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Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Chairman Roger Wicker.

FAA keeping Senate panel ‘in the dark’ about 737 Max approval, chairman says

By Caroline Tanner
Posted June 17, 2020 at 12:59pm
Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., center, accompanied by, from left, Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., Rep. Pete Stauber, R-Minn., Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks at a news conference to announce a Republican police overhaul bill on Wednesday.

Senate Republicans unveil policing overhaul alternative

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted June 17, 2020 at 11:00am, Updated at 12:39pm
Peter DeFazio, Sam Graves are posing for a picture

House panel preps marathon highway bill markup

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted June 17, 2020 at 6:00am
Congressional Black Caucus Chairwoman Karen Bass, D-Calif., and other members of Congress raise their hands in response to a reporter's question during a news conference to unveil policing overhaul legislation in Washington on June 8, 2020.

Policing bill authors to get action they’ve long sought

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted June 17, 2020 at 5:00am
Sen. Kelly Loeffler

Sen. Loeffler ethics inquiry dismissed

By Chris Marquette
Posted June 16, 2020 at 7:00pm
Chairman Roger Wicker, R-Miss., sanitzes the gavel as he arrives for the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee hearing on May 13.

Revised Boeing bill in Senate targets regulatory coziness

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted June 16, 2020 at 5:05pm
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell at the Capitol in May.

Senate GOP leaders buck Trump on base names

By John M. Donnelly and Jennifer Shutt
Posted June 16, 2020 at 3:26pm
The Ethics Committee is examining a matter related to Rep. Sanford Bishop, D-Ga.

Ethics Committee extends review into Rep. Sanford Bishop’s campaign spending

By Chris Marquette
Posted June 16, 2020 at 2:36pm
Work crews prepare to clear a highway after an Amtrak train derailment in December 2017 in DuPont, Wash.

House transport bill would end Amtrak’s forced arbitration

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted June 16, 2020 at 1:02pm
Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser, right, hands House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., a 51-star flag during a news conference on D.C. statehood on Tuesday.

DC statehood bill set for June 26 House vote

By Chris Cioffi
Posted June 16, 2020 at 12:51pm
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., has slammed the CIA, saying it was lax in its cybersecurity and suffered a massive data loss as a result.

CIA suffered historic data loss from lax cybersecurity, report says

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted June 16, 2020 at 12:08pm
Mark Zuckerberg, chairman and CEO of Facebook, arrives to testify before the House on Oct. 23, 2019.

Democrats increase pressure on Facebook over content policies and Trump posts

By Dean DeChiaro
Posted June 16, 2020 at 6:30am
A man walks along Pennsylvania Avenue in Lafayette Square in front of the White House in Washington on Monday. The Secret Service started removing temporary fencing on Thursday, erected due to the protests following the death of George Floyd.

Police overhaul, parks bill take center stage: Road Ahead

By Chris Cioffi and Lindsey McPherson
Posted June 15, 2020 at 5:18pm
Capitol Police Chief Steven A. Sund.

Capitol Police, a department shrouded in secrecy

By Chris Marquette
Posted June 15, 2020 at 5:00am
Judge Justin Walker is the president’s pick for the contentious 11th seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

All full? Justin Walker vote underscores long judicial nomination war

By Todd Ruger
Posted June 15, 2020 at 9:00am
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and other members of Congress kneel inside Emancipation Hall as they observe a moment of silence to honor George Floyd and other victims of racial injustice on June 8, 2020. The members of Congress are wearing Kente cloth stoles.

There’s danger in Democrats’ gamble on policing

By Shawn Zeller
Posted June 15, 2020 at 7:00am
Del. Michael San Nicolas, D-Guam, right, is enveloped in an ethics scandal.

Ethics investigation heats up for Guam Del. San Nicolas

By Chris Marquette
Posted June 12, 2020 at 4:00pm, Updated at 5:57pm
Florida Rep. Alcee L. Hastings was being investigated by the House Ethics Committee.

Hastings cleared by Ethics Committee

By Chris Marquette
Posted June 12, 2020 at 5:34pm
A demonstrator speaks to a Capitol police officer on June 3 as she and more than a thousand protesters rally outside the Capitol in reaction to the police killing of Georgia Floyd.

Campus Notebook: How many complaints have been filed against Capitol Police officers?

By Chris Marquette
Posted June 12, 2020 at 2:08pm
Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy pushed to amend the bill to have it remove the cap on revenue from offshore drilling fees that some states get to help them maintain their coastlines.

House aims to vote on public lands legislation by July 4

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted June 12, 2020 at 12:19pm
A demonstrator is seen near Capitol Square during a rally to demand that Gov. Ralph Northam (D) lift restrictions that have closed certain businesses in Virginia since the coronavirus outbreak in Richmond, Va., on Wednesday, April 22, 2020. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Here’s why the US named bases for Confederate generals

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted June 11, 2020 at 7:20pm
A member of the D.C. National Guard patrols near the Vietnam Women's Memorial on Wednesday, June 3, after days of protests.

Smith unsatisfied with Pentagon answers on protest response

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted June 11, 2020 at 5:28pm
A Confederate flag is held by an attendee of the 63rd Annual Shad Planking political rally in Wakefield, Va.

Members eye expunging all traces of Confederacy in military

By John M. Donnelly
Posted June 11, 2020 at 5:23pm
Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Ill., left, speaks with Rep. Danny Davis, D-Ill., on Jan. 12, 2016.

Police lounged in congressman’s burglarized office as looters broke into nearby shops

By Katherine Tully-McManus and Chris Cioffi
Posted June 11, 2020 at 4:59pm
Members of the D.C. National Guard patrol the Lincoln Memorial on June 3, after days of protests sparked by the death of George Floyd occurred throughout the city.

Senate panel would bar military force against peaceful protesters

By John M. Donnelly
Posted June 11, 2020 at 3:20pm
Russell Vought, acting director of the Office of Management and Budget, arrives to testify during the House Budget Committee hearing on President Donald Trump's fiscal 2021 budget request on Feb. 12, 2020.

Trump OMB nominee OK’d by Budget panel, ready for floor vote

By Paul M. Krawzak
Posted June 11, 2020 at 2:51pm
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy arrives for the House Judiciary Committee hearing on policing practices and law enforcement accountability on June 10, 2020.

House Republicans working on policing overhaul see areas of agreement with Dems

By Chris Marquette
Posted June 11, 2020 at 1:43pm, Updated at 2:37pm
A statue of James Z. George, known as Mississippi’s ‘Great Commoner’ is on display in the Capitol Visitor Center.

Pelosi wants 11 Confederate statues removed from Capitol

By Chris Marquette
Posted June 10, 2020 at 6:32pm, Updated June 11, 2020 at 12:11pm
A glass enclosed miniature replica of the Capitol campus is on display in the Capitol Visitor Center on Wednesday, June 10, 2020.

Hoyer details upcoming House floor schedule

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted June 11, 2020 at 11:20am
Republican Sen. Cory Gardner of Colorado is facing a tough reelection battle and eager to pass the outdoor bill.

Outdoor bill nears debate with limited amendments

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted June 11, 2020 at 11:18am