Skip to content
RollCall logo

Congress

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.

Policy

Biden makes formal plea to Congress for disaster loan funds

SBA to run out of funds ‘in a matter of weeks,’ president tells Congress

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.

Policy

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.

Congress

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.

Podcasts

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
Oklahoma Republican Sen. James Lankford is pictured in the Capitol during votes on July 31. Lankford on Tuesday blocked a resolution expressing a sense of the Senate that every patient should have the right to emergency health care, including abortion, regardless of where they live, saying that “there is no state in America where a woman faces prosecution for having an abortion.”

Filibuster’s future, emergency abortions fuel Senate debate

By Ariel Cohen and Sandhya Raman
Posted September 24, 2024 at 6:26pm
Senate Judiciary Chair Richard J. Durbin says Congress will have to wield its appropriations, oversight and legislative power if faced with a corrupt presidency.

Senate Democrats bash Supreme Court’s Trump immunity ruling

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted September 24, 2024 at 3:30pm
Zamaan Qureshi speaks during a rally organized by Accountable Tech and Design It For Us to hold tech and social media companies accountable for taking steps to protect kids and teens online on January 31.

Teen group, tech critics push for stronger online safety measure

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted September 24, 2024 at 7:00am
Rep. Andy Harris, the new leader of the House Freedom Caucus, says he will use his understanding of the appropriations process to push for the most conservative spending outcomes possible.

An unusual choice for House Freedom Caucus leader takes reins

By Aidan Quigley
Posted September 24, 2024 at 6:30am
From left, former Rep. Earl Pomeroy points as Ben Rich, chief of staff for the late Rep. Bill Pascrell’s office, hands over the Pease Cactus to Rep. Jimmy Panetta in Panetta’s office in the Cannon House Office Building on Sept. 18. House Ways and Means Committee members whose first or last names start with “P” have passed along guardianship of the cactus for more than 30 years.

‘The cactus endures’ — a Ways and Means tradition’s moment in the sun

By Jason Dick
Posted September 24, 2024 at 6:15am
A Republican voter Friday in Orange, Va., wears a lanyard with an image of former President Donald Trump reacting immediately after an assassination attempt in July.

House moves to bolster Secret Service after assassination scares

By Chris Johnson
Posted September 23, 2024 at 3:57pm, Updated at 6:51pm
Sens. Gary Peters, seen here in July, and James Lankford are proposing a public-facing tracker to keep tabs on Senate-confirmed positions.

Lawmakers look to alleviate Senate confirmation pain

By Justin Papp
Posted September 23, 2024 at 5:03pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., paved the way for a bipartisan stopgap funding bill after shelving a push for an election security measure.

Finish line in sight

By David Lerman and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted September 23, 2024 at 2:14pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., background, greet Architect of the Capitol workers during the “first nail ceremony,” marking the start of construction of the inauguration platform on the West Front plaza of the Capitol on Wednesday.

December stopgap funding bill readied for House floor action

By Aidan Quigley
Posted September 22, 2024 at 5:11pm, Updated at 6:19pm