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Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, talks with then-Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson before her Supreme Court confirmation hearing in March 2022.

Self-described ‘tough lady’ Sheila Jackson Lee dead at 74

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted July 20, 2024 at 10:03am, Updated July 22, 2024 at 7:09am
Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., walks to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee office in Washington for a meeting with Biden campaign officials on Thursday.

Murky situation continues after Senate Democrats huddle with Biden campaign brass

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted July 11, 2024 at 3:49pm
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries makes a statement supporting the candidacy of President Joe Biden on Monday.

House Democrats still split on Biden after high-stakes meeting

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted July 9, 2024 at 12:14pm, Updated at 6:07pm
Freshman Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., seen in the Capitol during votes on Jan. 9, delivered the Republican response to President Joe Biden's State of the Union address on Thursday.

Transcript: Sen. Katie Britt delivers Republican response to State of the Union address

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted March 8, 2024 at 12:45pm
President Joe Biden delivers his State of the Union address in the House chamber on March 7 as Vice President Kamala Harris and Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., look on.

Transcript: President Joe Biden’s 2024 State of the Union address

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted March 8, 2024 at 12:03pm
Answers by university presidents who were questioned at a House hearing by Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., caused a firestorm.

Transcript: What Harvard, MIT and Penn presidents said at antisemitism hearing

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted December 13, 2023 at 1:39pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., walks down the steps outside the Senate side of the Capitol on Wednesday.

Tentative Senate calendar for 2024 available

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted November 17, 2023 at 5:16pm
Members of House leave the Capitol for their Thanksgiving recess after the final votes of the week on Wednesday.

House heads home after defeat of rule for Iran, spending bills

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted November 15, 2023 at 12:13pm, Updated at 3:11pm
Senate Appropriations Chair Patty Murray, D-Wash., left, speaks with the panel's ranking member Susan Collins, R-Maine, before the start of the committee's hearing on the president's supplemental request on Nov. 8.

Stopgap funds bill leaves plenty of post-Thanksgiving leftovers

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted November 13, 2023 at 7:31pm
FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell, right, and White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre take questions on the Maui wildfires during the White House press briefing on Aug. 14.

White House ups ante on emergency disaster aid

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted September 1, 2023 at 7:00am
House Budget Chairman Jodey C. Arrington, R-Texas, arrives for the House Rules Committee meeting on Tuesday. He submitted a manager's amendment after midnight to make substantive changes to the debt limit bill.

House GOP revises debt limit package to win over holdouts

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted April 26, 2023 at 6:45am
Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., left, and Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., shown at the Capitol on March 16, led the Senate effort to repeal the decades-old authorizations.

Senate votes to repeal two Iraq military authorizations

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted March 29, 2023 at 1:08pm
President Joe Biden is asking Congress to give the FDIC more authority to punish executives whose banks fail. The White said executives responsible for the failure of one bank shouldn't be allowed to lead another.

Biden seeks FDIC authority to claw back bankers’ compensation

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted March 17, 2023 at 12:45pm
Lynda Bennett, a 2020 House candidate, admitted to campaign finance violations after being charged by the Justice Department.

Candidate admits funneling $25K from relative into campaign

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted March 8, 2023 at 6:05pm
Feinstein, D-Calif., is seen in the Capitol on Feb. 15.

Feinstein hospitalized with case of shingles

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted March 2, 2023 at 6:00pm
Rep. Andy Barr, R-Ky., sponsored the joint resolution that would nullify the Labor Department rule.

Senate clears resolution to nullify ‘ESG’ rule; Biden plans veto

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted March 1, 2023 at 5:49pm

Capitol Lens | SOTU flashback

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted January 12, 2023 at 7:30am
Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, shown here on Jan. 3, will lead the House Judiciary Committee's push to pressure the Biden administration on immigration and other issues.

Guide to House committee chairs for 118th Congress

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted January 11, 2023 at 2:07pm
The Labor Department, led by Secretary Marty Walsh, says the tentative agreement came after 20 consecutive hours of negotiations.

Biden says freight rail carriers, workers have tentative deal

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted September 15, 2022 at 12:16pm
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testifies during a Senate Banking Committee hearing on June 22.

Inflation slowed in July as effects linger, agency reports

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted August 26, 2022 at 9:42am, Updated at 10:25am
Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., who heads the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, has been working to get the bill passed.

Amended veterans toxic exposure bill teed up in House

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted July 12, 2022 at 6:10pm
Sen. Orrin G. Hatch speaks to the press after the Senate luncheons in 2005. The Utah Republican died Saturday at the age of 88.

Sen. Orrin Hatch: A life in photos

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted April 26, 2022 at 5:30am
Supreme Court nominee Stephen G. Breyer meets with Sen. Joe Biden on the Hill in May 1994.

Photos: Breyer’s service in DC through the years

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted January 26, 2022 at 1:56pm
Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., waves to the crowd with Sen. Harry Reid and Sen. Chuck Schumer at the DSCC and DCCC Election Night Watch Party at the Hyatt Regency Hotel on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday night, Nov. 7, 2006. photo by Bill Clark

A life in photos: Harry Reid

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted December 29, 2021 at 10:19am
California Rep. Devin Nunes is leaving Congress to work for a new media company founded by former President Donald Trump.

Nunes leaving Congress to lead Trump media company

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted December 6, 2021 at 5:30pm
In September 1995, Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, R-Kan., is seen surrounded by reporters as he answers questions.

Bob Dole’s life in Washington in 10 photos

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted December 5, 2021 at 12:25pm
Vermont Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, here in 2011, shows off a Hopalong Cassidy box camera he received as a Christmas present circa 1951.

