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Republicans return to Congress for the lame duck session to decide on government funding, leadership elections in both chambers, and whether to cut a deal with Democrats or push the issue into ...
WASHINGTON – Congress reached a last-minute, bipartisan deal to keep the government running after a midnight deadline for a partial shutdown days before the holidays and a month before President ...
The 118th Congress began on Jan. 3, 2023 and has seen its fair share of historic moments, including the removal of the House Speaker and several members facing corruption charges. All 435 House ...
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Still, there remained bipartisan agreement that the District of Columbia – which in 1970 had more residents than 10 individual states [a] — deserved at least some representation in the U.S. Congress. Federal legislation to recreate a congressional delegate position for D.C. was first seriously debated by Congress in 1970.
The scandal led to Foley's resignation from Congress on September 29, 2006. In some quarters, the scandal is believed to have contributed to the Republican Party's loss of control over Congress in the 2006 midterm elections, as well as the end of House Speaker Dennis Hastert's leadership of the House Republicans.
Two Black women have never been elected to the Senate at the same time –until now. Only two other Black women have been elected to the Senate: Carol Moseley Braun in 1992 and Kamala Harris in 2016.
Temporary fencing is visible on Dec. 31, 2024, around the perimeter of the U.S. Capitol building ahead of the election certification on Jan. 6, 2025, and the inauguration set for Jan. 20.