Senate passes anti-lynching bill and sends federal hate crime legislation to Biden
The Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act, which sets prison terms of up to 30 years, has been more than a century in the making.
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NC judges uphold legislative maps, change Congress lines
A panel of trial judges made additional changes to North Carolina's congressional district map Wednesday, declaring that the latest U.S.
The Senate avoids a government shutdown, punting a spending deadline into March
Lawmakers hope to finalize a longer-term spending bill before the new shutdown deadline on March 11.
Transportation planners wait for money as the infrastructure plan stalls in Congress
Democrats say they're close to a deal on the broad reconciliation bill, but transportation planners are anxious because a short-term extension on federal highway and transit programs runs out Sunday.
Democrats are having a unity problem. That's familiar territory for them
At their historic high tides, Democrats were not really more united than they are now. They may have been less so. The difference was they had enough votes to abide their disunity and still prevail.
Whistleblower tells Congress that Facebook products harm kids and democracy
A former Facebook employee compared the social network to Big Tobacco at a Senate hearing on Tuesday, saying the company has hidden what it knows about the problems its products cause.
The Debt Limit And The Senate's Cloture Share A History. Both Were Born With A War
As the U.S. entered World War I, Congress created a limit on aggregate federal debt and also a cloture rule to end filibusters. The two are linked again in the current battles on Capitol Hill.
NC House Gives Initial Approval To Budget Bill
The North Carolina House gave initial approval late Wednesday to a two-year budget, after Republicans who wrote the legislation touted its teacher pay hikes, income tax provisions and massive infra
As Biden Aims To Pass 2 Big Bills, Things Are About To Get Really Complicated
Seemingly arcane exercises in the days and weeks ahead will in fact represent – and may even resolve — real conflicts over national issues of enormous importance.
Why Democrats Are Angry At Wall Street
Big banks are facing a new reality in Washington: Democrats control all levers of power and they are not shy about their intentions to ratchet up pressure on the sector.