Republicans make ‘crazed’ Democrats the focus of their first midterm convention
DALLAS – Joe Biden was the target of a few jabs. So was Kamala Harris. Mentions of Nancy Pelosi drew loud boos. But Republicans gathered here for a first-of-its-kind party convention eight weeks before the midterm elections mostly signaled they were ready to move on from the old guard of Democratic boogeymen. Speakers at the American […]
Roll Call on the Road: Day One of the Republican midterm convention
Republicans convened Wednesday in Dallas for their first midterm convention, hoping to energize their voters and hone their campaign message heading into the fall elections. Speakers at the American Airlines Center extolled GOP-led achievements and warned against giving Democrats control of Congress next year. President Donald Trump was the night’s last speaker, and he is […]
‘Unsustainable’ fiscal path, debt limit fight awaits Congress
A grim new milestone for U.S. debt and surging interest rates haven’t sparked much urgency for a new round of deficit cutting on Capitol Hill. Yet. But with federal debt topping $40 trillion for the first time last month, lawmakers will likely have to lift the $41.1 trillion statutory debt ceiling within the next year […]
Census overhaul proposed by Trump administration could reshape Congress
The Trump administration proposed on Wednesday to exclude undocumented and temporary immigrants from the data used to apportion House seats after the 2030 census, continuing a push from his first term. The changes, coupled with reducing the demographic data collected about Americans, could mean shifts in congressional seats among states after the 2030 count. The […]
‘What happens if we do die?’: Congress still stalled on continuity plan after 9/11
Brian Baird has spent a lot of time thinking about death over the last 25 years. Not just his own, but also his former House colleagues’. Making his way through the Longworth House Office Building on 9/11 and urging people to evacuate after seeing smoke rising from the Pentagon out of his seventh-floor window, Baird […]
5 things to know about the Republican midterm convention
Republicans are gathering in Dallas this week for an unusual midterm convention. The two-day event, a first for the party, brings hundreds of GOP elected officials, candidates, donors and state and local party leaders to the American Airlines Center in downtown Dallas. But unlike a typical party nominating convention, there will be no official business […]
Pappas and Sununu set up marquee Senate clash in New Hampshire
Democratic Rep. Chris Pappas and Republican former Sen. John E. Sununu won their respective Senate primaries Tuesday in New Hampshire, formalizing a fall matchup for an open seat that both sides have already begun fighting over. With over 80 percent of votes counted, Pappas was leading biochemist Karishma Manzur, 65 percent to 33 percent, The […]
Congress punts on big issues
Congress avoided a shutdown fight until December, but passed on several sticky problems it will need to address after Election Day. CQ Roll Editor in Chief Jason Dick and CQ Roll Call Budget Editor David Lerman outline the major fights looming in November in a very special Political Theater and CQ Budget podcast collaboration. Show […]
Federal judge orders Missouri to use map targeting Dem House seat
A federal court in Missouri ordered the state to use a GOP-preferred congressional map Tuesday following a state court ruling that would have axed the plan for this fall. The ruling, from Judge Stephen R. Clark for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, came minutes after Supreme Court Justice Brett M. […]
With Bunch set to depart Smithsonian, Democrats urge ‘full history’
As Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch announced he will be leaving his role by the end of the year, Democrats in Congress praised him for trying to show the “full history” of America. Bunch was the first African American and the first historian to be appointed to the role. He has led the institution during a […]