Patty Murray leads Democrats’ charge toward funding showdown with House GOP
The 30-year veteran of the Senate, now chairing Appropriations, is looking to get the Senate back to its deal-making roots, at least on government funding.
Supreme Court was drawn into last four elections, and likely again in 2024
After decades of advantage for Republicans on the issue, recent elections have shown a growing margin for Democrats that could prove critical in close elections.
Analysis | Dianne Feinstein isn’t being treated like previous aging Democratic senators
Feinstein, who requires aides to wheel her about the Senate, faces jeers from a liberal activist base that wants her to resign now rather than...
House heads home after hard-right Republicans defy McCarthy, block legislation
On Wednesday, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) addressed reporters and explained that part of the ongoing frustration is the hard-line faction's inability to articulate their...
Lawmakers fear debt ceiling votes, but they don’t seem to matter to voters
It's almost impossible to find a congressional career that ended over the debt limit, and these negotiations rarely reduce spending — Congress keeps wrapping itself...
‘A horrible vote’: Congress revisits one of its gravest mistakes, the Iraq War
In a rush before the 2002 midterm elections, lawmakers caved to the political pressure of the post-9/11 moment and granted the George W. Bush administration...
In deeply partisan and polarized House, every day feels like Jan. 7
"This is the people's House," Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) said in an interview on Thursday, "and in some ways, we are closer to both the...
Senators balk at White House runs, defying history and ego
One by one, almost every Senate Republican who had been tiptoeing into the 2024 field has backed away, with some citing family obligations and others...