Tag: Congress

There will be no massive energy bill this year, House Speaker Paul Ryan's office said Wednesday evening. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Beltway Confidential

HR 1 would help Hispanics meet the challenges of high energy prices and a sluggish economy

Rep. Monica De La Cruz, Daniel Garza · April 19, 2023 6:00 am

Mandy Gunasekara is returning to EPA as chief of staff after leading the agency's air-policy office.

House fails to override Biden veto on GOP repeal of EPA’s clean waterways rule

Cami Mondeaux · April 18, 2023 10:41 pm

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks to reporters about the indictment of former President Donald Trump during a media availability on Wednesday, April 5, 2023, in Columbia, S.C.

Graham blocks Schumer push to replace Feinstein on Judiciary

David Sivak · April 18, 2023 10:09 pm

FILE - In this June 13, 2013 file photo, US Border Patrol agent Jerry Conlin looks out over Tijuana, Mexico, behind, along the old border wall along the US - Mexico border, where it ends at the base of a hill in San Diego. After dropping during the recession, the number of immigrants crossing the border illegally into the U.S. appears to be on the rise again, according to a report released Monday, Sept. 23, 2013 by Pew Research Center's Hispanic Trends Project. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Illegal immigration crossings rise 25% in March as pandemic policy nears end

Rachel Schilke · April 18, 2023 9:08 pm

Democrats say ‘creepy’ GOP transgender athletes bill would require genital inspections

Cami Mondeaux · April 18, 2023 4:22 pm

Manchin to reintroduce permitting bill after Schumer declares GOP effort ‘dead’

Jeremy Beaman · April 18, 2023 3:17 pm

Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Mich., speaks on the one-year anniversary of the Capitol riot on Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022.

Michigan Rep. Dan Kildee undergoes surgery to treat cancer

Jack Birle · April 18, 2023 12:31 pm

McCarthy touts early House momentum as biggest challenges lie ahead

David Sivak · April 17, 2023 11:28 pm

Senate Democrats set to introduce sweeping congressional stock trading ban

Gabe Kaminsky · April 17, 2023 10:40 pm

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., confer during a news conference on June 13, 2018.

House Democrat may have illegally pocketed thousands from lobbyist: Watchdog

Gabe Kaminsky · April 17, 2023 4:26 pm

Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., speaks during a news conference as advocates call on the Senate to affirm the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) as the 28th Amendment to the Constitution, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Cori Bush pays more from campaign to guru and husband for security

Gabe Kaminsky · April 17, 2023 2:50 pm

A view of the U.S. Capitol Building. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Beltway Confidential

Congress, reassert your constitutional authority over trade

Claude Barfield · April 17, 2023 1:58 pm