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Chairman Tim Johnson, D-S.D., oversees a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on July 8, 2014.

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Tim Johnson, former Senate Banking chair, dies at age 77

South Dakota Democrat served nearly three decades in Congress

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted October 9, 2024 at 11:47am

The Jan. 6, 2021, attempted insurrection helped inspire the simulation role-playing exercise that is the subject of the documentary “War Game.”

Podcasts

‘War Game’: Rehearsing the uncomfortably plausible

By Jason Dick
Posted October 9, 2024 at 10:24am
Rep. Zoe Lofgren (right) and California Gov. Gavin Newsom (center) sat together at the 2024 Democratic National Convention. A few days earlier, Lofgren had written to Newsom that a state AI bill had "very little public safety benefit" and should be vetoed.

Policy

Members of Congress pushed back on California’s AI bill

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted October 8, 2024 at 7:00am, Updated at 4:46pm
CBO Director Phillip L. Swagel testifies during a House Budget Committee hearing on Sept. 11.

Policy

CBO: Fiscal 2024 budget deficit was $1.8 trillion

By David Lerman
Posted October 8, 2024 at 4:41pm
Former President Donald Trump is seen at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on July 18.

Analysis: Digging into FEMA spending claims on the campaign trail

By Peter Cohn
Posted October 8, 2024 at 1:09pm
A JetBlue plane flies past the Washington Monument just before sunrise on March 26.

Congress urged to shift billions to improve aging flight controls

By Valerie Yurk
Posted October 8, 2024 at 5:00am
Rep. David L. Hobson, R-Ohio, sits in the House Energy-Water Appropriations Subcommittee hearing room on June 9, 2006.

Former Rep. David Hobson, longtime appropriator, is dead at 87

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted October 7, 2024 at 2:39pm, Updated at 4:25pm
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at the Democratic National Convention on Aug. 22.

Congressional estimators find sharply lower revenue take from Harris tax plans

By David Lerman
Posted October 7, 2024 at 10:47am
The Supreme Court building is seen at sunset.

Supreme Court to hear arguments over ‘ghost gun’ regulation

By Michael Macagnone
Posted October 7, 2024 at 9:04am
President Joe Biden meets with members of his Cabinet about response efforts to Hurricane Helene in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Oct. 1.

Biden makes formal plea to Congress for disaster loan funds

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted October 4, 2024 at 10:31pm
"It is time for Congress to act on Sudan," said Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del.

Bipartisan Senate bill prods US to help end Sudan war

By Rachel Oswald
Posted October 3, 2024 at 8:08pm
“lf left unaddressed, certain provisions in the House-passed or Senate-proposed bills will substantially impact the Department's ability to accomplish our strategic goals," Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III wrote in a recent letter.

Pentagon voices ‘significant concern’ with many NDAA provisions

By John M. Donnelly
Posted October 3, 2024 at 7:53pm
The Supreme Court's new term starts on Monday, Oct. 7.

A ‘sleepy’ Supreme Court term? Yeah, right

By Jason Dick, Todd Ruger and Michael Macagnone
Posted October 2, 2024 at 5:56pm
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas speaks about flooding in North Carolina at the White House daily press briefing on Tuesday.

Hurricane relief funds stable for now, officials say

By David Jordan, John T. Bennett and Aidan Quigley
Posted October 1, 2024 at 5:39pm
Democratic Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva, who represents a district that includes his hometown of Tucson and much of Arizona’s border with Mexico, was first elected to Congress in 2002.

Arizona’s Grijalva says upcoming election will be his last

By David Jordan
Posted October 1, 2024 at 5:13pm
Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, is a lead backer of a China tech investment notification proposal.

China hawks prep tech investment screening measure

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted October 1, 2024 at 7:00am
Defense hawks, including the chairmen of the Senate and House Armed Services Committees, Sen. Jack Reed (left) and Rep. Mike Rogers, want to take up the NDAA as soon as Congress returns.

