CQ MAGAZINE; Sept. 30, 2024 House task force hears from local officers on Trump rally shooting From left, Sgt. Edward Lenz, Adams Township Police Department, Commander, Butler County Emergency Services Unit, Patrolman Drew Blasko, Butler Township Police Department, Lt. John D. Herold, Pennsylvania S...

CQ MAGAZINE; Sept. 30, 2024 In the Spotlight: Laurel Lee Florida Republican Rep. Laurel Lee saw the Homeland Security Committee approve her measure (HR 9769) that would establish an interagency task force to study cyberthreats to critical U.S. infrastructure by state-sponsored hackers, including tho...

CQ MAGAZINE; Sept. 30, 2024 Vance lays out 'concept of a plan' on health Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance ’s plan to rework President Barack Obama's signature health care law is vague on details, but many conservative health care experts say it would take the Republican Party back to a...

CQ MAGAZINE; Sept. 30, 2024 Senate probe finds Secret Service failures at Trump rally shooting A bipartisan Senate committee report released Wednesday found numerous Secret Service failures related to the July 13 near-assassination of former President Donald Trump and recommended ways to help preven...

CQ MAGAZINE; Sept. 30, 2024 Two roads diverged in a lame-duck spending endgame McConnell, pictured at a news conference Tuesday, is prepping for his last post-election wrapup as GOP leader. (Source: Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call.) Congress bought itself about three months’ worth of extra time to work ou...

CQ MAGAZINE; Sept. 30, 2024 Senate Banking Republicans want to aid startups' capital formation Republicans on the Senate Banking Committee indicated in recent days that boosting the ability of startup businesses to raise capital in public and private markets would be a priority if they take over the...

CQ MAGAZINE; Sept. 30, 2024 Ukraine's supporters push for new supplemental by year-end Senators from both parties said in interviews Wednesday that they want to see a new supplemental spending bill for Ukraine become law by the end of the year. Sens. Richard Blumenthal , D-Conn., and Lindsey Graham...

CQ MAGAZINE – COVER STORY; Sept. 30, 2024 An unusual choice for House Freedom Caucus leader takes reins Harris speaks with Roll Call in his Longworth House Building office on Sept. 19. (Source: Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call.) When the House Freedom Caucus launched in 2015, a senior Appropriations Committe...

CQ MAGAZINE; Sept. 30, 2024 Take Five: George S. Helmy Newly sworn-in Democratic Sen. George S. Helmy of New Jersey doesn’t like to be in front of the camera — not because of a phobia, he said, but just because he doesn’t like it. “I know myself, and that’s not where I best fit into the public disco...

CQ MAGAZINE; Sept. 23, 2024 Proxy voting for new parents pitched to Rules panel The House Rules Committee held a Member Day hearing Thursday, allowing the rank-and-file to propose changes to how the chamber conducts its business — and in one case, to make a personal announcement. “I have a current v...

CQ MAGAZINE; Sept. 23, 2024 In the Spotlight: Gus Bilirakis Florida Republican Rep. Gus Bilirakis saw the Energy and Commerce Committee advance major legislation he shepherded (HR 7891) aimed at protecting children’s online safety, after he led last-minute changes to significantly reduce its scope....

CQ MAGAZINE; Sept. 23, 2024 Appeals court sounds skeptical of TikTok challenge to potential ban Video-sharing app TikTok and a group of its users faced a skeptical federal appeals court during oral arguments in a bid to overturn a law that would mandate the company’s U.S. subsidiary be sold or face...

CQ MAGAZINE; Sept. 23, 2024 Second Trump assassination scare sparks more security concerns The apparent second assassination attempt on Donald Trump sparked calls from President Joe Biden and lawmakers to bolster the Secret Service protection for the former president with either more resources, stra...

CQ MAGAZINE; Sept. 23, 2024 Ways and Means eyes tax 'cliff' with briefing on business De La Cruz, who attended Wednesday's briefing, is shown on stage at the Republican National Convention on July 17. (Source: Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call.) House Ways and Means Committee Republicans held a closed-door br...

CQ MAGAZINE – COVER STORY; Sept. 23, 2024 Judges wrestle with latest Supreme Court gun rights opinion Gun safety advocates rally in front of the Supreme Court in December, 2019. ((Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)) The Supreme Court’s latest opinion on gun rights has done little so far to eliminate the disag...

