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June 30, 2021

House Dems set to vote on Jan. 6 select committee as GOP leadership pushed members to oppose Pelosi effort

The House is set to vote Wednesday afternoon on creating a select committee to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, a move Republicans say is likely to advance "a partisan agenda" rather than pursue the truth.

June 24, 2021

Stefanik, Daines push bill to force Biden to open Canadian border, lament that Mexico border is 'wide open'

Rep. Elise Stefanik and Sen. Steve Daines on Thursday plan to introduce a bill to force Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to begin re-opening the U.S.-Canada border after more than a year of international travel being essentially cut off due to the coronavirus pandemic.

June 24, 2021

Republican Rep. Warren Davidson introduces bill to ban vaccine passports

Rep. Warren Davidson Thursday is introducing a bill to ban the federal government from issuing vaccine passports, severely restrict states from doing so and ban private businesses from requiring proof of COVID vaccination.

June 8, 2021

Republicans pan 'incomplete' Schumer-sponsored China bill, but likely to reluctantly go along

The Senate is likely to pass a sprawling bill aimed at helping the United States compete against China on Tuesday despite criticism from many Republicans that the bill either doesn't do enough, costs too much, or both.

June 7, 2021

Progressives lash out at Manchin after senator opposes Dems election bill, ending filibuster

Progressives in and out of Congress are lashing out at Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia after the Democrat wrote Sunday that he will oppose his party's sweeping elections bill and won't vote to end the legislative filibuster in the Senate.

June 4, 2021

DC Democrat calls for gender equality – in crash-test dummies

The world of auto crash-test dummies is apparently male-dominated – but a Democrat in Congress is hoping to change that, according to a report.

May 19, 2021

Republicans seek to toughen anti-China bill, focus spending on countering CCP amid price tag concerns

The Endless Frontier Act is being welcomed by many in both parties in Congress as a long overdue effort to combat China in technology, manufacturing and on other fronts. But a pair of concerns are forcing some Republicans to make a tough choice on whether to support the bill, the current version of which costs about $130 billion but will soon be subject to a litany of potential amendments on the Senate floor.

May 11, 2021

Schumer invokes Cheney in debate over Dems' sweeping voting bill she calls 'unconstitutional'

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer named Rep. Liz Cheney on Tuesday in debate over Democrats' sweeping voting bill, asking GOP senators to "follow" her "example" -- but Cheney voted against the bill in the House and slammed it as "unconstitutional." 

April 21, 2021

Senate Republicans set for earmark showdown as some lawmakers decry 'wasteful spending'

Senate Republicans on Wednesday will discuss whether to bring back earmarks -- setting up a battle between fiscal hawks who decry them as "wasteful" spending and others who believe earmarks could help improve dealmaking in Congress.

April 20, 2021

Democrats try to redefine words ‘court-packing,’ ‘infrastructure,’ ‘bipartisan’ amid political warfare

In the early stages of the Biden administration, some of the key political battles aren't revolving around governing philosophies or federal spending or culture wars. Instead, they're about the definitions of words.