As the Delta variant continues to surge in unvaccinated areas across the country, President Biden announces that going forward federal employees will have to "attest" that they have been vac…
The House approves a $2.1 billion Capitol security supplemental bill that also includes funding for the relocation of Afghan nationals who aided the U.S. mission in Afghanistan. The Senate p…
The Senate approves a supplemental appropriations bill for Capitol security and relocation of Afghan nationals who assisted the U.S. mission in Afghanistan. The $2.1 billion measure now head…
House Freedom Caucus Chair Representative Andy Biggs calls on GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy to file a privileged resolution on the floor of the House to "vacate the chair" and remove Speaker Pel…
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) pays tribute to former Senate Parliamentarian Bob Dove, who died Thursday at age 82 after a long illness. Dove served two stints in the job in t…
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer welcomes Thursday's vote to proceed to the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill and says that "all 50 Democrats are pledging to go forward" on the $3.5 tril…
House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) says at a news conference on the Capitol steps that Speaker Pelosi is responsible for what he calls the "altercations" that took place on Januar…
Seventeen Republicans join all 50 Democrats in voting to advance the bipartisan infrastructure bill agreed to earlier in the day. Following the vote, Senate Majority Leader Schumer says the …
During a speech in Allentown, Pennsylvania, on the economy and the manufacturing sector, President Biden confirms that Democrats and Republicans have reached a deal on a $1.2 trillion infras…
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell announces that the Central Bank is keeping interest rates near zero as the economy continues to rebound and demand for labor increases. However, he says t…
House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) takes to the floor to criticize the Capitol Attending Physician Brian Monahan's decision to require that members resume wearing masks regardless…
A mask-less Representative Chip Roy (R-TX) reacts angrily to a requirement that members must again wear masks while on the House floor amid a rise in infections due to the Delta variant. The…
During her weekly press briefing, Speaker Pelosi reacts to news of a bipartisan infrastructure deal in the Senate. Asked if she would pass it unchanged, she says "no." She also says that a r…
At a meeting with Interior Secretary Haaland and others on voting rights for Native Americans, Vice President Harris responds to a question about resuming mask-wearing indoors as the Delta v…
Missouri Republican Senator Roy Blunt reads several stories to reporters on Capitol Hill from some of his constituents who lost loved ones to COVID-19 because they were not vaccinated.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and leadership colleagues wear masks during a news conference at the Capitol. The Democratic leader says that he is waiting to hear the new CDC guidance …
Representative Bennie Thompson, the chairman of the January 6 Select Committee, says they panel could possibly hold another hearing during the August recess, building on the testimony today …
Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn urges lawmakers on the Select Committee to get to the bottom of what happened on January 6 and find out the truth. "Why is telling the truth hard? I guess i…
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki responds to questions about new mask-wearing guidance the CDC is expected to announce in a press call later this afternoon. She also says that the White…
DC Metropolitan Police officer Michael Fanone describes being assaulted on January 6 saying, "I was at risk of being stripped of and killed with my own firearm, as I heard chants of, 'Kill h…
