Cortez, Pressley join protest for immigrants in limbo</p> [jwp-video n=”1″]</p> The announcement comes as immigration rights advocates have panned the deal.
Congress · 116th Congress
House may vote on resolution to disapprove of Trump’s national emergency
</p> Velázquez spoke alongside a handful of Democrats from California and New York in opposition to the national emergency. </p> Rep.
Congress · 116th Congress
Senate confirms Barr amid questions about Mueller report
</p> Watch: Barr and Mueller are friends?
Congress · 116th Congress
Congress pauses to remember its longest serving member, John Dingell
</p> Watch: John Lewis’ full eulogy to John Dingell in 8 minutes</p> [jwp-video n=”1″]</p> Hoyer was one of four of those House colleagues to eulogize Dingell, along with former Republican Speaker John
Congress · 116th Congress
House Judiciary panel advances background check bill
</p> To do so, Democrats needed to defeat numerous efforts from Republicans to amend the bill.
Congress · 116th Congress
Bill to ‘repatriate’ deported veterans gets new life in Democratic House
</p> This week, GOP Rep. Don Young of Alaska and Rep. Vicente Gonzalez of Texas reintroduced their bill from last Congress — the “Repatriate Our Patriots Act.”
White House · 116th Congress
3 Things to Watch: ‘Trump Show, Shutdown II’ heads to climactic scene
</p> From parsing Trump’s lukewarm reaction to a border security bill that Senate Minority Leader Charles E.
Congress · 116th Congress
In bid to avoid shutdown, spending deal drops Violence Against Women Act extension, other contentious provisions
</p> Because lawmakers had racked up deficits in the previous Congress, nearly $1 billion in cuts will be triggered unless postponed in another bill.
Congress · 116th Congress
House votes to take stand against anti-Semitism in an unexpected way
</p> Most of the time, motions to recommit would send a bill back to committee, effectively killing the bill before a vote, and thus are usually rejected.
Congress · 116th Congress
Democrats could stymie nuclear arms race after US leaves pact
</p>Legislative options In addition to the Merkley bill, other anti-nuclear measures in the Senate have drawn the support of presidential contenders.
Congress · 116th Congress
Violence Against Women Act extension could complicate spending bill
</p> The landmark domestic violence law was set to expire Sept. 30, but was extended through Dec. 7 under the first stopgap spending bill.
White House · 116th Congress
Trump: ‘A shutdown would be a terrible thing’
</p> Should he sign the bill scheduled for its first votes Thursday in the House, Trump and his top aides say he likely will then use one or more executive powers to attempt to access even more dollars
Congress · 116th Congress
‘Never again,’ hundreds protest against second shutdown in Hart
(Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) At the end of the protest, the gathered crowd shouted “never again,” demanding lawmakers not to subject the nearly 800,000 workers to the instability a shutdown causes.
Opinion · 116th Congress
Note to Ocasio-Cortez and Green New Dealers: The economy is not the government
</p>More broken promises In February 2009, newly inaugurated President Barack Obama and the Democrat-controlled Congress passed a stimulus bill to address what at that point was an unemployment rate of
White House · 116th Congress
Trump field tests 2020 campaign attack lines amid latest shutdown drama
</p> The crowd booed. Right on cue.</p> “Let’s spend $100 trillion.
Opinion · 116th Congress
What the shutdown taught us about paid family leave
</p> About 25 years ago, Congress approved and President Bill Clinton signed the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, which allows eligible workers in large businesses to take up to 12 weeks of job-protected