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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., ouside the Capitol on Wednesday. She is seeking to win approval of a budget resolution the week of Aug. 23.

Pelosi offers to ‘advance’ budget and infrastructure measures together

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted August 15, 2021 at 1:01pm
Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona is among Democrats who will be “a key focus in who we’re trying to put maximum pressure on in Congress to help us get this done,” said ABIC's co-chair.

Business leaders pressure Congress for immigration changes

By Suzanne Monyak
Posted August 13, 2021 at 4:00pm
Lightning strikes over Washington as seen from the Capitol during the Senate‘s vote-a-rama on Tuesday, August 10, 2021.

‘If you look up stupid stuff in the dictionary’ — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted August 13, 2021 at 12:19pm
Clockwise from left: Democratic Reps. Josh Gottheimer, Ed Case, Carolyn Bourdeaux, Jared Golden, Jim Costa, Kurt Schrader, Filemon Vela, Vicente Gonzalez and Henry Cuellar wrote a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi threatening to vote against the fiscal 2022 budget resolution.

Nine centrist House Democrats threaten to oppose budget without infrastructure

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted August 13, 2021 at 11:06am
Acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire makes his way to the Senate (Select) Committee on Intelligence on Capitol Hill on Sept. 26, 2019.

Congress weighs whistleblower safeguards after Trump saga

By John M. Donnelly
Posted August 13, 2021 at 10:30am
A technician for makes repairs on the dish on the Pollard cell tower high off the ground in rural Rio Blanco County near Meeker, Colorado in 2017.

Something for everyone in infrastructure deal’s broadband section

By Dean DeChiaro
Posted August 13, 2021 at 9:00am
Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto, right, and Maggie Hassan were among three vulnerable Democrats to vote with all Republicans on an amendment related to undocumented immigrants convicted of a crime.

How the Senate ‘vote-a-rama’ spelled out GOP’s midterm script

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted August 13, 2021 at 8:00am
Jon Tester, one of two Senate Democrats not to request funding through the new earmark process, says earmarks don’t “work out really well.”

Plenty of budget room seen to accommodate House, Senate earmarks

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted August 13, 2021 at 7:00am
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, here walking with her Deputy Chief of Staff Drew Hamill in 2019, told members they can now pay aides more than Congress itself is paid.

House staffers can now make more than their bosses

By Jim Saksa
Posted August 12, 2021 at 4:20pm
Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Bob Menendez is frustrated over the slow pace of moving President Joe Biden's ambassador nominees out of committee.

‘Most extreme example’: Cruz further slows administration’s sluggish ambassador pace

By Rachel Oswald
Posted August 12, 2021 at 3:20pm
The release of local population and demographic information from the 2020 census will allow states to begin redrawing congressional district lines.

State redistricting can start with new census data, but litigation looms

By Michael Macagnone
Posted August 12, 2021 at 3:09pm
Sen. Chris Van Hollen's plan could raise $500 billion over 10 years.

Democrats’ climate tax proposal has polluter-pays principle of Superfund

By Keith Lewis
Posted August 12, 2021 at 7:00am
Speaker Nancy Pelosi has repeatedly vowed to hold the infrastructure bill in the House until the Senate also passes the reconciliation package.

Democrats about to walk budget tightrope in House

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted August 11, 2021 at 5:02pm
House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., reissued a subpoena for former President Donald Trump's financial records in February.

Judge sides with House Democrats on some Trump financial records

By Todd Ruger
Posted August 11, 2021 at 3:26pm
Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer attend a rally near the Capitol Reflecting Pool on August 04, 2021.

As Senate departs, House plots August recess return

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted August 11, 2021 at 1:05pm
Vice President Kamala Harris arrives in the Capitol on Tuesday to preside over the Senate's passage of a massive infrastructure measure.

Senate OKs infrastructure bill; fate in House tied to bigger budget bill

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted August 10, 2021 at 11:50am, Updated August 11, 2021 at 12:15pm
Local-level population counts from the 2020 census that include racial and ethnic information, information states need to redraw House districts, will be released on Thursday.

Census data release will start House redistricting scramble

By Michael Macagnone and Stephanie Akin
Posted August 11, 2021 at 10:41am
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer says he wants to have the reconciliation bill ready by Sept. 15.

Senate approves budget resolution after ‘vote-a-rama’

By Paul M. Krawzak
Posted August 10, 2021 at 12:56pm, Updated August 11, 2021 at 10:27am
Wisconsin Rep. Ron Kind, one of seven Democrats in districts that also backed Donald Trump over Joe Biden last year, will not seek another term next year.

Rep. Ron Kind ‘out of gas,’ won’t seek a 14th term in Wisconsin

By Stephanie Akin
Posted August 10, 2021 at 4:47pm, Updated at 5:13pm
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has made it clear that Republicans will need to get something in exchange for voting to raise the debt limit.

Setting the stage for the next debt limit showdown

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted August 10, 2021 at 5:00am
Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., right, walks with Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., in the Capitol on Monday. Sanders introduced the Democrats' $3.5 trillion budget resolution, which Schumer said the Senate will take up Tuesday after it votes on the infrastructure bill.

Senate to vote on infrastructure bill Tuesday morning

By Joseph Morton
Posted August 9, 2021 at 9:28pm
The latest Office of Congressional Workplace Rights report leaves out information on the Hart Senate Office Building, pictured here, where NBC producer Frank Thorp takes a photo from the second floor of Hart in June.

Latest report on ADA compliance at the Capitol leaves out key data, raises questions

By Chris Marquette
Posted August 9, 2021 at 6:49pm
Sens. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., and Patrick J. Toomey, R-Pa., at a news conference on digital asset transaction reporting requirements on Monday, August 9, 2021.

Cryptocurrency tax reporting deal scotched in Senate

By Laura Weiss
Posted August 9, 2021 at 3:14pm, Updated at 5:21pm
Senate Budget Chairman Bernie Sanders, left, and Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer are seen in the Capitol on Monday, August 9, 2021.

Democrats unveil blueprint for $3.5T budget reconciliation bill

By Paul M. Krawzak
Posted August 9, 2021 at 11:33am, Updated at 2:49pm
Former Rep. Steve Stivers greets Phoenix, a service dog, during a news conference in May highlighting the passage of the Puppies Assisting Wounded Servicemembers for Veterans Therapy Act. The Senate passed the bill Thursday.

Congress unleashes service dogs for veterans with PTSD

By Mark Satter
Posted August 9, 2021 at 6:00am
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., led Democrats in negotiating the infrastructure legislation with moderate Republicans.

Senate slogs through infrastructure debate

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted August 8, 2021 at 10:07pm
“I’m not trying to expedite this process whatsoever,” said Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn.

Debate on infrastructure bill stretches into Sunday — and likely beyond

By Jessica Wehrman and Joseph Morton
Posted August 7, 2021 at 8:08pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer filed a cloture motion Thursday night.

Senate seeks finish line for infrastructure bill

By Joseph Morton and Jessica Wehrman
Posted August 6, 2021 at 5:52pm
Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., speaks at a Senate hearing on Aug. 4.

Cryptocurrency negotiators at ‘impasse’ over tax reporting rules

By Laura Weiss
Posted August 6, 2021 at 9:23am
Sens. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, and Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., both standing, led the 22 lawmakers who negotiated the infrastructure bill.

Senate aims for weekend vote on infrastructure bill

By Jessica Wehrman, Joseph Morton and Peter Cohn
Posted August 5, 2021 at 10:55pm