Democrats, GOP seem on collision course over gun, terror bills
House Democrats and Republicans seem just as destined for an election-season clash over guns as they did before a Democratic sit-in on the chamber’s floor ushered in lawmakers’ July 4 recess two weeks ago.
After Orlando, slight cracks in gun-rights’ grip on Congress
Even after the Orlando shooting slaughter, no one expects Congress to dramatically tighten firearms curbs. Yet a few modest election-year cracks have shown in the iron grip that Republicans and the National Rifle Association have long enjoyed on the issue.
Tempers likely to soar in summer congressional session
Both temperatures and tempers are likely to run hot as lawmakers return to Washington for an abbreviated 6-week summertime session featuring a handful of must-do legislation and the roll-out of a House GOP campaign agenda that’s a pet priority for House Speaker Paul Ryan.
Pentagon targets air base surplus
The Pentagon thinks it has a winning argument for why Congress should allow a new round of military base closings.
Led by GOP, House poised to renew over $600B in tax cuts
Republicans are ready to whip a year-end tax-cut compromise through the House as Congress prepares to finish 2015 in a flurry of accomplishment that belies the partisan collisions sure to dominate the coming election year.
Kelly growing comfortable in Washington role
When Trent Kelly arrived in Washington, D.C., to take his seat as Mississippi District 1 representative in the House, he didn’t get the committee assignment he most covets.
Leftover cash? Ex-lawmakers find plenty of use for money
No matter how they exited — a loss, a resignation, a retirement — former members of Congress can pretty much do whatever they want with leftover campaign cash as long as it’s political or charitable.
Pope makes appeals to Congress, tells American nuns ‘I love you’
Pope Francis plunged into the melting pot of New York on Thursday after reminding the country of its immigrant origins in the first papal speech before Congress.
Congress returns to weighty list of unfinished business
Congress returns on Tuesday with a critical need for a characteristic rarely evident through a contentious spring and summer — cooperation between Republicans and President Barack Obama.
Obama feeling ‘feisty,’ ready to take on the ‘crazies’
President Barack Obama is putting people on notice: He’s back from vacation feeling “refreshed, renewed, recharged” — and “a little feisty.”
Hottest ticket in Washington? It’s for the pope at Capitol
Rep. Peter Welch’s sister, Maureen, had better intelligence than the five-term Vermont congressman about Pope Francis’ upcoming trip to the United States and his historic address to Congress.
Congress leaves clashes for fall
Drained and divided, the Senate is joining the House in summer recess as Congress sets course for an autumn of showdowns over Iran, spending and Planned Parenthood.
Congress heading on vacation, putting off messy decisions
As lawmakers head out of the Capitol for a five-week summer recess, they leave behind a pile of unfinished business that all but guarantees a painful fall.
New US Rep. Kelly keeps most of his predecessor’s staff
Mississippi’s newest member of Congress is renting a tiny apartment in Washington and has hired most of his predecessor’s staff.
Congress heads back to work with looming funding deadline
Members of Congress return today from July Fourth fireworks and parades facing a daunting summer workload and an impending deadline to fund the government or risk a shutdown in the fall.
Republicans hold north Miss. House seat
Republican Trent Kelly says that as Mississippi’s newest member of the U.S. House, he will work to strengthen national defense, protect veterans’ benefits and reduce federal regulations.
Campaign enters home stretch
Voters will choose between Republican Trent Kelly and Democrat Walter Zinn for the 1st District Congressional seat Tuesday.
Zinn, Kelly turn attention to election runoff
Democrat Walter Zinn got the most votes in a congressional special election in north Mississippi this week, and he and Republican Trent Kelly advanced to a June 2 runoff.
1 Dem, 1 Republican headed to US House runoff in Mississippi
Democrat Walter Zinn and Republican Trent Kelly will spend the next three weeks competing for support in a north Mississippi congressional race after emerging from a field of 13 candidates in a special election.
Budget spat leaves House GOP leaders facing new discord
Whether the issue is immigration or federal budgets, Republicans keep learning a bitter lesson: Their sizable and near-historic congressional majority doesn’t necessarily mean they can govern.