Chad Pergram

Congress is trying to do something about Ukraine. Only, it can’t do much.

President Biden’s State of the Union address affords him a massive platform, but could lead to others stealing the show on Capitol Hill.

President Biden insists he’s going to be involved in this fall’s midterms. It’s unclear what constitutes “being involved.

Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer’s upcoming retirement will mark the first time a Democratic U.S. Senate has the chance to confirm a high-court justice in a post-nuclear-option world. The battle to replace him comes down to simple math.

“Clio” is “The Muse of History.” She is the daughter of Zeus. Her name is derived from Greek to “recount” or “document.” And she saw the events of Jan.

There are two questions I still have a year after the riot at the U.S. Capitol.

The political landscape is littered with those who underestimated the late Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada.

Every year, as the holiday season descends on Washington, a beautiful mural emerges in an obscure, basement hallway of the Capitol.

Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible,” Anton Chekhov’s “The Seagull” and George Bernard Shaw’s “Man and Superman” all have something in common with the Democrats’ $1.75 trillion social spending bill: They are all dramas in four acts.

House Republicans haven’t searched for a House speaker they can all truly rally around for 580 years. At least it seems that way.

Democrats and Republicans forged what appeared to be a compromise on the debt ceiling Wednesday.

It is challenging to look at the messy, U.S. exit from Afghanistan as something which is merely about Afghanistan and, less about the United States.

Progressives lost a House primary in Ohio, but they won when President Biden decided to extend a housing eviction moratorium.

Mask-donning diminished markedly around the Capitol from about mid-May. And then people got spooked over the past few days as the Delta variant took hold.

The U.S. Constitution has always been a little muddled as it pertains to ‘war powers.

When you’re trying to pass an infrastructure bill, those who toil on Capitol Hill have a way of transforming every jot and tittle of the process into a decree, practically issued from “Mount Parliamentarian.

Article I, Section 5 of the Constitution grants both the House and Senate the authority to establish their own rules. For a short period, or, practically indefinitely.

The vote by House Republicans to ditch Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) as House GOP Conference chair is about three things: the present, the future and the long-term future.

Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney’s ongoing feud with former President Donald Trump has sparked discussions among senior House GOP leadership about her future as the party’s conference chair, according to sources familiar with the situation.

The Kansas City Athletics were a terrible baseball club in the 1950s and 1960s. But Charlie O. Finley owned the A’s and was one of the most innovative marketers in baseball history.

Congressional Democrats have a major problem with House Financial Services Committee Chairwoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) and her ‘’confrontational” comments in Minnesota over the weekend.

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A gigantic fence still encircles the Capitol after the Jan. 6 attack. In mid-March, security officials eliminated an outer security perimeter that sealed off the Capitol complex and adjacent House and Senate office buildings for blocks around. Authorities maintained the inner fence, protecting just the immediate “square” around the Capitol itself.

An ice storm gripped Washington Saturday. Sleet pelted the capital city, sealing cars and glazing sidewalks.

Pay close attention to the language of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) tonight.

We are now war correspondents. That’s your new assignment if you cover Congress. The threat against the U.S. Capitol likely won’t dissolve any time soon.

The only alternative lawmakers may have on coronavirus relief is coughing up gobs of money, just to keep the economy afloat

Let’s begin with two, basic premises. First, the U.S. truly has “representative government.” That is to say, the amalgamation of lawmakers sent to Washington from the four winds truly represent the attitude and vicissitudes of America’s diverse regions and cultures. Lawmakers in Washington mirror their constituencies, be they in New Hampshire or New Mexico.

You’ve heard of defund the police. Now, defund the Confederates.