The government may be able to provide a quick fix to the deepening emergency. Solving the problem’s root cause will be substantially more difficult.

In an interview with The New Republic, Kansas’s lone Democrat says she’s focused on boosting the economic fortunes of her constituents and staving off the effects of inflation.

The resolution will hit the House floor this week. It’s time for Democrats to live up to their stated principles.

A new book reveals that GOP aides wanted the party to back MTG’s primary opponent—but McCarthy, afraid of Donald Trump’s reaction, killed the idea.

Clean energy tax credits won’t help the climate if they come with more funding for fossil fuels.

The president said on Thursday that he was mulling some form of forgiveness, although he stopped short of the $50,000 figure for which some have lobbied.

Yes, the former president is vain, and the House minority leader crossed him. But the briefly disloyal Republican may yet be spared.

The 14th Amendment requires Congress to punish states that restrict the right to vote. Will Democrats finally revive it?

Even a broken Senate is right twice a day.

The Mississippi congressman’s long struggle for civil rights is culminating with his role atop the January 6 committee.

His budget proposal to tax the wealth of America’s top plutocrats may face an uphill battle in Congress, but it signals a new midterm message.

With the “Green New Deal Champions” pledge, progressive groups are reorienting for 2022—and 2030.

A fiscal crisis is looming for the childcare industry, and the Democrats don’t have the votes to do anything about it.

With fears of a new Covid variant rising, legislators are dithering on providing enough money for testing and care.

Congress can’t pass laws, so Democrats want Biden to issue more executive orders. But the conservative Supreme Court often rejects such orders, requiring Congress to pass a law. But Congress can’t pass laws …

All this shouting about clocks is actually another pitched battle over the primacy of automobiles in our politics.

CNCT, a new app, is adding to the increased transparency between Hill workers as talks of unionizing increase.

While the Ukrainian president’s emotional appeal earned plaudits, he fell short on convincing lawmakers to support a no-fly zone.

The Ukrainian president again urged the U.S. to implement a no-fly zone, and called for the creation of a new alternative to the United Nations that could intercede in conflicts.

A provision offering an additional $15 billion in pandemic aid fell out of an omnibus package last week, and Congress might not be able to pass a stand-alone bill.