Jan 06 What to watch on Congress’ first day back By Domenico Montanaro, Lisa Desjardins, Rachel Wellford, Simone Pathe Welcome to the 114th Congress. Both the House and Senate, which will have a new majority leader in Kentucky Republican Mitch McConnell, will gavel in for the new Congress at noon today. The chambers each begin with a prayer, but… Continue reading
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Jan 03 New Congress includes more minorities, women than ever before By Matthew Daly, Associated Press The 114th Congress that convenes Tuesday will count more minorities and women than ever, although lawmakers remain overwhelmingly white and male in the Republican-controlled House and Senate. Continue reading
Jan 02 Watch 3:18 Drama and debate expected to rule 2015 political scene By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Nov 13 Who are the incoming members of Congress? By Laura Santhanam, Vanessa Dennis Nearly three-quarters of incoming representatives and about 90 percent of all new senators will be Republican in the 114th Congress. In both the House and the Senate, about 80 percent of newly elected politicians will be men, and the new… Continue reading