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Rep. Bob Latta, R-Ohio, seen here in the Capitol, has not missed a vote since 2020.

Congress

Vote studies: Participation up in 2025 despite notable absences

Voting rate across both chambers was 96.8 percent

By Nick Eskow
Posted March 11, 2026 at 7:00am

Sens. Jack Reed of Rhode Island, left, and Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire added their voices Tuesday to the chorus of Democrats calling for public hearings about the Iran war.

Congress

Senate Democrats’ calls for public Iran hearings grow louder

By John M. Donnelly
Posted March 10, 2026 at 8:49pm
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., leaves the Republican Senate luncheon in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, March 3, 2026.

Campaigns

Senate leadership doesn’t budge on filibuster

By Savannah Behrmann
Posted March 10, 2026 at 7:31pm
Reps. Nancy Mace and Lauren Boebert are seen at a hearing on March 4. “I’m tired of being treated like a second-class citizen in this place,” Mace says.

Congress

A GOP ‘MeToo’ moment? Not yet

By Valerie Yurk
Posted March 10, 2026 at 6:28pm
In Illinois, Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton, left, and Reps. Robin Kelly, center, and Raja Krishnamoorthi are vying in the Democratic primary for the state’s open Senate seat.

Campaigns

In Illinois, big Democratic names jockey for a rare Senate vacancy

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted March 10, 2026 at 7:19pm

Capitol Ink | Republican retreat

By R.J. Matson
Posted March 11, 2026 at 7:00am
A reporter grabs a handful of candy from a pallet outside the office of then-Sen. Patrick J. Toomey, R-Pa., on Jan. 24, 2020. The candy was sent to resupply the candy desk on the Senate floor during the 2020 impeachment trial.

The Senate still wants candy

By Nina Heller and Savannah Behrmann
Posted March 10, 2026 at 7:34pm

2026 State of Government Affairs

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted February 4, 2026 at 12:15pm
Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks to reporters before a Senate Budget Committee hearing on Tuesday.

Senators clash over sanctuary policies amid DHS shutdown

By Chris Johnson
Posted March 10, 2026 at 5:05pm

Capitol Ink | King of the world?

By Bill Clark
Posted March 10, 2026 at 2:33pm
As the Supreme Court seems primed to obliterate what remains of the Voting Rights Act, longtime Rep. James E. Clyburn has a message worth hearing, Curtis writes. Above, Clyburn addresses the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in August 2024.

Are Americans seeking justice tough enough to meet the moment?

By Mary C. Curtis
Posted March 10, 2026 at 2:09pm

Read the latest issue

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted March 23, 2020 at 11:36am
Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., and Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., hold a news conference with Jeffrey Epstein survivors on Sept. 3, 2025.

In Massie district, Trump’s revenge push will clash with keeping House

By John T. Bennett
Posted March 10, 2026 at 12:52pm
Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., is seen in the U.S. Capitol during a series of votes on April 3, 2025.

Rating change: Montana Senate moves out of Solid

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted March 10, 2026 at 12:43pm
Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., talks with reporters outside the Capitol on March 5.

Democrats float tax relief plans to home in on affordability

By Jacob Fulton
Posted March 10, 2026 at 7:00am

At the Races: Georgia on my mind

By Mary Ellen McIntire and Daniela Altimari
Posted March 10, 2026 at 5:00am
President Donald Trump speaks during a House Republican policy retreat at Trump National Doral in Florida on Monday. (Saul Loeb / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump calls Iran war ‘short term,’ says it could ‘be ended soon’

By John T. Bennett
Posted March 9, 2026 at 7:24pm
From left, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Bud Denker, president of Penske Corp., check out a race car during an event to announce the Freedom 250 Grand Prix of Washington course on Monday.

Sidestepping Congress, IndyCar to race around National Mall 

By Nina Heller
Posted March 9, 2026 at 4:58pm
The late Hawaii Democratic Rep. Colleen Hanabusa is pictured here in April 2014 during a news conference with House Democratic women marking “Equal Pay Day.”

