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Rep. Adrian Smith for years has quietly toiled on economic policies that hit home in his rural Nebraska district.

Nebraska policy wonk makes pitch for top Ways and Means slot

By Laura Weiss
Posted October 12, 2022 at 5:01am
Staffers who work for Rep. Melanie Stansbury, D-N.M., voted to unionize this week, becoming the fourth House office to do so.

Staffers for Rep. Melanie Stansbury vote to unionize

By Jim Saksa
Posted October 11, 2022 at 4:17pm
Vying for the top Republican spot on the Ways and Means Committee are, from left, Reps. Jason Smith of Missouri, Vern Buchanan of Florida and Adrian Smith of Nebraska.

Lobbyists pony up in race for Ways and Means GOP leader

By Kate Ackley and Ryan Kelly
Posted October 11, 2022 at 12:37pm
The E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse in downtown Washington, D.C.

So little Senate floor time left, so many Biden judicial nominees in limbo

By John T. Bennett
Posted October 7, 2022 at 6:00am
President Joe Biden steps off Marine One upon arrival Thursday in Wall Township, N.J.

Biden’s marijuana pardons limited, but spark legalization talk on Hill

By Michael Macagnone
Posted October 6, 2022 at 5:57pm
Sen. Elizabeth Warren is the co-sponsor of an NDAA amendment that would hold defense officials and private housing companies accountable for subpar military housing.

Members irate as some military tenants’ rights ignored

By John M. Donnelly
Posted October 6, 2022 at 4:58pm
Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., is reportedly planning to resign.

Sasse expected to leave Senate to run University of Florida

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted October 6, 2022 at 4:31pm, Updated at 4:49pm
Racial diversity among top House staffers may have increased over the last few years, but people of color are still underrepresented. Above, aides walk away from the Capitol during an evacuation drill in 2021.

Top House staffers are still overwhelmingly white, study finds

By Jim Saksa
Posted October 6, 2022 at 12:23pm
Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas is poised to become the top Democrat on the Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee next year.

Critic of Biden border policy in line to oversee DHS budget

By Aidan Quigley
Posted October 6, 2022 at 12:00pm
A wildfire in Southern California killed two people and injured a third last month.

Fight over strategy intensifies as wildfire funding grows

By Valerie Yurk
Posted October 6, 2022 at 6:00am
Sen. Joe Manchin III, D-W.Va., said OPEC's maneuver shows why the Senate should reconsider his permitting proposal, which would limit environmental permitting timelines, rewrite federal water laws and approve a gas pipeline in his state.

OPEC production cuts add fuel to domestic energy debates

By Benjamin J. Hulac and James Downing
Posted October 5, 2022 at 4:49pm, Updated at 5:11pm
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., in a reelection battle, could be pressed to avoid Medicare provider payment cuts.

Concerns grow about lame-duck appetite to stop steep budget cuts

By Paul M. Krawzak
Posted October 5, 2022 at 12:30pm
Members of Congress stream down the House steps after the final votes of the week in the Capitol on February 9. On days when members are scheduled to leave or arrive in Washington, the number of members voting by proxy increases.

Thank goodness it’s fly-out day: Proxy voting rises when Congress smells jet fumes

By Chris Cioffi
Posted October 5, 2022 at 6:45am
House Budget Committee Chairman John Yarmuth has some thoughts about the direction Congress is headed.

John Yarmuth ‘waxes philosophical’ (and warns not to eat the Jell-O)

By Jim Saksa
Posted October 5, 2022 at 6:15am
The cuts are part of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' attempt to implement a new payment system for home health care.

Home health groups fight back against proposed cuts

By Jessie Hellmann
Posted October 4, 2022 at 4:12pm
Rep. Tom Emmer, R-Minn., introduced a bill in January that would ban the Federal Reserve from issuing a central bank digital dollar.

