Jul 12 House approves 9/11 victims bill, sends it to Senate By Matthew Daly, Associated Press Lawmakers from both parties hailed the House vote, which comes a month after comedian Jon Stewart sharply criticized Congress for failing to act. Continue reading
Jul 09 WATCH: McConnell equates his ancestors’ slave ownership to Obama’s The Kentucky Republican said Tuesday that he and former President Barack Obama have opposed reparations, and "both are the descendent of slave owners."… Continue reading
Jul 09 Amy McGrath is running for Mitch McConnell’s Senate seat By Michael Tackett, Associated Press McGrath is a Marine combat aviator who narrowly lost a House race to an incumbent Republican in Kentucky last year. Continue reading
Jun 20 McConnell opposes efforts to revive cost-of-living raise for lawmakers By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press Lawmakers are supposed to get an automatic inflationary increase each year but it has been blocked since 2009. Continue reading
Jun 20 House, Senate leaders to meet with Trump on Iran By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press The briefing comes after Iran's Revolutionary Guard shot down a U.S. surveillance drone. Continue reading
May 21 Congressional leaders make progress on debt, spending talks By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press Top leaders of both parties in Congress made better-than-expected progress Tuesday on two must-do items on the legislative agenda: averting automatic budget cuts and meeting a deadline later this year to increase the government's borrowing limit. Continue reading
May 14 AP sources: Trump Jr. and Senate committee agree to an interview By Mary Clare Jalonick, Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press The deal comes after the panel subpoenaed the president's eldest son to discuss answers Donald Trump Jr. gave the panel's staff in a 2017 interview. Continue reading
May 07 WATCH: Elizabeth Warren calls on Congress to impeach Trump By Associated Press Warren said that because of a Justice Department opinion that a sitting president can't be indicted, the only way to the hold the president accountable is to initiate impeachment. Continue reading
May 07 WATCH: McConnell says ‘case closed’ on Mueller probe McConnell is set to outline how special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation went on for two years and the "exhaustive" probe is now complete. Continue reading
Apr 03 Senate GOP to change debate time rules on Trump nominees By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press The proposed rules change would limit debate on most nominees to two hours instead of the 30 hours now required. Cabinet secretaries, Supreme Court nominations, and appeals court judges would be exempted from the new rules. Continue reading