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Mar 19, 2019
On March 19, 1979, C-Span went live with its first public broadcast. We talked to one of its chief executives about its push for transparency in Washington.
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Mar 19, 2019
On March 19, 1979, C-Span went live to a public audience for the first time. We spoke with Susan Swain, who joined the network three years later.
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Mar 18, 2019
Democrats are at odds over how to fulfill their promise to lower health costs, with centrists opposing the "Medicare for all" plan favored by progressives.
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Mar 18, 2019
Democrats are at odds over how to fulfill their promise to lower health costs, with centrists opposing the "Medicare for all" plan favored by progressives.
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Mar 16, 2019
Those in favor of amending the National Emergencies Act of 1976 remain determined to pursue bipartisan changes in legislation they view as a surrender of congressional power.
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Mar 16, 2019
The groups intend to share a legislative agenda that presses for changes to war authorization measures and an end to the United States' presence in Afghanistan.
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Mar 15, 2019
Today's G.O.P. is burying Reagan's legacy faster than Elizabeth Warren ever could.
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Mar 15, 2019
President Trump rejected legislation on Friday that would have blocked his declaration of a national emergency to fund a wall along the southern border.
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Mar 15, 2019
The loans for his first Senate race, totaling more than $1 million, became an issue during his 2016 race for president.
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Mar 15, 2019
One reader terms the vote to overturn the emergency declaration just "a symbolic slap on the wrist," while another calls those who sided with the president "spineless."
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Mar 15, 2019
The veto will send the legislation back to Congress, which most likely doesn't have enough votes for an override, meaning the declaration of an emergency at the Mexican border will remain in effect.
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Mar 15, 2019
Don't mind that op-ed from last week.
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Mar 14, 2019
President Trump's red wall in the Senate cracks. A bit.
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Mar 14, 2019
In three bipartisan votes, Congress this week rebuked President Trump over Saudi Arabia, blocked his border emergency declaration and demanded a public release of the special counsel's report.
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Mar 14, 2019
In the On Politics newsletter: There have been multiple bipartisan efforts in the House and Senate to rebuke the president over the wall, Saudi Arabia and the Mueller report.
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Mar 14, 2019
There have been multiple bipartisan efforts in the House and Senate to rebuke the president over the wall, Saudi Arabia and the Mueller report.
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Mar 14, 2019
A reader suggests that the Senate majority leader's control of the political process is undemocratic.
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Mar 14, 2019
Birch Bayh, who died on Thursday, produced two successful amendments to the Constitution. But the one closest to his heart — the popular election of the president — fell short.
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Mar 14, 2019
The Times will track every senator's vote live. The vote is expected Thursday afternoon.
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Mar 14, 2019
Twelve Republicans joined Democrats to block Trump's emergency declaration.
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Mar 14, 2019
The Senate voted to overturn President Trump's national emergency declaration, delivering a bipartisan rebuke for what lawmakers in both parties saw as executive overreach.
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Mar 14, 2019
Mr. Bayh, from Indiana, was a force in laws barring sex discrimination, giving 18-year-olds the vote and providing for the removal of a president.
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Mar 14, 2019
Mr. Bayh, from Indiana, was a force in laws barring sex discrimination, giving 18-year-olds the vote and providing for the removal of a president.
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Mar 14, 2019
Mr. Bayh, from Indiana, was a force in laws barring sex discrimination, giving 18-year-olds the vote and providing for the removal of a president.
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Mar 13, 2019
Senator Mike Lee of Utah hoped that a bill to block future emergency declarations would give Republicans cover to allow President Trump's current declaration. Mr. Trump didn't buy it.
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Mar 13, 2019
The Senate voted to halt U.S. military assistance for Saudi Arabia's war in Yemen, defying President Trump again for his defense of the kingdom after the killing of Jamal Khashoggi.
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Mar 13, 2019
Ms. Rao, who heads a White House office on regulatory affairs, was confirmed, 53-46, for a seat on the United States Court of Appeals in Washington.
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Mar 13, 2019
Ms. Rao, who heads a White House office on regulatory affairs, was confirmed, 53-46, for a seat on the United States Court of Appeals in Washington.
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Mar 12, 2019
By all but ruling out impeachment without waiting for the evidence, Speaker Nancy Pelosi may be setting a far-reaching precedent that will empower presidents for decades to come.
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Mar 11, 2019
The president's budget request for the 2020 fiscal year has little chance of becoming law because Congress control spending, and Democrats control the House.
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Mar 11, 2019
We look at three possible outcomes of the special counsel investigation, which is believed to be wrapping up soon.
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Mar 11, 2019
Contrary to first impressions, Congress has done a decent job standing up for scientific research.
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Mar 10, 2019
The president's budget, to be unveiled Monday, asks for $8.6 billion to build border barriers while increasing military spending and cutting domestic programs.
