Tag: Congress

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., left, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speak to reporters about the massive government spending bill moving through Congress, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 22, 2018. The bipartisan $1.3 trillion spending bill pours huge sums into Pentagon programs and domestic initiatives ranging from building roads to combatting the nation's opioid abuse crisis, but left Congress in stalemate over shielding young Dreamer immigrants from deportation and curbing surging health insurance premiums.

Democratic tax hikes: What’s on the table and what’s been abandoned

Zach Halaschak · October 26, 2021 7:25 pm

Beltway Confidential

Why do they keep inflating the Jan. 6 body count?

Becket Adams · October 26, 2021 6:00 pm

"It's clear Mo Brooks is more interested in advancing his own career than he is with delivering for Alabama," the statement added. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Mo Brooks ‘proud’ if staff helped plan ‘lawful’ Jan. 6 protest

Christopher Hutton · October 26, 2021 5:55 pm

Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) speaks during a news conference, Wednesday, May 12, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

‘Build Back Better era’: Democrats compare spending bill to New Deal and Great Society

Emily Brooks · October 26, 2021 5:12 pm

Joe Manchin is politically homeless: ‘I don’t know where in the hell I belong’

Emily Brooks · October 26, 2021 4:48 pm

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Manchin open to raising debt ceiling with only Democratic votes

Zach Halaschak · October 26, 2021 4:39 pm

Arizona Electoral College member Felecia Rotellini, left, holds her commemorative Presidential Elector Ballot, as she poses for a photo with Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, right. The state has been targeted in several efforts to challenge the presidential vote.

Beltway Confidential

Exclusive: Bipartisan poll shows support for fixing Electoral Count Act

Quin Hillyer · October 26, 2021 4:15 pm

Democrats say spending deal imminent: ‘Next few hours’

Susan Ferrechio · October 26, 2021 4:08 pm

Push for the ‘AOC Prevention Act’ to stop spending binge

Paul Bedard · October 26, 2021 3:45 pm

Scalise argues Democratic spending plan will help GOP win the House next year

Kate Scanlon · October 26, 2021 3:41 pm

Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Controversial Democratic IRS bank reporting proposal is likely dead, Manchin says

Zach Halaschak · October 26, 2021 3:08 pm

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., pauses during a panel discussion at Delaware County Community College, Friday, May 24, 2019, in Media, Pa.

Democrats retreat on spending after failing to get votes for huge tax hikes

Zach Halaschak · October 26, 2021 11:00 am