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Posted January 3, 2025 at 1:33pm Mike Johnson appears not to have secured enough votes to be reelected speaker on the first ballot Friday. Three House Republicans voted for someone else as Democrats united in support of Hakeem Jeffries. The […]

Washington is full of people who obsess about the daily news cycle and who is “winning” it. But looking back on her 24 years in the Senate and nearly half a century in politics, Sen. Debbie Stabenow said it doesn’t

It wasn’t too long ago that the big question about Jake LaTurner’s political career was just how high he could go. He won a Kansas state Senate seat in his 20s, and then the treasurer’s race at 30, making him

Tom Carper has a roundabout way of sneaking up on an answer. If you ask him to reflect on his 24 years in the Senate, he might start with an anecdote about a nomination; inquire about his concerns for the

Donald Trump’s pledge to take a buzz saw to the federal bureaucracy has caused plenty of anxiety, but not an exodus of career civil servants hoping to land jobs at the Capitol, or at least not yet. Instead, the post-election

Bob Good’s only lament about his short stint in Congress is that he had to share it with “moderate establishment RINOs.” “I regret that such a strong percentage of the Republican conference doesn’t really want to do Republican things,” he

Asked to list some of the highlights from his 12 years in the House, Rep. Tony Cárdenas points to one that might not seem like a “big deal.” “But I think it’s a big deal,” he said of Congress establishing

As he closes out his last term in Congress, Indiana Republican Rep. Larry Bucshon says he’s taking the long view. “Congress has always had its ups and downs, since the first one up until the 118th,” says the former heart

As House Democrats plot out their committee moves for the next Congress, they are grappling with questions of age and seniority. Two ranking members have already stepped aside after facing younger challengers, and at least one other is trying to

The Yuletide used to be a lot scarier. In some Germanic regions, while Saint Nicholas delivered gifts for nice boys and girls, the demonic Krampus whipped the naughty. It was a time to recall spooky tales; that’s why Andy Williams