Congress

Lawmakers voted to hold two associates of former Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick in contempt of Congress, accusing them of failing to comply with multiple subpoenas. The House adopted the resolutions by voice vote Tuesday, referring the matter to the Justice Department for possible criminal prosecution.  While the Florida Democrat resigned from Congress months ago amid a […]

House GOP leaders on Tuesday narrowly gathered enough support to adopt a rule allowing their side’s bills to come to the floor, after concerns related to a stopgap spending bill to keep the government funded through the midterm elections nearly derailed the procedural resolution. After resounding passage of the stopgap bill, the rule for debate on […]

The House returns from its August break with a short to-do list: Squash the possibility of a government shutdown so members can focus on the looming midterm elections.  So far, so good, if they can stick to the plan of quickly clearing a Senate-passed spending stopgap this week.  From there, Republicans will waste no time […]

Congressional casework is nearing a “boiling point” after years of growing pressure and a chronic lack of investment, according to a new report released Monday by POPVOX Foundation, a nonprofit led by former Hill staffers.  The report, which draws on four years of research, finds that caseworkers are more valuable than ever as they race […]

Lawmakers are decrying the Trump administration’s threat to demolish the Kennedy Center if a federal judge doesn’t rule in favor of adding the president’s name and closing the building for two years for major renovations.  It sets the stage for a high-stakes court hearing on Thursday as President Donald Trump continues his efforts to reshape […]

A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that New Jersey Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver is not immune from prosecution over a tense incident that unfolded outside an immigration detention center last year.  The three-judge panel declined to toss out assault charges against her, even as McIver argued her arrest interfered with her legislative duties. In a […]

Former Sen. Nancy Kassebaum Baker, who broke multiple barriers for women in the Senate, has died at the age of 94.  The Kansas Republican died of natural causes in hospice care on Aug. 21, her son Bill Kassebaum confirmed to The New York Times. Memorials came in from across the political spectrum in Kansas. Democratic […]

House GOP leadership faces a balancing act next month as they work to avert a partial government shutdown while navigating internal tensions over the Senate-proposed delay of a ban on sales of certain intoxicating hemp-derived products. House Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Harris has been sounding the alarm since the Senate on Aug. 8 passed a […]

Iowa Sen. Charles E. Grassley, the oldest member of Congress, was born in 1933, the year Prohibition ended.  On the other end of the age spectrum, Congress’ youngest member, Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost of Florida, was born in 1997, the year Google registered its domain. That’s an age gap of some 64 years — about […]

Wildfire smoke drifting into Washington, D.C., from the Western U.S. and Canada this summer made it hard to ignore the national threat stronger wildfires pose to lawmakers’ constituents across the country. As a result, a bipartisan coalition led by Western lawmakers has a better shot this year at enacting legislation targeting wildfires at their source […]