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A Senate staffer delivers pizzas and drinks to the Capitol as the Senate braced for a previous vote-a-rama in April 2025.

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‘Slipping further down the slope’ toward another ‘vote-a-rama’

Critics worry about precedent set by using reconciliation to fund agencies

By Savannah Behrmann
Posted April 22, 2026 at 6:38pm

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries attends a news conference Wednesday at the Democratic National Committee in Washington after Virginia voters approved a new congressional map. President Donald Trump and James Blair, who will run Republican midterm operations, appear on the poster.

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Democrats celebrate Virginia redistricting win as Jeffries vows ‘maximum warfare’

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted April 22, 2026 at 5:59pm, Updated at 6:20pm
An eagle kite flies near the Capitol on March 28 during the Blossom Kite Festival in Washington.

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2 ways Congress can improve its standing with Americans

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted April 22, 2026 at 4:00pm
Rep. David Scott, D-Ga., pictured here in 2021, has died at age 80. He was the first Black chairman of the House Agriculture Committee. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Congress

Georgia Rep. David Scott dies at 80

By Valerie Yurk
Posted April 22, 2026 at 1:46pm, Updated at 5:48pm
A sign directs early voters on the Virginia redistricting referendum to the Ellen M. Bozman Government Center in Arlington, Va., last month.

Congress

Virginia judge blocks certification of redistricting referendum

By Michael Macagnone
Posted April 22, 2026 at 6:05pm
The E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse.

Judge warns attorney for Jan. 6 pipe bomber suspect

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted April 22, 2026 at 7:15pm
Omaha City Council member Brinker Harding, left, and San Diego County Supervisor Jim Desmond are seeking Republican-held swing seats this year. (Courtesy Brinker Harding for Congress/Facebook, Desmond for Congress/Facebook)

Republican hopefuls in swing seats aren’t walking away from Trump

By Daniela Altimari
Posted April 22, 2026 at 3:59pm

Digital Advocacy Fueled by Data Science

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted March 12, 2026 at 6:55pm
Sen. Mike Lee, seen here in March, had called for a show of Senate force on an election overhaul favored by the president. Now its path forward is murky.

Future for voter ID bill unclear in Senate

By Savannah Behrmann
Posted April 22, 2026 at 2:54pm
Cherry blossoms bloom outside of the Supreme Court building last month.

Supreme Court hears arguments on US power to strip green cards

By Michael Macagnone
Posted April 22, 2026 at 2:51pm
Then-Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger, former Gov. Ralph Northam, left, and Rep. James R. Walkinshaw, D-Va., attend a statue unveiling ceremony for Barbara Rose Johns in Emancipation Hall in 2025.

Blue wave? Or red save?

By David Winston
Posted April 22, 2026 at 7:00am

2026 State of Government Affairs

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted February 4, 2026 at 12:15pm
Former Virginia Rep. Tom Perriello speaks at a pro-redistricting rally in Charlottesville on April 11 as House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, left, and Virginia Sen. Mark Warner look on.

Virginia voters approve new Democrat-drawn congressional map

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted April 21, 2026 at 9:22pm
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., seen leaving the Senate Republicans’ lunch meeting in the Capitol on March 4, said he expects a budget "vote-a-rama" Thursday.

Senate agrees to take up budget resolution for immigration funds

By Aidan Quigley, Aris Folley and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted April 21, 2026 at 8:04pm
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy speaks during an event to announce the Freedom 250 Grand Prix of Washington course on March 9.

More air traffic control modernization funding needed, Duffy says

By Kelly Livingston
Posted April 21, 2026 at 7:24pm

Read the latest issue

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted March 23, 2020 at 11:36am
Historian Candice Millard and actor Nick Offerman discuss “Death by Lightning” at an April 15 discussion sponsored by the U.S. Capitol Historical Society.

He assassinated James Garfield. The story doesn’t end there

By Mike Magner
Posted April 21, 2026 at 6:02pm

Capitol Lens | The chair company

By Tom Williams
Posted April 21, 2026 at 4:53pm
Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Fla., leaves the Capitol after the last votes of the week on March 27.

