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House Ethics panel launches investigation into Santos
The committee is also continuing its review of a case involving Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's visit to the 2021 Met Gala. → Read More
Balloon questions fly on Capitol Hill
With an assist from Daniella Diaz NOT UP IN THE AIR — The House will vote as soon as today on a resolution to condemn China’s use of a spy balloon in American airspace, but the measure introduced by House Foreign Affairs committee Michael McCaul (R-Texas) is completely nonbinding and won’t have any legislative effect. McCaul touted the resolution as bipartisan on Wednesday, but no Democrats are… → Read More
Won't you be my neighbor, George Santos?
With help from Burgess Everett and Jordain Carney WELCOME TO THE ZOO — The flash of cameras and a sea of disappointed faces greet dozens of staffers when they arrive at work on the first floor of the Longworth House Office Building. That’s life for office neighbors of Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.). Weeks into the new Congress, the media circus surrounding the embattled freshman New Yorker has not… → Read More
McCarthy’s concessions stand
IT’S GIVING … IN? — Kevin McCarthy put more cards on the table last night, a slate of concessions that he and his allies hope could bring him closer to the speakership. But it’s just a proposal and there’s no promise yet that the anti-Kevin corner of the GOP conference will offer up their votes in exchange. Olivia reported Wednesday night that the latest offering from the McCarthy camp would… → Read More
Goodbye, 117th Congress
FAREWELL, 117th CONGRESS — It’s been a wild one. But the final to-do list item is to fund the government for the rest of the fiscal year. The House is still waiting to receive the finalized bill from the Senate, where it passed yesterday but is undergoing final checks and amendment inclusion by the clerk. When it reaches the House, which is expected before noon today, it still has to go through… → Read More
What you need to know about the Jan. 3 speaker vote
What you need to know about the Jan. 3 speaker vote WE’RE GOING STRAIGHT TO THE WILD, WILD WEST — Weird thing about the speaker vote on Jan. 3 — it will essentially function in a House without rules. The speakership election happens before the House sets the rules for the 118th Congress, meaning the vote operates outside of the chamber’s standard operating procedures. When a speaker candidate is… → Read More
A five-week framework for shaking McCarthy
SCOOP: ‘CORRUPT BARGAIN’ SEASON FOR McCARTHY — As House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy works to lock down the GOP votes he needs to win the speaker’s gavel in January, he’s getting squeezed from the right on a number of fronts. And he can expect to hear a lot of this phrase: “corrupt bargain.” Jordain got an exclusive early look at a memo that Facts First USA, a nonprofit group co-chaired by… → Read More
Nebraskans jockey for Sasse seat
WHAT’S NEXT IN NEBRASKA — Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts isn’t going to appoint himself to the Senate when Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) leaves for his new gig in Florida. But when his term as governor is up in January, he’s not opposed to being appointed by the next guy. Unlike a handful of other governors who have passed on opportunities to make the jump to the Senate, Rickets spoke fondly of the upper… → Read More
Search, seizure rankle Republicans-
HOUSE STARTS THE CLOCK — The House kicks off consideration of the Democrats’ pivotal climate, health care and tax bill that cleared the Senate over the weekend, laying the groundwork for the full House to act on the measure later this week. The House Rules Committee will take up the measure this afternoon. Democrats are billing the measure as a generational investment in climate policy and… → Read More
Sinema’s tax tweaks-
It’s a Friday in August, do you know where your senators are? They aren’t here. But they aren’t on Summer recess either. SINEMA SIGNS ON — Arizona centrist Democrat Sen. Kyrsten Sinema is backing the Democrats climate, tax and health care bill, after an agreement on changes to the package was announced by her and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) last night. Changes to the bill that… → Read More
Turning up the heat on July’s agenda-
Presented by The American Petroleum Institute (API) With help from Sarah Ferris SOME LIKE IT HOT — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is dialing up the pressure on Democrats, with an ultimatum about a key priority that was slated for action this month. McConnell (R-Ky.) said Thursday that he is willing to derail economic competitiveness legislation that has been in the works for over a year,… → Read More
Congress faces abortion questions abroad-
Presented by The American Petroleum Institute (API) ROE ON THE WORLD STAGE — The NATO summit is buzzing about something besides key agenda items like Ukraine and China. When foreign ministers from 30 NATO nations met for dinner this week, the talk of the town (Madrid, that is) was abortion rights in the United States. Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.), who leads NATO’s Parliamentary Assembly, joined… → Read More
Jan. 6 surprise witness is Meadows aide-
Presented by The American Petroleum Institute (API) With an assist from Sarah Ferris HERE COMES… A HEARING — The next hearings on the Jan. 6 insurrection weren’t expected until July, but apparently the panel simply cannot wait. They convene today “to present recently obtained evidence and receive witness testimony.” The witness? It is Cassidy Hutchinson, a top aide to former White House Chief of… → Read More
House jumpstarts action on guns-
With help from Jordain Carney EMERGENCY HEARING— The House Judiciary Committee is pressing pause on the Memorial Day recess to take up a slate of gun safety proposals in response to the mass shootings in Uvalde and Buffalo. But more mass shootings have taken place even since the markup was announced earlier this week. Last night, a man opened fire in a medical office building in Tulsa, Oklahoma,… → Read More
Herschel, it’s Mitch-
Presented by The Zero Emission Transportation Association With help from Burgess Everett, Andrew Desiderio and Sarah Ferris McCONNELL COACHES UP HERSCHEL— The Georgia primary is tomorrow and Mitch McConnell is already coaching Herschel Walker on how to stiff arm Democrats for the next five months. In an interview, the Senate minority leader said he and the former football star (now a Republican… → Read More
House gives green light to staffer unionization
The Congressional Workers Union has labored behind the scenes for months to jump-start the unionization process among House offices. And they're not alone. → Read More
House GOP standing by their man-
With help from from Mariane LeVine and Andrew Desiderio TAPES ROLL, HEADS…WON’T — Alarm bells are not ringing among House Republicans as a drip, drip, drip of recorded phone calls get released featuring Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s consternation following Jan. 6. Standing by their man: House Republicans returning to Washington after the long recess are standing by McCarthy (and Trump)… → Read More
Breyer puts cherry on top of Senate’s schedule-
ADD IT TO THE TOP OF THE PILE — This year’s Senate agenda, already filled with both Democratic and bipartisan legislative priorities and the tension of midterm elections, is getting a little more crowded. There will now be a Supreme Court nominee to shepherd through hearings and a floor vote. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has promised action “with all deliberate speed” on a nominee to… → Read More
Senate scraps recess for swing at filibuster
With help from Sarah Ferris and Olivia Beavers DEMS DEADLINE, DASHED — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-N.Y.) key deadline of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday on Monday for a Senate vote on election and voting legislation and a bid to change the chamber’s filibuster rules will come and go before the chamber takes up the proposals. After nearly seven hours in limbo on Thursday, the… → Read More
Democrats look for a roadmap on rules changes
With Sarah Ferris, Andrew Desiderio and Anthony Adragna DEMS VOTING DILEMMA: GETTING THE VOTES — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is expected to lay out a plan as soon as this evening on what the Democrats are actually planning to do with voting rights votes and the anticipated filibuster fight, following President Joe Biden’s swing through Georgia today. But what are Dems to do,… → Read More