Climate credits, IRS funds snarl GOP debt limit talks - Roll Call A push to repeal clean energy tax credits and IRS enforcement funding has emerged as a key sticking point in House GOP debt limit talks. Roll Call · Apr 18, 2023
Sen. Bob Menendez sets up legal defense fund, again - Roll Call Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., is setting up a legal defense fund as he faces an investigation that his spokesman called an "official inquiry." Roll Call · Apr 18, 2023
Lawmakers steer toward food stamp clash on work requirements - Roll Call Food stamps are on course again to be a flash point in the farm bill as some Republicans want to add work requirements for recipients. Roll Call · Apr 18, 2023
Democrat Cartwright advises GOP to tame the ‘crazies’ - Roll Call Credibility is the key for Rep. Matt Cartwright, the Pennsylvania Democrat who has won four times in a district also carried by Trump. Roll Call · Apr 18, 2023
Protection sought for uranium-rich land near Grand Canyon - Roll Call Tribal leaders want President Joe Biden to protect over a million acres of land near the Grand Canyon that contain uranium ore deposits. Roll Call · Apr 18, 2023
Screening US funds for Chinese tech raises question: Which tech? - Roll Call The U.S. appears headed to screening of outbound investment in China’s technology sector amid a debate about which tech should be covered. Roll Call · Apr 18, 2023
McConnell returns to Senate, urges Biden to ‘stop wasting time’ on debt ceiling - Roll Call Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell used his public remarks in weeks to blast President Biden for not holding new talks on the debt ceiling. Roll Call · Apr 17, 2023
Supreme Court to hear arguments on workplace religious protections - Roll Call The Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday in a case that could expand religious protections for workers under a law changed in 1972. Roll Call · Apr 17, 2023
McCarthy blasts Biden, Democrats over debt limit - Roll Call Speaker Kevin McCarthy discussed House Republicans’ plan to lift the debt limit and curb spending in a speech at the New York Stock Exchange. Roll Call · Apr 17, 2023
Replacing Feinstein can be complicated, Senate history shows - Roll Call California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein's request that she be replaced on the Judiciary Committee temporarily could get complicated. Roll Call · Apr 17, 2023
Bipartisan measure to block solar tariff waiver heads to markup - Roll Call A bipartisan measure would strike down an administration waiver of tariffs on solar energy equipment from four countries in Southeast Asia. Roll Call · Apr 17, 2023
House Republicans release sweeping immigration bill - Roll Call The new legislation, to be taken up in committee on Wednesday, would tighten asylum eligibility and expand migrant family detention. Roll Call · Apr 17, 2023
Republicans seek ban on members’ TikTok use - Roll Call House and Senate Republicans are calling for an end to members’ use of the controversial TikTok video app for “official communications.” Roll Call · Apr 17, 2023
From highs to lows, FEC reports offer an early 2024 temperature - Roll Call From George Santos' $5,333 to eight-figure totals in California's Senate race, new FEC reports provide an early map to 2024's landscape. Roll Call · Apr 17, 2023
Roll Call · Apr 17, 2023 Pediatrician launches new PAC focused on children - Roll Call A South Carolina physician is creating a PAC focused on children's issues and hopes to back at least three candidates for Congress in 2024.
Roll Call · Apr 14, 2023 The politics of raising the debt limit - Roll Call House Republicans are drafting legislation offering Democrats a debt limit increase combined with discretionary spending caps, tougher work requirements for food stamps, rescinding unspent pandemic aid, and more. CQ Roll Call’s David Lerman, Peter Cohn and Lindsey McPherson outline the GOP game plan and assess how the battle over the…
Roll Call · Apr 14, 2023 Centrist Maine Democrat floats compromise debt limit plan - Roll Call A moderate House Democrat is floating ideas for a short-term debt limit compromise designed to appease both parties.
Roll Call · Apr 14, 2023 Photos of the week ending April 14, 2023 - Roll Call Despite Congress still in recess, CQ Roll Call photojournalist Tom Williams was on hand to capture the activity in the Washington area.
Roll Call · Apr 14, 2023 US announces charges, sanctions in fight to stem fentanyl trafficking - Roll Call U.S. officials announced actions Friday to combat fentanyl as the nation struggles to battle overdose deaths.
Roll Call · Apr 14, 2023 BOLD PAC aims to elect more Latinas to the House and Senate - Roll Call A record number won seats in the 118th Congress, but a Democratic political action committee is hoping to reach a new milestone in 2024.
Roll Call · Apr 14, 2023 Supreme Court halts abortion drug case through Wednesday - Roll Call The ruling comes after a federal judge in Texas suspended the FDA's 2000 approval of mifespristone, a drug used for medication abortions.
Roll Call · Apr 14, 2023 Congress will miss its budget deadline. That's not unusual. - Roll Call Congress is set to blow past its April 15 target date for a joint budget resolution, which has been the rule rather than the exception.
Roll Call · Apr 14, 2023 Asking Clarence Thomas to testify in Senate could spark a showdown - Roll Call Advocacy groups have urged the Senate to ask Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to testify on his relationship with a wealthy GOP donor.
Roll Call · Apr 13, 2023 How Black women, America’s invisible ‘saviors,’ can rewrite the narrative - Roll Call Dr. Inger E. Burnett-Zeigler of Northwestern University talks about how Black women can attend the needs of community, family, and their own.
Roll Call · Apr 13, 2023 Blue-state lawmakers flex muscles on state and local deductions - Roll Call Lawmakers from high-tax states say Speaker Kevin McCarthy doesn’t have the votes to extend the $10,000 limit on state, local tax deductions.