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Senate Majority Leader John Thune, seen in the Capitol on July 9, filed cloture Thursday on a motion to proceed to the House-passed Military Construction-VA spending bill. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Senate GOP pushes spending bills as Democratic anger builds

By Aidan Quigley
Posted July 17, 2025 at 7:26pm
President Donald Trump and military leaders watch a demonstration by special operations soldiers at Fort Bragg, N.C., on June 10.

Senate, House NDAAs address Confederate military names

By John M. Donnelly
Posted July 17, 2025 at 6:25pm
Senate Judiciary Chairman, R-Iowa, left declined to schedule a new hearing on whistleblower allegations against Emil Bove, the nominee to be a U.S. Circuit Court judge, causing ranking member Richard J. Durbin and other Democrats to walk out of the vote.

Trump lawyer Bove gets 3rd Circuit backing as Democrats walk out

By Michael Macagnone
Posted July 17, 2025 at 12:14pm
Sen. Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska were the lone Republicans to vote against bill.

Senate sends $9 billion rescissions package to the House

By Rachel Oswald
Posted July 17, 2025 at 4:02am
"As long as we get it done, it doesn't matter to me how long votes are held open. We just got to get the votes," said Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., seen here on July 9.

House adopts rule for crypto, Defense bills

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted July 16, 2025 at 11:58pm
Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins, R-Maine, has denounced the White House budget office for not providing details on what specific foreign aid programs would see their funding taken away. Collins, seen here on June 30, voted "no" on a pair of procedural motions Tuesday.

Senate ‘vote-a-rama’ on rescissions bill begins

By Rachel Oswald
Posted July 16, 2025 at 5:33pm
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., talks with reporters after the Senate luncheons in the Capitol on Tuesday.

Lawmakers hope to modify crucial dates in reconciliation bill

By Sandhya Raman
Posted July 16, 2025 at 5:33pm
When Congress works unpredictable hours, so do the officers who protect them. Overtime can be a key incentive to attract talent in a region saturated with law enforcement agencies, but some say the current pay cap system is overly complex.

Pay caps are a ‘slap in the face’ for some in Capitol Police

By Justin Papp
Posted July 16, 2025 at 4:38pm
President Donald Trump talks to reporters Wednesday during a meeting in the Oval Office with Bahraini Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump’s Epstein tirade, Fed chair threats drown out Vance’s ‘big’ bill sales pitch

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 16, 2025 at 3:55pm
Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith speaks to media outlets about the One Big Beautiful Bill Act during the House GOP’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act Media Row event in the U.S. Capitol basement on July 15. House Republicans are making a push to sell the bill to the American public.

Rush job: Life in Congress

By Jason Dick and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted July 16, 2025 at 3:53pm
Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans are on course to back Emil Bove Thursday for an appellate court seat, declining to hold further hearings.

Senate Judiciary expected to back Bove for seat on 3rd Circuit

By Michael Macagnone and Ryan Tarinelli
Posted July 16, 2025 at 11:44am
Meredith Shiner, in a familiar spot in the Capitol when she worked at Roll Call.

Legacy in a time of chaos: How honoring Roll Call is living the values of journalism

By Meredith Shiner
Posted July 16, 2025 at 11:41am
Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins, R-Maine, seen at a June hearing, complained that the White House hasn't provided details needed to consider the administration's program reductions. She voted with Democrats against advancing the rescissions measure. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

GOP narrowly advances rescissions package to Senate floor

By Rachel Oswald
Posted July 15, 2025 at 10:57pm
House Freedom Caucus Chair Andy Harris, R-Md., center, said he wanted to drive a "stake into the heart" of a possible central bank digital currency.

Crypto, Defense bills back on track after Oval Office talk

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Posted July 15, 2025 at 8:36pm, Updated at 9:36pm
House Appropriations Chairman Tom Cole, pictured wielding his gavel in June, said the bills’ funding levels are below current spending but surpass the president’s request.