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Mar 09, 2019
Much of the activity on Capitol Hill these days is more akin to trolling on Twitter than tackling national priorities.
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Mar 08, 2019
Why no vote on the House-passed ethics and election reform bill, Mr. Senate Leader? "Because I get to decide what we vote on."
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Mar 08, 2019
What Judge T.S. Ellis III actually said was that Mr. Manafort was "not before this court for anything having to do with collusion with the Russian government to influence this election."
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Mar 07, 2019
Long before the #MeToo movement brought sexual violence and harassment to the fore, women in the military and their advocates had highlighted such misconduct in the armed forces.
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Mar 07, 2019
Long before the #MeToo movement brought sexual violence and harassment to the fore, women in the military and their advocates had highlighted such misconduct in the armed forces.
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Mar 07, 2019
Michael D. Cohen, however inadvertently, handed his Republican critics just what they were looking for: fresh material they could weaponize to try to undermine the credibility of his larger account.
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Mar 07, 2019
The controversial proposal to combat global warming and economic inequality is transforming the political calculus around climate change.
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Mar 06, 2019
Democrats say support for new judge shows Republicans aren't serious about protections for pre-existing conditions as judicial juggernaut rolls on.
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Mar 06, 2019
Senator Martha McSally, Republican of Arizona, said she was "preyed upon and then raped by a superior officer" while serving in the Air Force. Her testimony came at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing about preventing sexual assault in the military.
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Mar 06, 2019
Senator Martha McSally, the first woman in the Air Force to fly in combat, said a superior officer had raped her while she was serving.
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Mar 06, 2019
Senator Martha McSally, the first woman in the Air Force to fly in combat, said a superior officer had raped her while she was serving.
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Mar 06, 2019
The congresswoman and I have a lot in common ??? but not her stance on Israel.
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Mar 05, 2019
The 1976 statute had flaws before President Trump took office. But his recent emergency declaration gives Congress an incentive to fix it.
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Mar 05, 2019
Indicating that he wanted to help fix a dysfunctional Senate, Mr. Merkley said there were other Democrats in the race who recognized the challenges ahead.
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Mar 05, 2019
The South Carolina Republican was once a vehement Trump critic. Now, he's one of the president's most ardent supporters.
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Mar 04, 2019
Senator Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, conceded that he could not stop the Senate from overturning President Trump's national emergency declaration.
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Mar 04, 2019
The Senate is poised to rebuke President Trump's national emergency declaration at the southwestern border. The only question: how big the Senate margin will be.
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Mar 04, 2019
Senator Chuck Schumer says Senate Democrats plan daily floor speeches on climate change, a special select committee and climate legislation to run on next year — and enact in 2021.
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Mar 04, 2019
Senator Chuck Schumer says Senate Democrats plan daily floor speeches on climate change, a special select committee and climate legislation to run on next year — and enact in 2021.
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Mar 03, 2019
Mr. Paul is the fourth Senate Republican to back a measure to block the president's attempt to use emergency powers to fund a wall, appearing to give it the support to pass.
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Mar 03, 2019
Though Mr. Paul did not explicitly announce his vote, his remarks served as the clearest sign he could give Democrats the majority they need to send a resolution to the president.
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Mar 02, 2019
If 2020 produces an anti-Trump wave, Democrats will need plenty of candidates to recapture the Senate. But some of the party's best only want the White House.
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Mar 01, 2019
Finally, something worse than Donald Trump.
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Mar 01, 2019
G.O.P. lawmakers who started by making excuses for the president's most repulsive personal traits have now moved on to bedrock principles. They are headed for a reckoning.
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Feb 28, 2019
A fund to aid the thousands sickened from the toxic dust of the World Trade Center attack is running out of money.
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Feb 27, 2019
Before the House Oversight and Reform Committee on Wednesday, President Trump's former lawyer accused Mr. Trump of directing hush payments, lying about his business dealings in Russia and inflating his wealth.
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Feb 27, 2019
Amy Klobuchar needs to make amends for her behavior.
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Feb 27, 2019
President Trump's former lawyer called him a "con man" and a "cheat" in testimony on Wednesday and accused Mr. Trump of knowing about communications with WikiLeaks and ongoing efforts to build a Trump Tower in Moscow during the 2016 presidential campaign.
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Feb 26, 2019
The House easily voted on Tuesday to block President Trump's declaration of a national emergency at the Mexican border, seeking to stop the diversion of funds to his wall.
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Feb 26, 2019
The House easily voted on Tuesday to block President Trump's declaration of a national emergency at the Mexican border, seeking to stop the diversion of funds to his wall.
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Feb 26, 2019
Lawmakers, who along with President Trump have promised to address rising drug prices, pressed the heads of major drug companies to lower prices or risk legislative action.
