Congress

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The Democratic leaders, Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi. Photo: Tom Williams/CQPHO

Policy

It's time to agree Mr. Trump

Democratic leaders in Congress will meet with the president to try to reach an agreement before the…

December 11th, 2018

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Panoramic view of Philadelphia.

Time To Rise Together

August 17th, 2023

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U.S. Capitol.

Leading By Example

June 21st, 2023

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U.S. Representative Marie Glusenkamp Perez. Photo: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images.

Elected officials

A vote against borrowers?

May 26th, 2023

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Photo: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images.

Elected officials

Santos’ 13 Problems

May 10th, 2023

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US President Donald Trump offers a press conference on Friday at the Capitol in Washington, where he announced his intention to raise $ 8,000 million for the construction of the wall with Mexico, 6,600 of them through a declaration of national emergency that would be added to the 1.375 million approved by Congress. EFE/Jim Lo Scalzo

A National "whim"

February 15th, 2019

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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (c) signs into law the bipartisan budget deal that was reached on Thursday to avoid another government shutdown at the Capitol in Washington, D.C. on Feb. 14. EFE

Thought Leaders

Border deal falls short

February 15th, 2019

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US President Donald J. Trump presides over a meeting of his cabinet at the White House in Washington D.C last Tuesday. Trump said he was not "happy" with the agreement reached on Monday by a bipartisan congressional committee to avoid another shutdown of the Administration as of February 15. EFE/Michael Reynolds

February 13th, 2019

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The Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, arrives to participate in an enrollment ceremony for legislation on Capitol Hill in Washington, on January 11, 2019. EFE/EPA/MICHAEL REYNOLDS

Don't Mess With Nancy

January 16th, 2019

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US President Donald J. Trump speaks to the nation in his first-prime address from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, Jan. 8, 2019. EPA-EFE/CARLOS BARRIA / POOL

Addressing the Nation

January 9th, 2019

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The Democratic candidate for the House of Representatives for New York, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, speaks with several voters before casting her vote in the Bronx, New York (United States). EFE

A millennial in the House

November 13th, 2018

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Photo: AP/M. Castillo

A decision above the law

November 12th, 2018

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (C), who is running as the Democratic nominee for New York's 14th congressional district, talks with reporters after casting her ballot in the 2018 midterm general election at a polling site in the Bronx, New York, USA, Nov. 6, 2018. EPA-EFE/JUSTIN LANE

Ocasio-Cortez becomes the…

November 7th, 2018

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Deb Haaland, a Democratic winner in New Mexico, will become one of the first Native American women in Congress. Juan Labreche/AP

The real Wave is Pink

November 7th, 2018

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Jack Gavin, of West Caldwell, New Jersey, poses with some of the buttons he gave during a rally to get the vote. EFE / JUSTIN LANE

The Midterms in 5 keys

November 7th, 2018

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Foto: AP

What if the Democrats win?

November 6th, 2018

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Mary Gay Scanlon attends a meet and greet in Ardmore, Pennsylvania over the weekend.

October 24th, 2018

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Pearl Kim fields a question during her talk at Chestnut Hill College on Monday.

PA'S REPUBLICAN UPSTART

October 16th, 2018

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Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, who oversees the census, approved adding a controversial citizenship question to the 2020 census in March. Win McNamee/Getty Images.

Wilbur Ross Lied

September 20th, 2018

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Ayanna Pressley delivers her victory speech Tuesday night in Dorchester, Massachusetts. Joseph Prezioso/AFP - Getty Images

"A Change is Coming"

September 5th, 2018

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Ascending in the U.S. military is more difficult for Latinos. (Thinkstock images)

No place for Latino soldiers

July 24th, 2018

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Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-CA). Source: https://townhall.com/

Democrats advance agenda…

July 18th, 2018

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Demonstrators line up to protest U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions and immigration reform at Parkview Field in Fort Wayne, Ind. Thursday, June 14, 2018. (Mike Moore/The Journal-Gazette via AP)

Negotiating with families

June 15th, 2018

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Congressman Tony Cardenas. Photo: Bill Clark/AP

Should he resign?

May 8th, 2018

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The president of the United States, Donald J. Trump, waves while walking towards the helicopter 'Marine One' waiting in the south garden of the White House in Washington, DC, USA. On May 5, 2018. EFE / EPA / ZACH GIBSON

Cutting where you shouldn't

May 8th, 2018

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Republican senator from Iowa and chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Chuck Grassley, talks to the media about the committee's vote to draft a bill that limits the president's ability to fire special prosecutor for the Russian plot, Robert Mueller, in the Capitol of Washington DC (United States) on April 26, 2018. EFE / Jim Lo Scalzo

A Trump-proof counsel?

April 27th, 2018

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The president of France, Emmanuel Macron, offers a speech to both houses of the US Congress, at the close of a three-day state visit in which he has talked about trade, Iran, and Syria with his counterpart, Donald Trump. EFE / Erik S. Lesser

A charming critic

April 25th, 2018

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The Representative of the First Congressional District in New Mexico, Michelle Luján Grisham. Photo: J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

A tireless crusade

April 19th, 2018

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Secretary of Homeland Security, Kirstjen Nielsen, responds to questions from the media during the daily White House briefing on Wednesday, April 4, 2018, in Washington, DC (USA). Nielsen responded mainly to questions about Syria and the security of the southern border. EFE / Shawn Thew

"Troops: To the border!"

April 4th, 2018

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Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif. (right), Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, Democrat of New York, and Rep. Bruce Poliquin, Republican of Maine, spoke at a press conference on sexual harassment in Congress last November in Washington, DC. Win McNamee / Getty Images

22 Senators say "Enough!"

March 30th, 2018

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A young man marches for a definitive solution to undocumented immigrants arriving in the country as children. Source: http://fashthenation.com/

A deadlocked solution

March 21st, 2018

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A group of "dreamers" (undocumented youth benefited by the Deferred Action known as DACA) arrives in Washington after making a 250-mile trip from New York, a city they left 15 days ago to ask Congress to find a solution that allow them to stay legally and permanently in the country. EFE / Shawn Thew

A washout Congress

March 5th, 2018

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Congress still hasn’t found a solution to the Dreamers’ situation. Source: Reuters.

A silent Congress

March 1st, 2018

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Beto O'Rourke, the Democratic candidate that’s following Senator Ted Cruz close behind in the race for the position in Texas. Source: http://www.elpasoproud.com/

Today's key race alerts

February 27th, 2018

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President Donald Trump (L) and the leader of the Republican majority in the Senate, Mitch McConnell (R). Evan Vucci / AP

"All or Nothing"

February 14th, 2018

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The Republican speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Paul Ryan (L), walks through the House while the negotiations continued on Thursday, February 8, 2018, at the Capitol in Washington (USA). EFE / JIM LO SCALZO

Governing without solving

February 9th, 2018