US House Allows Proxy Vote for First Time Amid Pandemic
The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday approved an unprecedented change to its rules, allowing lawmakers to vote by proxy for t...
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House to Vote Friday on More Virus Aid, Despite GOP Skeptics
The Democratic-controlled House is pressing ahead Friday with votes on another massive rescue bill that would pump almost $1 trillio...
Senate Votes to Renew Federal Surveillance Powers
The Senate has passed legislation that would extend a series of expired federal surveillance tools designed to help law enforcement...
Senator Burr Quits as Committee Chair Amid Stock Sale Probe
North Carolina Republican Sen. Richard Burr has stepped down as chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee while the FBI investigate...
Republican Wins House Seat in Heavily Democratic California
Long-suffering California Republicans finally have something to celebrate. Former Navy fighter pilot Mike Garcia captured an open U...
US Lawmakers Fail to Check Trump on War-Making Power With Iran
The U.S. Senate failed to override a White House veto Thursday, bringing an end to a four-month congressional effort to limit presid...
COVID-19 Shortens Time for US Lawmakers’ Agenda
U.S. lawmakers are partially returning to work this week even as cases of COVID-19 are expected to rise in the Washington, D.C area....
US House Grapples with Emergency Voting
The U.S. House of Representatives reversed course Tuesday, scrapping plans to return to Washington next week amid concerns the coron...
Husband of US Senator Describes His Bout with COVID-19
Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar and her husband, John Bessler, are describing his battle with coronavirus last month and the frustratio...
Pelosi Formally Endorses Joe Biden for President
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has formally endorsed former U.S. vice president Joe Biden for the Democratic party’s presidential nomina...
Capitol Hill Spars Over Trump WHO Funding Cut
Congressional Democrats condemned U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement he would halt funding to the World Health Organization...
