Retiring AP reporter chronicles 4 decades covering Congress
In the waning moments of Democrats' four-decade hold on the House, I saw a gesture that seems unthinkable today. On the evening of Nov. 29, 1994, they let the top...
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Senate Democrats pass budget package, a victory for Biden
Democrats pushed their election-year economic package to Senate passage Sunday, a hard-fought compromise less ambitious than President Joe Biden’s original domestic vision but one that still meets deep-rooted party goals...
Senate OKs landmark gun violence bill, House passage is next
The Senate on Thursday easily approved a bipartisan gun violence bill that seemed unthinkable just a month ago, clearing the way for final congressional approval of what will be lawmakers'...
Ghastly shootings, political forces align to prompt gun deal
The country has long endured a numbing succession of mass shootings at schools, places of worship and public gathering places. None forced Congress to react with significant legislation — until...
Senate negotiators announce a deal on guns, breaking logjam
Senate bargainers announced a bipartisan framework Sunday responding to last month鈥檚 mass shootings, a noteworthy though limited breakthrough offering modest gun curbs and bolstered efforts to improve school safety and...
COVID spending bill stalls in Senate as GOP, Dems stalemate
A compromise $10 billion measure buttressing the government抖阴ap COVID-19 defenses stalled in the Senate Wednesday and seemed all but certainly sidetracked for weeks, victim of a campaign-season fight over聽the incendiary...
GOP blocks Senate COVID bill, demands votes on immigration
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans blocked a Democratic attempt Tuesday to begin Senate debate on a $10 billion COVID-19 compromise, pressing to entangle the bipartisan package with an election-year showdown over...
Democratic, GOP Senate bargainers reach $10 billion COVID agreement
Senate bargainers reached agreement Monday on a slimmed-down $10 billion package for countering COVID-19 with treatments, vaccines and other steps, the top Democratic and Republican negotiators said, but the measure...
Biden budget has Manchin priorities: Tax rich, cut deficit
President Joe Biden's $5.8 trillion budget for next year would trim federal deficits and boost taxes on the wealthiest Americans. Both could appeal to Sen. Joe Manchin amid Democratic hopes...
Dems set for House approval of Ukraine aid, drop COVID funds
The House moved Wednesday toward approving a massive spending bill anchored by $13.6 billion for battered Ukraine and its European allies after top Democrats abruptly dropped their plan to also...