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Congressional Black Caucus Institute kicks off new midterm turnout effort

The Congressional Black Caucus Institute is launching a new campaign seeking to turn out low-propensity Black voters and rural voters across the South ahead of the midterm elections. The multimillion-dollar “SO VOTE” initiative, which is debuting Tuesday on National Voter Registration Day, seeks to go beyond traditional ad campaigns to…

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DCCC adds three more candidates to ‘Red to Blue’ program

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is adding three more candidates to its “Red to Blue” program for top recruits, including an independent running in red-leaning Alaska and a progressive seeking a battleground seat in Michigan. The additions bring the DCCC program up to 40 candidates as the party grows increasingly…

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Supreme Court blocks efforts to stop mail voting this fall

The Supreme Court Monday rejected President Donald Trump’s effort to curtail mail voting in this fall’s elections, keeping the U.S. Postal Service’s new rule restricting election mail paused. The brief order accompanying the majority ruling Monday left in place an order from Judge Indira Talwani of the U.S. District Court…

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After lengthy absence, McConnell returns to Senate

Sen. Mitch McConnell returned to the Senate floor Monday, voting for the first time in nearly three months after an extended absence following an injury from a fall earlier this summer. “My recovery has been a long and often frustrating process, and the lingering effects of childhood polio haven’t made…

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Cruz, coaching legends make pitch for NIL bill on cusp of votes

Senate advocates of a bipartisan college sports overhaul bill were joined by legendary coaches and current athletes Monday to try shoring up support for the legislation, which is expected on the chamber floor this month. “Some have asked why should Congress get in the middle of this? The answer is…

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Surprise billing dispute process in ‘crisis,’ groups say

A coalition of 67 health care industry and advocacy groups is urging Congress to revisit a surprise medical billing law to address an unforeseen problem from its enactment: the ballooning costs of settling disputes when services are performed out of network. The industry groups sent a letter to congressional leadership on Thursday pushing…

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An ex-congresswoman’s ‘passion project’: the national debt

Even before she won her hotly contested Georgia congressional seat in 2020, Carolyn Bourdeaux was always something of a budget nerd. As director of Georgia’s Senate Budget and Evaluation Office during the Great Recession, the Democrat won recognition from a Republican-controlled Senate for her work to cover a budget shortfall.…

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Pre-election agenda may prove too ambitious for Congress

With college football season in full swing, lawmakers in Congress could take up student athlete compensation issues facing intercollegiate athletics. They could follow last week’s 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks with legislation to address a lapse in surveillance powers. They could try to sort through the thicket of…

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Capitol Lens | Pipes of peace

From left, former Reps. Tim Roemer, D-Ind. (behind the piper), Jane Harman, D-Calif., and Charlie Dent, R-Pa., walk in procession to the House steps of the Capitol on Friday for a ceremony with the Association of Former Members of Congress to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.…

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Former House members reflect on 25th anniversary of Sept. 11 attacks

Former Rep. Jane Harman, D-Calif., stood on the House steps of the Capitol under silver clouds on Friday morning, remembering how she had gathered outside with colleagues 25 years ago, unsure of what to expect after planes hijacked by terrorists attacked the Pentagon and World Trade Center. Harman also paid…

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‘Tired of politics’: By GOP convention’s end, even Trump had tapped out

DALLAS — President Donald Trump walked a tightrope this week, awkwardly balancing the political with the solemn. By the end, it all seemed too much, even for America’s ultimate political scrapper. Trump spent two days here in full campaigner-in-chief mode in front of an adoring audience inside the American Airlines…

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‘He’s not going away’: GOP loyalists not ready for Trump to leave political stage

DALLAS — President Donald Trump’s presence here at the Republican Party’s midterm convention was inescapable. From his image adorning the laminated badges required to enter American Airlines Center to the rhinestones tracing his name on the T-shirts of more than a few attendees, reminders of the president were constant over…

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Roll Call on the Road: Day Two in Dallas

