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Sen. Thom Tillis, shown in October, recently led a group of Republican senators in introducing legislation that would bar the administration from making settlement payments to migrant families.

Government talks on migrant family settlements break down

By Caroline Coudriet
Posted December 16, 2021 at 6:04pm
House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn, D-S.C., asked President Joe Biden to give a commencement address in his place.

Clyburn gets Biden to fill in as commencement speaker on Friday

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted December 16, 2021 at 1:01pm
Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., talks with reporters in the Capitol on Wednesday.

NDAA victory aside, the real Pentagon money fight awaits

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted December 16, 2021 at 10:00am
A worker shovels sand into a trench as a utility crew installs new water pipe in Walnut Creek, Calif., earlier this year.

EPA proposes tightening Trump rule on lead pipes

By Joseph Morton
Posted December 16, 2021 at 8:00am
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., walks through the Capitol after Senate luncheons on Nov. 30, 2021.

Child credit backers look to workarounds if budget bill stalls

By Laura Weiss
Posted December 16, 2021 at 6:30am
A truck travels along I-95 at Oxon Hill, Md.

Biden administration to announce plans to recruit truck drivers

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted December 16, 2021 at 5:00am
Airline crew members at Dulles International Airport.

Airline executives defend use of payroll support amid pandemic

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted December 15, 2021 at 7:22pm
Sen. Marco Rubio has been pushing for the ban on exports from Xinjiang for two years.

Congress weighs import ban on goods from China’s Uyghur region

By Rachel Oswald
Posted December 15, 2021 at 6:31pm
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., said Wednesday that voting rights legislation should be dealt with "immediately" while a larger budget package should move "as quickly as possible."

Momentum grows for Senate to take up voting bills ahead of budget package

By Lindsey McPherson and Kate Ackley
Posted December 15, 2021 at 5:01pm
Technicians work at the Army's Dugway Proving Ground, where chemical and biological weapon defenses are tested.

Congress is weighing cuts to the Pentagon disease-fighting budget

By John M. Donnelly
Posted December 15, 2021 at 4:40pm
The USS Theodore Roosevelt patrols the Pacific Ocean in 2019.

Senate clears compromise defense policy bill

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted December 15, 2021 at 1:17pm
Sunset light illuminates the U.S. Supreme Court building this month.

Veteran’s case brings War Powers to Supreme Court

By Todd Ruger
Posted December 15, 2021 at 12:46pm
It’s hard to imagine a Republican like the late Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens — here in 2003 — being intimidated by Donald Trump, Rothenberg writes.

Senate membership shows how the parties have changed

By Stuart Rothenberg
Posted December 15, 2021 at 6:15am
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, left, and Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer worked out an agreement to defuse a possible financial crisis.

House clears $2.5 trillion debt limit increase, ending fiscal drama

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted December 14, 2021 at 1:09pm, Updated December 15, 2021 at 12:45am
Vice Chair Liz Cheney speaks during the House select committee to investigate Jan. 6 markup of the “Report Recommending that the House of Representatives Cite Mark Randall Meadows for Criminal Contempt of Congress” on Monday.

House votes to hold Mark Meadows in contempt of Congress

By Chris Marquette
Posted December 14, 2021 at 11:38pm

Letter to Roll Call readers

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted December 14, 2021 at 3:21pm, Updated at 9:10pm
Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., speaks during the Senate Democrats' press conference in the Capitol on Oct. 5, 2021.

Optimism waning in Senate about budget reconciliation vote this month

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted December 14, 2021 at 7:20pm
Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., talks with reporters in the U.S. Capitol last month.

Judge rules House committee can get Trump’s tax returns

By Todd Ruger
Posted December 14, 2021 at 7:12pm

Senate releases 2022 calendar

By Chris Cioffi
Posted December 14, 2021 at 4:29pm
D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine announces during a news conference outside the Capitol he has filed a lawsuit against the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers over the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection.

DC files lawsuit against two groups for costs of Jan. 6 response

By Todd Ruger
Posted December 14, 2021 at 2:38pm
An aerial view of the Pentagon building in Arlington, VA.

Defense contractor gouged taxpayers, says Pentagon auditor

By John M. Donnelly
Posted December 14, 2021 at 2:27pm
House Armed Services Chairman Adam Smith says the bill will toughen prosecutions of sexual assault in the military.

Senate advances compromise defense policy bill

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted December 14, 2021 at 2:12pm
Senate Finance Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., believes the tax credits will pass muster with the Senate parliamentarian.

Democrats push forward with EV tax credits

By Joseph Morton
Posted December 14, 2021 at 10:30am
Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar chairs the panel in charge of Senate security.

Congress moves to ease National Guard defense of the Capitol

By Mark Satter
Posted December 14, 2021 at 2:15pm, Updated at 9:26am
Lawmakers such as House Financial Services Chairwoman Maxine Waters, right, have been showing greater interest in the cryptocurrency sector.

With eye on 2021 law, crypto industry to ‘engage’ with Congress in 2022

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted December 14, 2021 at 8:00am
Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., flanked by Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., left, and Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., speaks during the House Select Committee to Investigate January 6th Committee Full Committee markup hearing of the "Report Recommending that the House of Representatives Cite Mark Randall Meadows for Criminal Contempt of Congress" on Monday, Dec. 13, 2021.

Jan. 6 committee recommends Meadows be held in contempt of Congress

By Chris Marquette
Posted December 13, 2021 at 7:48pm
Marine One carries President Donald Trump past the Trump International Hotel after he departed the White House in January before Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president.

Appeals court questions scope of House request for Trump records

By Todd Ruger
Posted December 13, 2021 at 4:06pm
Florida Rep. Vern Buchanan, a contender to succeed Texas Rep. Kevin Brady as the top Republican on the Ways and Means Committee, says tax and trade policy would be top issues for him.

Contenders vie for top Ways and Means GOP slot after Nunes exit

By Laura Weiss
Posted December 13, 2021 at 10:00am
“It’s a bad position to be in. I don’t like being put in this position. But, you know, Medicare is important,” said GOP Sen. Joni Ernst, who voted for cloture but against final passage.

Medicare cuts scare helps put debt limit bill on fast track

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted December 13, 2021 at 6:01am
Trump supporters occupy the West Front of the Capitol and the inauguration stands on Jan. 6.

Jan. 6 rally organizers issued subpoenas

By Chris Marquette
Posted December 10, 2021 at 4:09pm