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Carolyn Kaster / John Bazemore / AP / ... An Exodus From Congress Tests the Lure of Lobbying
There’s a wave of lawmakers fleeing Capitol Hill this year, but if recent history is a guide, many of them will put down roots in the D.C. swamp.
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Mike Blake / Reuters The Democratic Push for a 'Public Option on Steroids'
Proposals in the Senate envision a considerably more aggressive role for government in the delivery of health care.
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Mark Wilson / Getty The High Cost of Free Labor on Capitol Hill
Congress will have to study the effect of this long-standing practice, while renewed attention to the issue is bringing it out of the shadows.
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Anita Snow / AP A Republican Victory in Arizona Sets Off Alarms in the GOP
Debbie Lesko narrowly escaped a loss to Hiral Tipirneni in Tuesday’s special election, leaving Democrats elated about their prospects this fall.
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Manuel Balce Ceneta / AP The Comey Memos Won't Derail the Mueller Probe
The release of the documents seems unlikely to harm the current stage of the investigation, but if Congress keeps tipping the special counsel’s hand, that could change.
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Alex Brandon / AP The Humbling of Mike Pompeo
President Trump’s pick to replace Rex Tillerson could become the first secretary of state to win confirmation over the objections of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
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Bryan Oller / AP Born a Decade Too Late
Paul Ryan’s message was out of step with his moment.
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Jacqueline Martin / AP Paul Ryan's Unrealized Conservative Vision
The House speaker rose through Congress with a goal of remaking—and slimming down—the American social safety net. All he got was tax cuts.
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Fabrizio Bensch / Reuters A Domestic Budget to Make Barack Obama Proud
The Republican Congress didn’t just ignore Trump’s proposals: The $1.3 trillion spending bill actually fulfilled—or even exceeded—many of the funding requests of his Democratic predecessor.
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Andrew Harnik / AP The Two Major Deals Congress Couldn't Strike
Lawmakers couldn’t reach an agreement to stabilize Obamacare or extend DACA in their omnibus spending bill, possibly dooming the issues until after the November elections.
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Paul Morigi / AP Congress's 'Baby Steps' on Guns
The omnibus spending bill includes the Fix NICS Act, more money for school safety, and a clarification on federal research. But the changes fall short of what gun-control advocates have demanded.
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Eric Thayer / Reuters 'I Think We Have a Leadership Problem'
Growing numbers of congressional Republicans are pressing for action on guns.
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Steven Senne / AP A Win for Democrats, but Not for Nancy Pelosi
Conor Lamb won a red district in Pennsylvania after ditching his party’s leader. Will other Democratic candidates follow his lead this fall?
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Brendan McDermid / Reuters A Democrat Declares Victory in Trump Country
Conor Lamb leads Republican Rick Saccone by only 579 votes, but Democrats are already celebrating.
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Susan Walsh / AP Heidi Heitkamp Takes On Elizabeth Warren Over the Senate Banking Bill
The two Democrats are clashing over legislation that could ease regulatory requirements on banks adopted after the 2008 recession.
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J. Scott Applewhite / AP 'The Place Is Not a Frat House'
Members of Congress have been bunking in their offices for years, but now the Congressional Black Caucus is questioning the practice as inappropriate freeloading and a misuse of federal resources.
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Lee Jin-man / AP The Health-Care Gap Between Red and Blue America
States have a surprising degree of autonomy to block President Trump’s changes to Obamacare—and liberal-leaning states are already making their move.
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Andrew Harnik / AP Republicans Can't Stop Trump's Trade War
Congress has the power to block the president’s proposed tariffs on steel and aluminum. Why aren’t lawmakers using it?
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Jeff Swensen / Getty / Katie Martin / ... This Democrat Is Running for Congress—but Not Against Trump
In the special election in Pennsylvania’s 18th district, Conor Lamb has split ways with the national party.
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Lenny Ignelzi / AP It's Not Illegal Immigration That Worries Republicans Anymore
The Trump-era GOP cares more about the national origin and race of immigrants than the methods they used to enter the United States.
