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“If we have lots of talented people and they’re all running for different positions, then we get the benefit,” Stabenow, the No. 3 Senate Democrat, said in an interview. “So that’s what I’ve been saying: ‘Think about how to best keep this great talent going in the state.’ And you don’t do it by everybody… […]

Two Democratic senators are out due to recent hospitalizations, complicating the math on lawmakers’ years-long quest to formally end the Iraq war and reassert congressional authority… […]

Politicians sound off on SVB investors after bank failure lead image… […]

There’s not much daylight between Reps. Katie Porter, Adam Schiff and Barbara Lee over the implosion now rattling markets. They’re vocally pushing their own solutions anyway… […]

The Senate minority leader had been treated for a concussion after a fall last week… […]

Begich, a Republican activist in the state, ran for Congress in both the August 2022 special election and the November 2022 general election. | Mark Thiessen/AP Photo Republican Nick Begich announced on Thursday he would run for Congress again in Alaska, setting up a possible rematch against incumbent Rep. Mary Peltola (D-Alaska), the state’s only… […]

Sinema has been publicly undeclared, though the official’s comments suggest that the Arizona Independent has signaled to the White House that she has reservations about the nominee. Sinema does not generally forecast her votes. A spokesperson declined to comment. With Republicans expected to be universally opposed to Su’s confirmation, she can only lose one person… […]

The hearing didn’t just shine a spotlight on the tensions between Republicans and Wray but further exposed looming divisions between the FBI director and Democrats on a soon-to-expire controversial surveillance program. But there were some moments of levity. Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo) — who noted he doesn’t support defunding the FBI or cutting Wray’s salary… […]

But Burchett said he remained “ticked off” about a few other things, namely party leaders’ recent treatment of his proposed amendments to that Pentagon policy bill. And he wasn’t the only hard-right Republican who left less than satisfied after Tuesday’s meeting — which party leaders described to members as the first of several procedure-focused discussions.… […]

Some right-flank Republicans are now holding up McCarthy’s plan to pass a heap of spending bills this month, even creating an abortion-related holdup on the usually less-controversial bill that funds the Department of Veterans Affairs and military personnel. It’s yet another episode in the bleak reality show McCarthy’s living in this year: Everything is hard… […]