Tag: Congress

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, accompanied by R-GA, Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-FL, and Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-TX, speaks at a news conference about pre trial conditions conditions for inmate at the Washington DC jail. on Capitol Hill, December 7 2021

Strange bedfellows? Solitary confinement panned by Democrats for NYC jails and Republicans for Jan. 6 inmates

Emily Brooks · December 7, 2021 9:38 pm

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) walk through Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

Parties agree on deal allowing Democrats to hike debt ceiling until after 2022 election

Susan Ferrechio · December 7, 2021 9:05 pm

Saule Omarova of New York is sworn in during a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington to examine her nomination to be the Comptroller of the Currency, Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021.

Controversial Biden banking nominee drops out of contention after bruising hearing

Zach Halaschak · December 7, 2021 8:57 pm

White House chief of staff Mark Meadows speaks with reporters outside the White House, Oct. 26, 2020, in Washington. The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection says it has âno choiceâ but to move forward with contempt charges against former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows.

Meadows withdraws cooperation with Jan. 6 committee

Virginia Aabram · December 7, 2021 8:05 pm

Former White House strategist Steve Bannon.

Tentative date set for Steve Bannon trial over contempt of Congress charges

Ryan King · December 7, 2021 7:43 pm

This photo taken July 23, 2013, show the U.S. Capitol in Washington. Congress returns to work this week with a relatively short and simple agenda, vote to keep the government operating in the short term, then return home to campaign. National security threats from Islamic State militants and Russian aggression in Ukraine loom large, but September's session may be too short for lawmakers to do anything but talk about them.

Senate agrees to final defense bill that outspends Biden’s budget request

Mike Brest · December 7, 2021 7:09 pm

Manchin could be the Grinch who blocks Christmas passage of Biden spending bill

Susan Ferrechio · December 7, 2021 6:02 pm

News (Restoring America)

Capitol riot panel finds White House metadata on letter pushing Georgia to overturn Trump election loss

Daniel Chaitin · December 7, 2021 1:21 am

Democrats plan to mark anniversary of ‘historic’ Jan. 6 Capitol attack

Susan Ferrechio · December 6, 2021 10:25 pm

Devin Nunes.

Devin Nunes to leave Congress at month’s end for new Trump media company

David M. Drucker, Emily Brooks · December 6, 2021 10:02 pm

House plans debt limit vote this week as deadline looms

Susan Ferrechio · December 6, 2021 9:50 pm

Bob Dole to lie in state in Capitol just over three years after iconic salute of H.W. Bush

Emily Brooks · December 6, 2021 9:01 pm