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Feb 26, 2019
Lawmakers and President Trump have promised to address rising drug prices; a hearing on Tuesday could be the first step to legislation to lower costs.
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Feb 26, 2019
The fate of the 60-vote threshold has become one of the early tests of the 2020 campaign.
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Feb 25, 2019
Too often, even patients who have coverage can't afford their medications.
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Feb 25, 2019
Democratic candidates for the 2020 nomination must come out against the filibuster.
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Feb 25, 2019
With some Republicans worried over precedent, party leaders are scrambling to hold their troops in line ahead of a House vote to reject President Trump's emergency declaration.
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Feb 25, 2019
Democrats are split over whether to redouble their efforts to win back the industrial heartland, or turn their attention to more demographically promising states like Georgia and Arizona.
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Feb 25, 2019
"What happened to me?" the senator asks. "Not a damn thing."
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Feb 24, 2019
Elected officials have made a lot of noise about the cost of prescription drugs. Now they must demand answers from pharmaceutical companies.
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Feb 23, 2019
The ambitious plan has had a rocky start, but it has also changed the national conversation. That alone is reason to applaud it.
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Feb 23, 2019
A dream? Maybe. But it's better than the climate nightmare we're living.
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Feb 22, 2019
The Constitution or The Donald? Why is this such a hard choice for congressional Republicans?
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Feb 22, 2019
Interviews with more than two dozen former staff members and internal emails reviewed by The Times reveal demeaning and unusual behavior by Ms. Klobuchar toward her subordinates.
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Feb 21, 2019
The technology is feasible for a Green New Deal, though experts doubt its goals could be accomplished as quickly as advocates hope. Finding money and political will is a bigger challenge.
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Feb 21, 2019
If you've heard a lot recently about the Green New Deal but still aren't quite sure what it is, we're here to help.
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Feb 20, 2019
For the third time in six years, a Senate majority is preparing to force through a change in rules covering confirmations, without a single vote from the minority.
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Feb 20, 2019
A reader faults the Senate majority leader for his actions no matter the cost.
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Feb 19, 2019
It's not just the emergency declaration. President Trump is also siphoning more than $2 billion in military funds for his wall through another complex move.
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Feb 19, 2019
The president's move has already been challenged in court. Win or lose, he is almost certainly forcing an alarming judicial precedent.
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Feb 18, 2019
He's not an institutionalist. He's the man who surrendered the Senate to the president.
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Feb 16, 2019
It remains to be seen whether Senate Republicans will act collectively to try to stop the president or how far into unchartered territory they are willing to follow him.
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Feb 15, 2019
The president plans to manage the border crisis from the golf course at Mar-a-Lago this weekend.
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Feb 15, 2019
In invoking emergency powers for an end run around Congress in building his border wall, President Trump violated a norm of presidential self-restraint.
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Feb 15, 2019
President Trump declared a national emergency to unlock funds for a border wall that he couldn't get from Congress. Those Republicans supporting the move didn't approve when President Barack Obama used his executive power to act on immigration in 2014.
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Feb 15, 2019
The president's decision incited instant condemnation from Democrats, who called it an unconstitutional abuse of his authority and vowed to overturn it with Republican support.
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Feb 15, 2019
President Trump's last-minute tantrum nearly derailed a deal to avert another government shutdown, and forced the Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell, to accept an emergency declaration.
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Feb 14, 2019
Congress has tools to override the president's declaration, but opponents most likely do not have the votes to overcome a veto.
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Feb 14, 2019
Congress has tools to override the president's declaration, but opponents most likely do not have the votes to overcome a veto.
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Feb 14, 2019
Congress has tools to override the president's declaration, but opponents most likely do not have the votes to overcome a veto.
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Feb 14, 2019
Congress has tools to override the president's declaration, but opponents most likely do not have the votes to overcome a veto.
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Feb 14, 2019
Declaring a national emergency over a border wall lets the president avoid another damaging shutdown while not surrendering. But it could do long-term damage, experts say.
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Feb 14, 2019
Declaring a national emergency over a border wall lets the president avoid another damaging shutdown while not surrendering. But it could do long-term damage, experts say.
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Feb 14, 2019
The president decides that fulfilling a campaign promise is more important than respecting the separation of powers.
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Feb 14, 2019
The Senate should quickly follow suit and end United States complicity in the humanitarian horrors there.
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Feb 14, 2019
The fact that the president may have the authority to throw away billions on a foolish campaign promise is itself scandalous.
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Feb 14, 2019
Senator Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, said he will support President Trump's national emergency declaration. Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the House, said the move "should be met with great unease."
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Feb 14, 2019
The Senate is expected to vote on a border bill to prevent a government shutdown.
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