2+ hour, 6+ min ago  (487+ words) Frustration over government shutdowns has led senators to consider what was once unthinkable: forfeiting their pay during a funding lapse. In a rare show of bipartisanship, the Senate voted unanimously Wednesday to move forward on a resolution that would withhold…...

2+ hour, 22+ min ago  (1234+ words) As more lawmakers than usual leave Congress, it begs the question " is this a one-off spike or a larger sign of things to come? Retirement announcements are a feature of any election year, but this goes beyond normal turnover, experts…...

3+ hour, 5+ min ago  (360+ words) ANALYSIS " Republicans are riding high after a series of redistricting victories that could help the GOP become the first party since 1978 to retain control of both chambers of Congress in a midterm election while holding the White House." But two…...

3+ hour, 44+ min ago  (222+ words) The Senate confirmed Kevin Warsh on'Wednesday to become chairman of the Federal Reserve for a four-year term.' The 54-45 vote concludes the process'two days before Fed Chair Jerome Powell's term ends. The Senate confirmed Warsh on Tuesday to a 14-year term…...

13+ hour, 37+ min ago  (881+ words) The last time Americans overwhelmingly approved of Congress, the U. S. had recently gone to war and was still reeling from the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Gas prices were $1. 31 a gallon and "Fallin" by Alicia Keys was the top song on the Billboard…...

9+ hour, 18+ min ago  (1000+ words) It has been a long and winding road to the Supreme Court's Louisiana v. Callais decision that turned redistricting politics on its head two weeks ago." The bottom line: The court ruled race-based redistricting is unconstitutional but partisan redistricting is not....

13+ hour, 26+ min ago  (814+ words) As she prepares to return home after four terms in the House and one in the Senate, Republican Sen. Cynthia Lummis is optimistic her home state of Wyoming is in a strong position to take advantage of growing interest in…...

13+ hour, 24+ min ago  (1113+ words) More than a year after he left Congress, former Rep. Dan Kildee's life " from the outside, at least " looks remarkably similar to how it looked before he served. His office building at the Community Foundation of Greater Flint, in Michigan,…...

17+ hour, 1+ min ago  (524+ words) Political activist Denise Powell clung to a narrow lead in Tuesday's Democratic primary for Nebraska's open 2nd District after a contentious campaign that brought an influx of outside money and a blitz of increasingly negative attack ads to one of the…...

1+ day, 59+ min ago  (485+ words) The aging congressional campus urgently needs work, Architect of the Capitol Thomas Austin said Tuesday, warning of "system degradation and failure." As the deferred maintenance piles up, so do the costs and the risk to lawmakers and staff, he said....