GOP spending bills run into intraparty friction in House

By Aidan Quigley
Posted July 15, 2025 at 5:38pm, Updated at 8:26pm
Rep. Lori Trahan, pictured here in March, says the bill “would grant sweeping power to the NCAA and athletic conferences” at the expense of student-athletes. Trahan is a former Division I volleyball player at Georgetown University.

House subcommittee advances NIL framework for college sports

By Justin Papp
Posted July 15, 2025 at 4:37pm
Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., said the Senate spending bill will maintain staffing levels at the National Weather Service.

Trump’s proposed NOAA cuts meet Senate appropriators’ opposition

By David Jordan
Posted July 15, 2025 at 1:50pm
Reporters question then-Idaho Republican Sen. Larry Craig as he headed from the Senate floor to the Republican policy luncheon on Sept. 18, 2007, the day Craig returned to the Capitol for the first time since the disclosure of his guilty plea following a police sting operation in a Minneapolis airport bathroom. John McArdle, currently at C-SPAN, broke the story for Roll Call.

‘Show up. … You never know when an opportunity will present itself’

By John McArdle
Posted July 15, 2025 at 6:00am
“We’re hearing people out and we are obviously weighing what an amendment process on the floor … might look like, what if any changes could be made in advance of the floor,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., seen here on July 9, said Monday.

Senators face crucial vote on $9.4 billion rescissions package

By Rachel Oswald and David Lerman
Posted July 14, 2025 at 7:05pm
Members of Congress bring it in before last year’s Congressional Women's Softball Game at Watkins Recreation Center, a community field outside an elementary school. This year, the charity event will move to Audi Field, the soccer stadium in Southwest Washington.

Congressional softball to make Audi Field debut

By Hunter Savery
Posted July 14, 2025 at 4:36pm
Senate Homeland Security Chairman Rand Paul, R-Ky., seen in the Capitol last month. He issued the final report on the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump this week.

Senate panel faults Secret Service over Trump shooting attempt

By Chris Johnson
Posted July 14, 2025 at 3:50pm
Wreckage from American Airlines Flight 5342 is pulled from the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Feb. 3. The plane collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter on Jan. 29, killing 67 people.

Lawmakers mull a pricey air traffic control ‘wish list’

By Valerie Yurk
Posted July 14, 2025 at 3:15pm
Vindman, right, is seen in the Capitol with his twin brother Alexander Vindman on Dec. 18.

In the Spotlight: Eugene Vindman

By Nick Eskow
Posted July 14, 2025 at 2:54pm
President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn of the White House on Sunday evening.

Trump agrees to help NATO arm Ukraine amid frustrations with Putin

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 14, 2025 at 12:54pm
House Financial Services Chairman French Hill, R-Ark. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

House debates Pentagon spending, crypto as rescissions head to Senate

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted July 14, 2025 at 5:37am
President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott meet with local emergency services personnel Friday as they survey flood damage along the Guadalupe River in Kerrville, Texas. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Deadly Texas flooding puts Trump’s past talk of eliminating FEMA to the test

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 11, 2025 at 5:54pm
The measure also includes elements of Senate Armed Services Chair Roger Wicker’s sweeping proposal to overhaul the Defense Department’s approach to acquisition.

Senate NDAA would hike defense spending by $32 billion

By Briana Reilly
Posted July 11, 2025 at 5:41pm
Senate Legislative Branch Appropriations Chair Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., seen here June 30, called the measure "a strategic investment" to improve security of Congress. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Appropriators advance Legislative Branch bill without GAO cuts

By Justin Papp
Posted July 10, 2025 at 6:14pm
The FBI’s J. Edgar Hoover Building in Washington, D.C.

FBI headquarters fight stymies spending bill in Senate

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted July 10, 2025 at 5:43pm
The Las Vegas Strip lights up after sunset in Las Vegas, Nev., on Aug. 23, 2020.

Gambling tax repeal bill blocked in Senate

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted July 10, 2025 at 4:07pm