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Rep. Sam Graves poses inside his office in the Longworth House Office Building on Dec. 4.

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In a party of firebrands, Graves sidesteps limelight

Guiding legislation is like flying a plane, House Transportation chair says

By Valerie Yurk
Posted December 10, 2024 at 7:00am

Rep. Brian Mast, R-Fla., greets President-elect Donald Trump at the Republican convention in July.

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In a surprise, GOP panel recommends Mast to lead Foreign Affairs

By Rachel Oswald
Posted December 9, 2024 at 8:11pm
House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and ranking member Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., are sparring over a bill that would expand the federal judiciary. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

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House sets up vote on bill to add dozens of new federal judgeships

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted December 9, 2024 at 7:46pm
Senate Republicans under incoming leader John Thune, seen in the Capitol last month, are planning as much as $85 billion for border security as part of an initial bill for budget reconciliation. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

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Republicans start making immigration plans for next year

By Chris Johnson
Posted December 9, 2024 at 6:48pm
Rioters are seen on a monitor during testimony to the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol hearing in 2022.

Trump says he will look at pardons for Jan. 6 attackers on ‘first day’

By Michael Macagnone
Posted December 9, 2024 at 6:44pm
Kash Patel, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to be director of the FBI, leaves a meeting Monday with Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, in the Hart building.

Trump’s pick to lead FBI identified ‘Government Gangsters’

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted December 9, 2024 at 5:06pm
Incoming Senate Majority Leader John Thune, center, has scheduled 31 five-day work weeks in 2025, which was music to the ears of Rep. William R. Timmons IV.

Help wanted: Spending more time and effort in Congress

By Jason Dick
Posted December 9, 2024 at 4:42pm
Syrian citizens take down a statue of the late President Hafez Assad in Damascus on Monday after his son Bashar Assad's government collapsed. (Murat Sengul/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Syria chaos could complicate lawmakers’ holiday endgame

By John T. Bennett
Posted December 9, 2024 at 9:42am, Updated at 12:55pm
Reps. Burgess Owens of Utah, left, and Tim Walberg of Michigan are seeking the chairmanship of the House Education and the Workforce Committee. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photos)

Walberg and Owens bring different experiences to race for House Education chair

By Daniela Altimari
Posted December 9, 2024 at 6:30am, Updated at 9:25am
A military honor guard carries the flags of the liberating U.S. Army divisions into the Capitol during the a Holocaust memorial ceremony on May 7. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

NDAA features historic raise for junior enlisted troops

By John M. Donnelly
Posted December 9, 2024 at 6:47am
Summer Lucille, a TikTok content creator, is seen outside the Capitol on March 13 before the House passed the law that could ban TikTok in the U.S.

Federal court dismisses challenge to TikTok ban

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted December 6, 2024 at 3:44pm
Rep. Gus Bilirakis chairs the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce, whose jurisdiction includes data privacy, security and consumer protection.

Parents, states press Congress to act on kids online safety bill

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted December 3, 2024 at 7:00am, Updated December 6, 2024 at 3:08pm
Pete Hegseth and his wife Jennifer on the move between meetings with senators on Thursday.

Trump publicly backs embattled DOD pick

By Mark Satter
Posted December 6, 2024 at 1:33pm
DCCC Chair Suzan DelBene, D-Wash., will lead the committee for another two years. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Rep. Suzan DelBene will continue as DCCC chair for 2026

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted December 6, 2024 at 10:52am
Reps. Jared Huffman and Jamie Raskin, seen here in July, are among those pushing for a changing of the guard at the committee level as House Democrats head into the second Trump era.

Seniority shake-up? House Democrats test committee norms

By Jim Saksa
Posted December 5, 2024 at 8:02pm
Matt Gaetz is no longer a member of Congress, but many of his former colleagues still want to see the findings of an Ethics investigation into his conduct.

Republicans sink attempts to force release of Gaetz report

By Justin Papp
Posted December 5, 2024 at 7:36pm
Elon Musk, with his son, makes his way to a meeting in the Capitol Visitor Center with House and Senate Republicans to talk about President-elect Donald Trump's "Department of Government Efficiency," on Thursday. Vivek Ramaswamy also attended.

