The Senate approves a stop-gap spending bill to fund the government through Sunday to avert a government shutdown at midnight. Senator Bernie Sanders withdraws his objection to the measure p…
Ohio Republican Senator Rob Portman pays tribute to Teresa Simms, one of the drivers of the Senate's underground subway train that takes lawmakers, staff, and members of the media between S…
Senator Bernie Sanders again calls on Congress to approve direct payments of $1,200 for individuals impacted by the pandemic. The current COVID relief package includes direct payments of $60…
On the anniversary of the Space Force, Vice President Mike Pence announces that the men and women of the service will now be known as "Guardians."
Missouri Republican Senator Josh Hawley for the second time in a week tries to introduce legislation that would provide direct payments of $1,200 for individuals, $2,400 for couples, and $5…
Representative Eliot Engel Farewell Speech
The FDA Advisory Committee has voted favorably to recommend the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for people 18 or older. The vote comes a week after a similar recommendation for the Pfizer/BioNtech …
At a campaign rally for Georgia Republican Senators David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler ahead of the January 5 runoff elections, Vice President Mike Pence vows that the Trump Campaign's legal ch…
Representative Kendra Horn Farewell Speech
Representative Joe Cunningham Farewell Speech
Representative Ben Lujan Farewell Speech
Prior to learning that he tested positive for the coronavirus, South Carolina Republican Joe Wilson spoke on the House floor about President Trump's Operation Warp Speed and the successful d…
House Democratic Caucus Chair Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) outlines Democrats' priorities for the next COVID-19 relief bill and says the House "will not leave the Capitol until an agreement is rea…
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says he supports additional fiscal stimulus from Congress for Americans impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. As the latest surge continues, Chair Powell …
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker (D) tells reporters at a news conference in Chicago that the federal government now plans to ship only half of the Pfizer vaccine doses initially promised to …
Former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg speaks after being selected by President-elect Joe Biden as his nominee to lead the Transportation Department. Mayor Buttigieg. "This administration ca…
President-elect Joe Biden says he will take the COVID-19 vaccine and will do so in public for all to see. He also says that Congress is near a deal on an economic relief package that will in…
Nebraska Republican Senator Ben Sasse speaks on the Senate floor about a new report that suggests that over half a million Uighurs are being forced by the Chinese government to pick cotton i…
President-elect Joe Biden speaks at a campaign event in Atlanta for Democratic Senate candidates Reverend Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff ahead of the January 5 runoff elections. "Send me the…
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announces that masks will be mandatory in the chamber and that members will not be recognized to speak unless they are wearing a mask. She also says that recogniti…