GOP midterm victory would add pressure on fintech regulators

By Sarah Wynn
Posted October 4, 2022 at 7:00am
A closeup of a silicon wafer on display at Taiwan Semiconductor Research Institution in Hsinchu, Taiwan.

Path uncertain for US-Taiwan free trade deal despite Hill support

By Rachel Oswald
Posted October 3, 2022 at 6:30am
"This bill is truly about fairness and doing what’s right for the wives and the children, or the husbands and the children, of our first responders killed on Sept. 11,” Rep. Nicole Malliotakis said.

9/11 victims bill passes House in last pre-election vote

By David Lerman
Posted September 30, 2022 at 1:45pm
Rep. Kay Granger, R-Texas, leaves the House Republican Conference meeting at the Capitol Hill Club in Washington on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022.

Stopgap funding bill clears House; next stop is Biden’s desk

By Aidan Quigley
Posted September 30, 2022 at 1:06pm
Conservative activist Ginni Thomas walks to a meeting with the House select Jan. 6 committee on Thursday.

Ginni Thomas appears before House panel probing Jan. 6 attack

By Michael Macagnone
Posted September 29, 2022 at 3:09pm
Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, wanted an expanded disaster declaration for a typhoon in his home state. He got it.

Stopgap funding bill passes Senate; House vote on deck Friday

By David Lerman and Aidan Quigley
Posted September 29, 2022 at 2:39pm
Chairman Derek Kilmer, right, and Vice Chair William R. Timmons IV attend a Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress markup last year.

‘We’re in a hurry’: ModCom makes 23 new recommendations and revisits an old one in 3 minutes flat

By Chris Cioffi
Posted September 29, 2022 at 2:01pm
Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., conducts a House Armed Services subcommittee markup in June.

Bill would allow ‘Dreamers’ to join the military, become citizens

By Caroline Coudriet
Posted September 29, 2022 at 12:36pm
Republican Sens. Patrick J. Toomey of Pennsylvania right, and Tim Scott of South Carolina are sponsoring a bill that would clarify that a range of nontraditional investment options are among those that workplace retirement plan managers can recommend, select or monitor without breaching fiduciary obligations.

Senate bill would boost alternative assets in 401(k) plans

By Laura Weiss
Posted September 29, 2022 at 8:30am
Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., is leading hearings on hiring and retaining employees.

House panel eyes diversity in hiring, especially at small firms

By Ellen Meyers
Posted September 29, 2022 at 7:00am
Jim Karamanis, left, and Andrew Weber remember the “massive” task of building a new website for Congress. Above, they pose last week in the Library of Congress’ Thomas Jefferson Building.

Even websites have birthdays: Congress’ just turned 10

By Chris Cioffi
Posted September 29, 2022 at 5:45am
A physician assistant talks with a man after he received the monkeypox vaccine at Families Together of Orange County in Tustin, Calif., in August. The Jynneos vaccine consists of two doses administered 28 days apart.

Monkeypox response relies on trade-offs without federal aid

By Ariel Cohen
Posted September 28, 2022 at 5:11pm
Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass., who has long pushed for a conference on hunger, wears an “End Hunger Now!” mask during the first session of the 117th Congress on Jan. 3, 2021.

At conference short on GOP voices, Biden says US can end hunger

By Ellyn Ferguson
Posted September 28, 2022 at 4:09pm
Sens. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., and Susan Collins, R-Maine, are hoping to push their insulin affordability bill through before the end of the year despite a tight legislative window.

Lawmakers eye lame duck for unfinished business on insulin

By Lauren Clason
Posted September 28, 2022 at 8:54am
Republicans often view a permitting overhaul as a way to cut through environmental reviews, while Democrats think of it as a way to speed low-carbon power projects and decouple from fossil fuels. Above, high-voltage electricity transmission towers and lines in Texas.

With Manchin’s bill aside, other permitting proposals await

By Benjamin J. Hulac and David Jordan
Posted September 28, 2022 at 6:30am