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House panel issues first proposed reforms to Electoral Count Act after Jan. 6 attack
A Congressional committee has issued the first staff report on the Electoral Reform Act, a key target for lawmakers who are now weighing new legislative… -
Eliminate the filibuster to expand voting rights, says Black Voters Matter co-founder
LaTosha Brown is calling on elected officials to get voting rights legislation passed. "The filibuster is a relic of the past," she says. -
Congress may change this arcane law to avoid another Jan. 6
It's a law that's been described as "almost unintelligible," "arcane" and "extremely complex."It's also the law that determines who will be the next… -
One year after insurrection, Rep. Auchincloss still worries of 'systemic threats to the orderly transfer of power'
Jake Auchincloss had only been in Congress for three days when protestors stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. -
Schumer tees up vote on rules change if voting rights legislation is blocked
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has vowed the Senate will forge ahead on voting rights legislation and will vote on changing the rules of the upper… -
Pressley moves to strip Boebert of committee assignments
Boebert's anti-Muslim remarks toward Rep. Ilhan Omar spurred the Mass. Congresswoman to act, Pressley said Wednesday. -
TV's Dr. Oz enters Pennsylvania's crucial Senate race on the GOP side
Dr. Mehmet Oz, a celebrity heart surgeon who has also promoted questionable health advice to national television audiences, has entered the closely… -
House Democrats are bringing back paid leave in their spending bill
Updated November 3, 2021 at 5:53 PM ETPaid family and medical leave is back in Democrats' sweeping domestic policy bill.In a letter to colleagues… -
United against higher spending, centrist Democrats don't agree on what to cut or keep
Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill have set the end of October as the time frame to nail down an agreement on a scaled-back version of President Biden's… -
What Sen. Blumenthal's 'finsta' flub says about Congress' grasp of Big Tech
The meme response was swift and brutal. The question — "Will you commit to ending finsta?" — asked in earnest by 75-year-old Sen. Richard Blumenthal, was…
