Tag: Congress

McCarthy slowly chips away at GOP skeptics as he pushes ahead with debt ceiling bill

Cami Mondeaux · April 26, 2023 6:03 pm

Democratic Rep. Jacky Rosen announced Thursday she will challenge Nevada Sen. Dean Heller for his seat in the Senate. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Senate Democrat Jacky Rosen faces ethics complaint over campaign launch

Gabe Kaminsky · April 26, 2023 4:27 pm

Julie Su speaks during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions confirmation hearing for her to be the Labor Secretary, on Capitol Hill, Thursday, April 20, 2023, in Washington.

Senate panel advances Julie Su nomination for labor secretary

David Sivak · April 26, 2023 2:18 pm

McCarthy debt ceiling plan would reduce deficit by $4.8 trillion over next decade, CBO says

Cami Mondeaux · April 25, 2023 9:04 pm

GOP senators urge Biden to sanction Chinese firm Huawei Cloud

Samantha-Jo Roth · April 25, 2023 8:56 pm

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) pauses as he talks to reporters about President Joe Biden's budget proposal at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, March 9, 2023.

Senate to vote on Equal Rights Amendment ratification

Eden Villalovas · April 25, 2023 4:07 pm

Rep. Anthony D'Esposito (R-NY).

House Republicans ‘violated’ campaign finance law, PAC alleges

Gabe Kaminsky · April 25, 2023 4:06 pm

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., attends a House Judiciary Committee Field Hearing, Monday, April 17, 2023, in New York.

Gaetz reemerges as a thorn in McCarthy’s side as debt ceiling fight escalates

Ryan King · April 25, 2023 2:26 pm

Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., right, talks with Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., during the tenth vote in the House chamber as the House meets for the third day to elect a speaker and convene the 118th Congress in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023.

McCarthy leans on undecideds ahead of debt ceiling vote

David Sivak · April 25, 2023 8:30 am

Julie A. Su, nominee for deputy secretary of Labor, testifies during her Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee confirmation hearing in Dirksen Building on Tuesday, March 16, 2021.

Six things to watch in Congress this week

Eden Villalovas · April 24, 2023 11:50 pm

Biden’s vetoes could soon start piling up. Here’s a comprehensive list so far

Ryan King · April 24, 2023 9:55 pm

President Joe Biden hands the pen he used to sign the Democrats' landmark climate change and healthcare bill to Sen. Joe Manchin, as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer watches in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Aug. 16, 2022.

Centrist Democrats push Biden to negotiate with McCarthy over debt ceiling

Ryan King · April 23, 2023 5:48 pm