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Washington and Wall Street were optimistic Monday that Congress can pass a bill to fund the government and avert a partial shutdown before a Friday deadline.

Minnesota’s Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar is calling on House leaders to take “appropriate action” against Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert for using anti-Muslim language in describing a recent encounter with Omar.

The grind of legislating is treacherous for some, a sport for others, and rarely successful in the slow-moving Congress

The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Arizona says a man from Bullhead, Arizona, has been convicted of threatening to kill or harm Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives.

The Senate will try to pass the Build Back Better Act before Christmas, and it will likely make changes to the House bill.

House Democrats’ spending package boosts the limit on the deduction for state and local taxes to $80,000 through 2030.

The House has passed the largest expansion of the social safety net in decades, a $1.75 trillion bill that funds President Joe Biden’s top priorities.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. on Thursday discussed the Democrats’ $1.85 trillion social and environment measure.

Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy spoke for hours Thursday night and into Friday morning criticizing the legislation, Biden and Democrats.

The House censured GOP Rep. Paul Gosar and stripped him of committee assignments for posting a video that depicted him killing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

Biden signed the bipartisan infrastructure bill, which will put $550 billion in new funds into transportation, broadband and utilities.

A group of House Democrats introduced a resolution to censure GOP Rep. Paul Gosar for posting a cartoon video that depicted him killing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and swinging swords at President Joe Biden. 

Arizona Rep. Paul Gosar is facing criticism after he tweeted a video that included altered animation showing him striking Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez with a sword

A bipartisan infrastructure bill will become law, but the larger Democratic social spending plan still has to get through the House and Senate.

House Democrats were struggling to build support for the bipartisan infrastructure bill and Democrats’ social spending and climate plan.

U.S. stock futures moved higher Friday after the government’s stronger-than-expected October jobs report.

The nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation released its initial analysis of Democrats’ Build Back Better bill, fulfilling a key demand of House moderates.

While Democrats are trying to hash out a final social spending and climate bill, progressives want to vote on it this week.

Democrats say they have sealed a deal to lower pharmaceutical drug costs for most older Americans as part of President Joe Biden’s sweeping $1.75 trillion domestic proposal

Sen. Joe Manchin refused to back Biden’s social spending bill without a detailed analysis of its impacts, delaying Democrats’ plans to pass both bills.