The second day of the Republican midterm convention in Dallas brought more politicians, candidates and Trump Cabinet members to the stage, each making the case for helping the GOP keep its majorities in Congress this fall. Democrats were also in town for various counter-programming events, including Senate nominee James Talarico,…

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Taxpayers spent more than $500,000 on House sexual harassment payouts

Taxpayers footed the bill for more than half a million dollars in sexual harassment settlements involving members of the House, according to estimates released Thursday by the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights. While the document, which totals seven pages, does not contain any bombshell revelations, it offers a snapshot of…

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At the Races: Defiant in Dallas

Welcome to At the Races! Each week we bring you news and analysis from the CQ Roll Call campaign team. Know someone who’d like to get this newsletter? They can subscribe here. By Daniela Altimari, Mary Ellen McIntire and Niels Lesniewski DALLAS – Recent national polls show President Donald Trump’s job approval…

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Rating changes: 10 races move toward Democrats, one toward Republicans

The midterm primary season is nearly complete and the general election is less than two months away, but there’s still plenty of uncertainty in the House and Senate battlegrounds. Polls show Republican candidates and incumbents around the country underperforming in states and districts that typically vote for Republicans. If President…

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Republicans lose SCOTUS bid to use new Missouri map

The Supreme Court paused on Thursday an order from a federal trial court requiring Missouri to use a congressional map that favored Republicans. Thursday’s order leaves in place a state Supreme Court ruling that held the map adopted by the Republican-held legislature in 2025 was not legal because of a…

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Trump puts himself on midterm ballot during Dallas spectacle

DALLAS and JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. — President Donald Trump put himself on the midterm ballot Wednesday but acknowledged it would take more time to end the Iran war and lower gas prices. If some vulnerable Republican candidates were eager to distance themselves from an unpopular president, Trump used the…

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Roll Call on the Road: Day One of the Republican midterm convention

Republicans convened Wednesday in Dallas for their first midterm convention, hoping to energize their voters and hone their campaign message heading into the fall elections. Speakers at the American Airlines Center extolled GOP-led achievements and warned against giving Democrats control of Congress next year. President Donald Trump was the night’s…

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Republicans make ‘crazed’ Democrats the focus of their first midterm convention

DALLAS – Joe Biden was the target of a few jabs. So was Kamala Harris. Mentions of Nancy Pelosi drew loud boos. But Republicans gathered here for a first-of-its-kind party convention eight weeks before the midterm elections mostly signaled they were ready to move on from the old guard of Democratic…

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Census overhaul proposed by Trump administration could reshape Congress

The Trump administration proposed on Wednesday to exclude undocumented and temporary immigrants from the data used to apportion House seats after the 2030 census, continuing a push from his first term. The changes, coupled with reducing the demographic data collected about Americans, could mean shifts in congressional seats among states…

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‘What happens if we do die?’: Congress still stalled on continuity plan after 9/11

Brian Baird has spent a lot of time thinking about death over the last 25 years. Not just his own, but also his former House colleagues’. Making his way through the Longworth House Office Building on 9/11 and urging people to evacuate after seeing smoke rising from the Pentagon out…

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5 things to know about the Republican midterm convention

Republicans are gathering in Dallas this week for an unusual midterm convention. The two-day event, a first for the party, brings hundreds of GOP elected officials, candidates, donors and state and local party leaders to the American Airlines Center in downtown Dallas. But unlike a typical party nominating convention, there…

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Pappas and Sununu set up marquee Senate clash in New Hampshire

Democratic Rep. Chris Pappas and Republican former Sen. John E. Sununu won their respective Senate primaries Tuesday in New Hampshire, formalizing a fall matchup for an open seat that both sides have already begun fighting over. With over 80 percent of votes counted, Pappas was leading biochemist Karishma Manzur, 65…

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Federal judge orders Missouri to use map targeting Dem House seat

A federal court in Missouri ordered the state to use a GOP-preferred congressional map Tuesday following a state court ruling that would have axed the plan for this fall. The ruling, from Judge Stephen R. Clark for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, came minutes after…

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