Lawmakers eye moving quickly on NDAA after November return

By Briana Reilly
Posted October 1, 2024 at 6:00am
President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the ongoing response to the aftermath of Hurricane Helene in the White House on Monday. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

Biden floats recess action on Helene supplemental

By David Lerman
Posted September 30, 2024 at 2:41pm, Updated at 7:50pm
Barriers to access remain at the Capitol for people with disabilities, but a new pair of drop-off zones will offer a safer place for passenger unloading, lawmakers and Architect of the Capitol staff said.

ADA drop-off zones set for completion this year at the Capitol

By Justin Papp
Posted September 27, 2024 at 3:09pm, Updated September 30, 2024 at 2:58pm
Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Ark., participates in a House Transportation Committee hearing in June.

Judge allows Rep. Crawford, former members to sue over pay freeze

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted September 30, 2024 at 1:12pm
Robert A. Sunshine, then the Congressional Budget Office’s deputy director, is pictured in a Sept. 21, 2012, interview with CQ Roll Call.

Respected CBO staffer retires after nearly a half-century

By Paul M. Krawzak
Posted September 30, 2024 at 6:00am
Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, tours a stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border with Border Patrol Tucson Sector Chief John Modlin in Douglas, Ariz., on Friday. (Rebecca Noble/AFP via Getty Images)

Harris border visit shines light on House, Senate races in battleground Arizona

By John T. Bennett
Posted September 27, 2024 at 5:43pm, Updated at 8:50pm
The statue of country music legend Johnny Cash is unveiled during a ceremony in Emancipation Hall on Tuesday. His daughter Rosanne Cash appears to the left of the statue, and Arkansas GOP Rep. Bruce Westerman is at right.

Photos of the week ending September 27, 2024

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted September 27, 2024 at 12:17pm
Senate Judiciary ranking member Lindsey Graham and Chair Richard J. Durbin will have a lot to consider in the lame-duck session. A press shield proposal may not make the list.

Despite last-minute press, reporters’ source shield faces hard deadline in Senate

By Jim Saksa
Posted September 26, 2024 at 4:48pm
Rep. Madeleine Dean, D-Pa., speaks during the Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump hearing Thursday.

House task force hears from local officers on Trump rally shooting

By Chris Johnson
Posted September 26, 2024 at 2:55pm
President Joe Biden is meeting Thursday with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Biden announces ‘surge’ in Ukraine aid, action to counter Russia

By Briana Reilly
Posted September 26, 2024 at 10:01am, Updated at 1:30pm
George S. Helmy embraces Cory Booker, his onetime boss, on Sept. 9. Now they are serving together in the Senate for a few months.

George Helmy worked for senators. Now he is one (for a little while)

By Jackie Wang
Posted September 26, 2024 at 6:15am
Democrats on Wednesday attempted to censure Rep. Clay Higgins, R-La.

Republican’s social media post on Haitian immigrants draws censure resolution

By Victor Feldman and Daniel Hillburn
Posted September 25, 2024 at 10:38pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., conclude a news conference in the Capitol on Tuesday.

Short-term funding patch ready for Biden’s signature

By Aidan Quigley
Posted September 25, 2024 at 4:36pm, Updated at 6:27pm
Former Rep. Anthony Brindisi, D-N.Y., arrives for a hearing when he was in office in 2019.

Former member of Congress defends bid to become federal judge

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted September 25, 2024 at 4:51pm
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., pictured at a news conference on Tuesday, is preparing for his last post-election wrap-up as leader.

Two roads diverged in a lame-duck spending endgame

By Aidan Quigley
Posted September 25, 2024 at 10:14am
Former President Donald Trump delivers his acceptance speech during the final night of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee with a bandage on an ear that was injured in the assassination attempt.

Senate probe finds Secret Service failures at Trump rally shooting

By Chris Johnson
Posted September 25, 2024 at 5:00am
House Defense Appropriations Chairman Ken Calvert, R-Calif., says lawmakers “have time to deal with” the $1.95 billion funding question — but he still needs answers from the Navy about the request.

Lawmakers postpone decision on Virginia-class submarine money

By Briana Reilly
Posted September 24, 2024 at 10:55pm
House Foreign Affairs Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas, said Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken ignored "countless requests for his testimony."

House Foreign Affairs votes to recommend holding Blinken in contempt

By Rachel Oswald
Posted September 24, 2024 at 6:50pm