DOGE day afternoon on Capitol Hill

By David Lerman
Posted December 5, 2024 at 5:16pm
Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pa., questions Secret Service Acting Director Ronald Rowe Jr. during a hearing Thursday of the House Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump.

House task force finishes work on Trump assassination attempt

By Chris Johnson
Posted December 5, 2024 at 5:14pm
Hegseth meets with Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., Thursday in his office.

Hegseth soldiers on with meeting GOP senators

By Briana Reilly
Posted December 5, 2024 at 4:47pm
Chelsea Manning and other activists staged a protest on the Capitol campus Thursday calling for transgender rights. Above, Capitol Police lead away detained protesters outside the Cannon Building.

Protesters urging Congress to ‘flush bathroom bigotry’ arrested after sit-in

By Justin Papp
Posted December 5, 2024 at 3:24pm
The moon rises over the Capitol on October 22. Both chambers of Congress have now released their calendars for 2025.

Congressional schedule for 2025 is set with Senate releasing its calendar

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted December 5, 2024 at 3:07pm
Rep. Pat Fallon, R-Texas, gets into a heated exchange Thursday with Secret Service Acting Director Ronald Rowe Jr. during a hearing of the House Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump.

Rep. Pat Fallon spars with Secret Service head over photo op claim

By Chris Johnson
Posted December 5, 2024 at 2:32pm
Former Rep. Billy Long, R-Mo., shows off his $45 Trump bills outside the Capitol on May 9, 2019.

Ex-Missouri lawmaker Billy Long is Trump’s pick for IRS commissioner

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted December 4, 2024 at 6:53pm, Updated at 9:09pm
Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., right, is shown with House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, at a committee hearing in March. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Nadler steps aside as top Democrat on Judiciary Committee

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted December 4, 2024 at 6:44pm, Updated at 7:36pm
Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to lead the Defense Department, heads for a meeting with Sen. John Thune on Wednesday.

Hegseth tries to rally support as allegations swirl

By Mark Satter
Posted December 4, 2024 at 6:48pm
Paul Atkins, left, a Securities and Exchange Commission member from 2002 to 2008, was chosen to lead the agency by President-elect Donald Trump.

Trump picks Paul Atkins, a former commissioner, to lead the SEC

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Posted December 4, 2024 at 5:42pm, Updated at 6:10pm
The tight margins in Congress will likely complicate matters for President-elect Donald Trump's agenda.

Trump’s pick for top Hill liaison brings strong conservative ties to a difficult role

By John T. Bennett
Posted December 4, 2024 at 3:37pm
The House will be in session for four straight weeks next spring, according to the newly released 2025 calendar. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

House calendar for 2025 eyes a busy spring

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted December 4, 2024 at 10:56am
A resident sits in a wheelchair at an assisted living facility in Boston in 2020. President-elect Donald Trump will enter office facing a long-term care crisis marked by understaffed nursing homes, workforce shortages and care that is unaffordable and inaccessible for millions of people.

Nursing home staffing rule in limbo as Trump 2.0 approaches

By Jessie Hellmann
Posted December 4, 2024 at 10:54am
Rep. John Duarte, R-Calif., lost his reelection bid in the final 2024 House race to be decided.

Final election results show House Democrats gained a net of one seat

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted December 4, 2024 at 6:01am
New Jersey Democratic Rep. Andy Kim, who sits on the House Foreign Affairs and Armed Services committees, says he’s troubled that the situation in Seoul took the drastic and shocking turn it did.

Rep. Andy Kim finds ‘shell shock’ among South Korean contacts over martial law

By Rachel Oswald
Posted December 3, 2024 at 6:31pm
Members of the Senate Democratic leadership team — from left, Mark Warner of Virginia, Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Charles E. Schumer of New York and Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin — are seen at the Capitol on Tuesday after leadership elections. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Senate Democrats approve leadership team for new Congress

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted December 3, 2024 at 11:30am, Updated at 5:17pm
New Jersey Sen. George Helmy, seen with Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin at the Capitol in September, says he will resign on Sunday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Helmy to resign on Dec. 8, allowing Andy Kim to take Senate seat early

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted December 3, 2024 at 4:52pm
A beam of sunlight breaks through the cloudy skies to illuminate the Supreme Court.

Supreme Court to hear arguments on youth transgender care ban

By Michael Macagnone
Posted December 3, 2024 at 8:17am