Tag: Congress

Bernie Sanders will introduce measure to raise minimum wage to $17: Report

Julia Johnson · May 3, 2023 9:03 pm

Democrat running to replace Katie Porter says he was cited for driving under the influence

Ryan King · May 3, 2023 6:25 pm

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Beltway Confidential

Power should be a constraint, not a license: Members of Congress shouldn’t be allowed to own, buy, and sell stocks

Timothy P. Carney · May 3, 2023 12:50 pm

President Joe Biden talks with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) in Washington, March 17, 2023. There are stark differences in how President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy want to shore up the government's finances.

Signs of stress start to build in markets as debt ceiling deadline looms

Zach Halaschak · May 3, 2023 8:30 am

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks with reporters about the struggle to fix the looming debt ceiling deadline, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, April 26, 2023.

McConnell will attend Biden meeting on debt ceiling but says ‘solution is not in Senate’

Cami Mondeaux · May 2, 2023 7:42 pm

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre takes questions from journalists during a press briefing at the White House on April 5, 2023, in Washington, D.C.

White House defends Biden’s trip abroad as debt ceiling battle rages at home

Ryan King · May 2, 2023 6:30 pm

President Joe Biden and Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) attend the annual Friends of Ireland Luncheon on St. Patrick's Day, on Capitol Hill, March 17, 2023 in Washington, DC.

Lawmakers and Biden set to leave DC during debt limit crunch time

Ryan King · May 2, 2023 3:29 pm

Matt Gaetz and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

AOC and Gaetz team up to introduce bipartisan ban on stock trading in Congress

Rachel Schilke · May 2, 2023 1:59 pm

Beltway Confidential

Biden won’t rise to his duty on the border crisis, so I’m rising to mine

Sen. Tim Scott · May 2, 2023 7:00 am

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen testifies during a House Financial Services Committee hearing Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

US could default by June 1 without debt ceiling hike, Yellen warns

David Sivak · May 1, 2023 8:49 pm

Crenshaw dubs TikTok ‘ultimate psychological warfare weapon,’ signals support for absolute ban

Julia Johnson · May 1, 2023 3:57 pm

Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, arrives for votes at the Capitol on Tuesday, March 28, 2023. Tuberville has incurred the wrath of both Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) for his blocking of senior military promotions and nominations as he protests a new Defense Department policy providing leave and reimbursement for service members who travel to get an abortion.

Tuberville sees NDAA offramp to standoff over Pentagon’s abortion policy

David Sivak · May 1, 2023 2:54 pm