Cherfilus-McCormick resigns minutes before sanctions hearing

By Nina Heller and Valerie Yurk
Posted April 21, 2026 at 2:27pm, Updated at 3:28pm
Kevin Warsh, right, nominee to chairman of the Federal Reserve, talks with Senate Banking Chairman Tim Scott, R-S.C., after his confirmation hearing Tuesday.

Warsh vows Fed independence; Democrats assert financial conflicts

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Posted April 21, 2026 at 2:08pm
Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday said he was “open” to tightening rules around sexual misconduct in Congress and would “lead that myself.”

Johnson willing to ‘lead’ push for sexual misconduct overhauls

By Valerie Yurk and Nina Heller
Posted April 21, 2026 at 2:04pm
The American flag flies in front of the Supreme Court.

Supreme Court sounds ready to back agency authority over violations

By Michael Macagnone
Posted April 21, 2026 at 1:54pm
Our country’s leaders should be brave enough to confront uncomfortable history, Curtis writes. Above, a man takes a photo of Dana King's “Guided By Justice” statue, dedicated to Black women who sustained the Montgomery Bus Boycott, at the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Ala.

Facing America’s truths may be inconvenient, but it can be liberating

By Mary C. Curtis
Posted April 21, 2026 at 12:31pm
Rep. Salud Carbajal, D-Calif., worked with stakeholders to clarify his amendment ahead of floor vote.

Hunting enthusiasts notch farm bill win with greyhound ban fix

By Hunter Savery
Posted April 21, 2026 at 6:00am

At the Races: Virginia is for voters

By Mary Ellen McIntire and Daniela Altimari
Posted April 21, 2026 at 5:00am
Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer arrives for President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. A White House spokesman Monday confirmed Chavez-DeRemer would resign.

Chavez-DeRemer exiting Trump Cabinet amid misconduct investigations

By Daniela Altimari
Posted April 20, 2026 at 7:03pm
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., will play a central role in the Republican push to pass an immigration-focused reconciliation bill. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Budget resolution for immigration funding headed to Senate floor

By Paul M. Krawzak
Posted April 20, 2026 at 6:21pm
A worker takes a break on scaffolding outside of Russell Senate Office Building on Monday.

Congress searches for path on surveillance authority renewal

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted April 20, 2026 at 6:16pm
Texas state Rep. James Talarico, the Democratic nominee for Senate, speaks at a rally in Fort Worth on March 20.

Democratic candidates start 2026 with a fundraising bang

By Mary Ellen McIntire, Daniela Altimari and Ryan Kelly
Posted April 16, 2026 at 4:56pm, Updated April 20, 2026 at 6:11pm
Pennsylvania Rep. Madeleine Dean, center — seen at a news conference at the Capitol on April 9 — has previously voiced objections about the lack of guidelines for an American First Opportunity Fund in the State Department's budget.

Congress may again curtail ‘America First’ funding request for State

By Mark Satter
Posted April 20, 2026 at 6:03pm
Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Fla., attends her House Ethics adjudicatory subcommittee hearing on March 26. Now the panel will meet to decide what punishment to recommend.

Ethics in spotlight again ahead of Cherfilus-McCormick hearing 

By Nina Heller
Posted April 20, 2026 at 5:43pm
Senate Banking ranking member Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., plans to question Kevin Warsh, the nominee for Federal Reserve chairman, about his financial disclosure and his ties to the late sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein.

Fed chair nominee Warsh to field questions about Fed independence

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Posted April 20, 2026 at 3:35pm
Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., attends a Senate Commerce hearing on April 15.

Social media verdicts could buoy online regulatory bills

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted April 20, 2026 at 3:23pm
Cherry blossoms bloom outside of the Supreme Court building last month.

Supreme Court to hear arguments on agency authority over violations

By Michael Macagnone
Posted April 20, 2026 at 10:05am
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said the Senate could move ahead with a budget resolution this week.

This week: Senate girds for budget vote-a-rama in busy week for Congress

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted April 20, 2026 at 6:23am
President Donald Trump speaks Friday during a Turning Point USA event at the Dream City Church in Phoenix.

Trump hits cultural issues in midterms pep talk to Turning Point crowd

By John T. Bennett
Posted April 17, 2026 at 7:37pm
McKinley listens during a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on Oct. 12, 2017. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Former House member David McKinley dies at 79

By Kelly Livingston
Posted April 17, 2026 at 6:28pm
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