As Leahy retires, Capitol will lose its unofficial photographer

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted November 15, 2021 at 4:39pm
Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin III's concerns are a major theme running through several potential sticking points in the big reconciliation bill before the House.

Top areas of House budget package that could see changes

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted November 15, 2021 at 6:00am
Rep. Nita Lowey, D-NY., with actor Ron Silver and General Colin Powell (center) at New York State Festival on Oct. 14, 1991.

Photo of the day: A Colin Powell flashback from the archives

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted October 18, 2021 at 11:40am
Electric vehicles are displayed before a news conference in Washington with Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg in April to highlight the Biden administration's plans for electric vehicles and charging stations.

Nearly $7.5B to electrify federal fleet in Oversight panel bill

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted August 31, 2021 at 7:43am
The Capitol will be busy this week.

Spending package headed for House debate

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted July 26, 2021 at 11:00am
Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, arrives in the Capitol for a vote on July. Both chambers are back this week for the first time since late June.

Busy week ahead with infrastructure deadline

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted July 19, 2021 at 11:47am
Workers remove security fencing surrounding the Capitol on July 10. The fencing was erected after the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol.

Congress has a long to-do list this summer

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted July 12, 2021 at 9:23am
Donald Rumsfeld has died at 88.

Photo of the day: Donald Rumsfeld on a bicycle built for one

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted June 30, 2021 at 4:12pm
Former Sen. Mike Gravel speaks at a news conference at the National Press Club where he announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for president in 2008.

Photos of the day: Mike Gravel, 1930-2021

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted June 28, 2021 at 3:41pm
Host Jason Dick, left, and CQ Roll Call senior reporter Kate Ackley discuss the state of lobbying in a 2019 episode.

We started a podcast about ‘political theater.’ Then the term went through the wringer

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted May 13, 2021 at 6:00am
Rep. John Yarmuth, D-Ky., talks before a House Budget Committee meeting in January 2020.

House rules would exempt coronavirus, climate bills from budget limits

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted January 1, 2021 at 2:59pm
President Donald Trump speaks to the press after attending a Senate Republican policy luncheon in the Hart Senate Office Building on Tuesday, May 19, 2020.

Trump demands Congress ‘amend’ massive spending package

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted December 22, 2020 at 9:00pm
Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, speaks with a reporter in the Senate subway on July 29.

Bipartisan talks on ‘targeted’ coronavirus relief bill underway, Portman says

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted November 17, 2020 at 10:42am
Rep. Donna E. Shalala, D-Fla., speaks to reporters at the Capitol.

Pelosi, McConnell name oversight board members

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted April 17, 2020 at 9:02pm
Rep. Tom Suozzi, D-N.Y., takes a video for his Facebook page on his way to vote on the coronavirus economic stimulus bill in the House on Friday.

House debates coronavirus bill under procedural threat

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted March 27, 2020 at 11:02am, Updated at 1:10pm
Tulips bloom on the East Plaza of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Tuesday as the capital city was largely shutdown due to the coronavirus.

10 highlights from the coronavirus stimulus package

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted March 25, 2020 at 8:02pm
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., makes a statement Friday about the Families First Coronavirus Response Act aid package, which passed overwhelmingly early Saturday but needs a second vote due to technical changes.

Coronavirus bill needs a do-over while small businesses chafe

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted March 15, 2020 at 4:40pm
Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., talks with reporters on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020.

Rep. Mark Meadows to become White House chief of staff

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted March 6, 2020 at 8:41pm
President Donald Trump discusses the coronavirus response at a Fox News town hall event on Thursday in Scranton, Penn., on Thursday.

Trump signs $8.3B coronavirus aid package

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted March 6, 2020 at 9:19am, Updated at 11:20am

State of the Union Fact Sheet

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted January 28, 2014 at 8:45pm

Republican SOTU Response Excerpts

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted January 28, 2014 at 6:16pm

Obama SOTU Speech Excerpts

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted January 28, 2014 at 4:59pm

9 Hidden Gems in the Obama Budget

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted April 10, 2013 at 5:26pm

House Intelligence Chairman Wants Some U.S. Forces in Syria

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted March 24, 2013 at 12:02pm

When the President of the United States Talks …

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted March 14, 2013 at 5:15pm

Obama to Tap New Budget Director

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted March 3, 2013 at 6:12pm

Text of Rubio’s GOP Response to the State of the Union

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted February 12, 2013 at 8:33pm

President Barack Obama’s State of the Union Speech

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted February 12, 2013 at 7:27pm

Obama’s Inaugural Address

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted January 21, 2013 at 10:06am

Inauguration Schedule of Events

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted January 17, 2013 at 4:26pm

Rail Funding, Online Taxes a Few of the Issues on Congress’ Plate

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted January 14, 2013 at 5:30pm

Geithner Warns Debt Ceiling May Come By Mid-February

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted January 14, 2013 at 4:03pm

Proposals Abound as Obama Creates Gun Task Force in Wake of School Shooting

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted December 19, 2012 at 7:03pm

Hill Schedules for 2013 Released

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted November 30, 2012 at 1:20pm

Rep. Paul Ryan, Politics in America Profile

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted August 11, 2012 at 8:10am

Transportation: Five Hill Aides to Know

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted January 27, 2012 at 3:41pm

Taxes: Five Hill Aides to Know

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted January 27, 2012 at 3:30pm

Technology: Five Hill Aides to Know

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted January 27, 2012 at 3:17pm

Health Care: Five Hill Aides to Know

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted January 27, 2012 at 12:55pm

Energy: Five Hill Aides to Know

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted January 27, 2012 at 12:41pm

Defense: Five Hill Aides to Know

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted January 27, 2012 at 12:20pm