A group of U.S. senators recently sent a letter to the FBI alleging the bureau shirked congressional oversight amid lawmakers' inquiries into a leaked FBI memo that suggested some "radical traditionalist" Catholics pose threats of racially or ethnically motivated violence.
In that since-retracted
Key Senate negotiators Feb. 4 released an approximately $118 billion emergency national security bill that would send a fresh wave of aid to Ukraine as that nation fends off Russia's invasion and would implement strict new migration policies for the U.S.-Mexico border.
Catholic
For those who follow the daily churnings of Congress, Capitol Hill is a familiar venue for the official political theater of committee hearings -- hearings so routine and numerous they can sometimes fade into the public subconsciousness, if registering at all.
But Jan.
The announcement of a congressional framework to enhance the existing child tax credit on January 16 and its subsequent passage in the House of Representatives on January 31 were significant developments.
The 357 to 70 vote in the House saw 188 Democrats and
With just one day to spare, the federal government Jan. 18 narrowly averted another potential shutdown, as Congress overwhelmingly agreed to an early March funding extension -- the third such extension in four months.
Battles over the escalating size of the national budget
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith, R-Mo., and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., announce a bipartisan, bicameral tax framework including an enhanced Child Tax Credit.
The White House has signaled it is open to making some concessions to congressional Republicans on border policy in order to pass an emergency spending bill to provide billions of dollars in wartime aid to Ukraine and Israel amid their respective conflicts.
Senate Republicans Dec. 6 blocked an emergency spending bill to provide billions of dollars in wartime aid to Ukraine and Israel while calling for strict new policies at the U.S.-Mexico border opposed by some Catholic immigration advocates.
The move increases pressure on Congress
FBI Director Christopher Wray sparred with Republicans during testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee Dec. 5 about a leaked and withdrawn memo from the bureau's Richmond, Virginia, field office about political extremism in some Catholic groups.
Lawmakers averted a federal government shutdown just a few days ahead of their deadline, as busloads gathered in Washington in a show of support for Israel and to protest antisemitism, and a controversial congressman declined a re-election bid after a damning report