Former Rep. Colleen Hanabusa remembered as trailblazer

By Nick Eskow
Posted March 9, 2026 at 4:51pm
Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., is seen at a news conference in the Capitol on Feb. 1. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Rising pump prices draw calls to action from Democrats

By Kelly Livingston
Posted March 9, 2026 at 4:23pm

Capitol Lens | Photo finish

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted March 9, 2026 at 3:54pm
Iranian Americans rally in Upper Senate Park to support the provisional government for Iran’s transition period led by Maryam Rajavi, the president-elect of National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), on Saturday. Columnist Steven Pearlstein writes that Congress last week ceded its authority to the president on military operations in Iran.

Congress’ unconditional surrender

By Steven Pearlstein
Posted March 9, 2026 at 12:15pm
House Republicans are meeting at the Trump National Doral golf resort in Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Trump says he won’t sign other laws until election bill reaches his desk

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted March 9, 2026 at 6:51am
California Rep. Darrell Issa talks with reporters before a meeting of the House Republican Conference in the Capitol on Nov. 19, 2024.

After redistricting, Issa joins the ranks of the retiring

By Daniela Altimari
Posted March 7, 2026 at 12:01am
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem arrives for a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday.

Noem alone — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Chris Hale
Posted March 6, 2026 at 5:10pm
Protesters hold signs and chant during a demonstration outside the White House against President Trump and strikes on Iran on Feb. 28.

House members vying for Senate face conundrum with Iran votes

By Savannah Behrmann and Valerie Yurk
Posted March 6, 2026 at 3:36pm
The container ship Seamax Bridgeport sails into the Charleston, S.C., harbor.

Court process kicks off for tariff refunds

By Michael Macagnone
Posted March 6, 2026 at 3:15pm
Protesters hold signs and chant during a demonstration outside the White House against President Trump and strikes on Iran on Feb. 28.

Can Trump avoid ‘magical thinking’ on Iran?

By John T. Bennett
Posted March 6, 2026 at 1:41pm

Capitol Ink | Into the sunset

By R.J. Matson
Posted March 6, 2026 at 11:16am
Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., leaves the Capitol after President Donald Trump selected him to be Homeland Security secretary on Thursday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Mullin moving to Cabinet would set off Appropriations shuffle

By Aidan Quigley
Posted March 6, 2026 at 10:50am
Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., speaks to reporters on the steps of the Capitol after President Donald Trump selected him to replace Kristi Noem as secretary of Homeland Security on Thursday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week | February 27-March 5, 2026

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted March 6, 2026 at 10:23am
Sen. Christopher S. Murphy, D-Conn., said the funding standoff won't end with new Homeland Security chief.(Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Democrats say immigration fight won’t ease with Noem’s departure

By Jacob Fulton
Posted March 6, 2026 at 6:18am
Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., speaks at a hearing on U.S. artificial intelligence policy on Sept. 10, 2025. The Senate on Thursday passed his bill that would expand a 1998-era childrens' online privacy law. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Kids online safety bills move forward from Senate, House panel

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted March 6, 2026 at 6:02am
Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, walks down the House steps after votes on April 30, 2024.

GOP Rep. Gonzales gives up on reelection bid

By Valerie Yurk
Posted March 5, 2026 at 3:14pm, Updated March 6, 2026 at 5:57am
A plume of smoke rises after a strike on the Iranian capital of Tehran on March 3. The United States and Israel launched strikes against Iran on Feb. 28, killing Iran's supreme leader, and the Islamic Republic retaliated with barrages of missiles toward Gulf states and Israel.

Trump’s big bet on Operation Epic Fury

By David Winston
Posted March 4, 2026 at 4:32pm, Updated March 5, 2026 at 8:41pm
Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., seen here during a House Judiciary Committee hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building on Tuesday, sponsored the war powers resolution.

Iran war powers resolution defeated in House

By Mark Satter
Posted March 5, 2026 at 7:36pm

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