CQ MAGAZINE; Sept. 23, 2024 House Judiciary helped boost Ohio immigrant pet-eating claims Ahead of a recent House Judiciary Committee hearing on the dangers of crime from illegal immigration, the panel’s social media account posted a computer-generated photo of former President Donald Trump, in a la...

CQ MAGAZINE; Sept. 23, 2024 Take Five: John Duarte Rep. John Duarte thinks the water troubles bedeviling California’s Central Valley are human-caused. But he doesn’t blame climate change. “No, I think the water strains in the West are completely tied to policy choices we’ve made,” says the farmer an...

CQ MAGAZINE; Sept. 16, 2024 In the Spotlight: Tom Suozzi New York Democratic Rep. Tom Suozzi led his colleagues in calling on President Joe Biden to end the de minimis threshold on international trade that allows shipments valued at $800 or less to avoid tariffs and undergo little to no inspection....

CQ MAGAZINE; July 15, 2024 Lawmaker pay freeze spurs Legislative Branch bill defeat Staffers arrive for the House Appropriations Committee's July 10 markup. (Source: Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call.) The House rejected a fiscal 2025 Legislative Branch spending bill Thursday, as some Republicans rebelled aga...

CQ MAGAZINE; July 15, 2024 In the Spotlight: J.D. Vance Ohio Republican Sen. J.D. Vance has spearheaded a pair of measures targeting colleges and universities in the midst of high-profile campus demonstrations against Israel’s response to the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas. One bill (S 3514) would increase...

CQ MAGAZINE; Sept. 16, 2024 Senate tax writers debate 'buy, borrow, die' ahead of 2025 cliff Crapo speaks with reporters after a vote on Wednesday. (Source: Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call.) The Senate Finance Committee publicly kicked off its preparations for next year’s slew of tax-break expirations with...

CQ MAGAZINE; Sept. 16, 2024 Army secretary warns that CR would delay key weapons The expected enactment of a stopgap spending bill this month will once again hurt Army Secretary Christine Wormuth’s ability to equip U.S. soldiers and help besieged allies and partner nations, she said Thursday. Citing...

CQ MAGAZINE; Sept. 16, 2024 Defense spending bills see another surge in unrequested items Members of Congress have added just over $38 billion for 1,499 military research and procurement programs in fiscal 2025 that the president didn't seek, according to a previously unpublicized database analyzed...

CQ MAGAZINE; Sept. 16, 2024 Two years later, Dobbs decision continues to spur a reckoning In the two years since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, countless people have shared their personal experiences with reproductive health – including accessing abortion, seeking fertility services, expe...

CQ MAGAZINE; Sept. 16, 2024 Six-month stopgap funds bill yanked from House floor Speaker Mike Johnson ’s plan to tie a six-month spending extension to a voting restriction bill pushed by former President Donald Trump was stymied Wednesday as the Louisiana Republican was forced to pull the package fr...

CQ MAGAZINE – COVER STORY; Sept. 16, 2024 State officials paint differing pictures of election challenges Six secretaries of state testified Wednesday. From right, Adrian Fontes of Arizona, Jocelyn Benson of Michigan, Maggie Toulouse Oliver of New Mexico, Mac Warner of West Virginia, Frank LaRose of...

CQ MAGAZINE; Sept. 16, 2024 Take Five: Eric Sorensen There’s a tendency in Washington to think of climate change as a coastal issue. It’s the coasts, after all, where melting ice caps will turn into flooded communities, and it’s the coasts where voters tend to back the party willing to do more to re...

CQ MAGAZINE; Aug. 5, 2024 Take Five: Emilia Sykes Sykes is running for a second term in her Akron, Ohio-based district. (Source: Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo.) When Rep. Emilia Sykes showed off her balance beam skills in a new campaign ad the week of July 21, it was a nod to both the opening o...

CQ MAGAZINE; Aug. 5, 2024 In the Spotlight: Mike Kelly Pennsylvania Republican Rep. Mike Kelly will lead a bipartisan task force investigating how a shooter was able to gain access to a July 13 rally and fire at former President Donald Trump in an assassination attempt. The panel's lineup, as announ...

CQ MAGAZINE – COVER STORY; Aug. 5, 2024 Trump win would spark constitutional fight over spending power Trump arrives on stage during the last night of the Republican National Convention on July 18. (Source: Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call.) While polling has tightened since President Joe Biden exited the...