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U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during the holiday celebration for the Democratic National Committee (DNC) at the Hotel Washington in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021. The District of Columbia sued the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers right-wing groups for allegedly conspiring to terrorize the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, when a mob of former president Trump’s supporters tried to stop the certification of Biden’s election victory. Photographer: Oliver Contreras/Sipa/Bloomberg

Biden’s $2 trillion spending bill delayed to 2022 amid infighting among Democrats

By Laura Litvan, Erik Wasson, and others

WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 23: Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen answers questions during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing to examine the FY 2022 budget request for the Department of the Treasury on Capitol Hill June 23, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Greg Nash -Pool/Getty Images)

Yellen: U.S. Treasury will run out of cash by Oct. 18 unless Congress raises the debt ceiling

By Mike Dorning, Laura Litvan, and others

WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 14: Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) talks to members of the media as he walks to a Democratic policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on September 14, 2021 in Washington, DC. Congress is working on a final passage of the $3.5 trillion reconciliation package. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Democrat infighting risks delaying Biden’s ambitious tax and health care plans

By Laura Litvan, Erik Wasson, and others

Young boys walk past George Floyd Square in Minneapolis, Minnesota on April 21, 2021, a day after Derek Chauvin was convicted. – The conviction of white officer Derek Chauvin for George Floyd’s murder raised hopes on April 21 in the Black community of a historic turning point in US justice, but the police killing of another African American cast a shadow over prospects for change. (Photo by Kerem Yucel / AFP) (Photo by KEREM YUCEL/AFP via Getty Images)

Families of Black Americans killed by police urge lawmakers to pass reform bill

By Laura Litvan and Bloomberg

WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA – JANUARY 20: Outgoing US President Donald Trump waves to supporters lined along on the route to his Mar-a-Lago estate on January 20, 2021 in West Palm Beach, Florida. Trump, the first president in more than 150 years to refuse to attend his successor’s inauguration, is expected to spend the final minutes of his presidency at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)

Conviction of Trump unlikely after most Republicans vote against holding impeachment trial

By Laura Litvan, Steven T. Dennis, and others

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi calls for the removal of President Donald Trump from office either by invocation of the 25th Amendment by Vice President Mike Pence and a majority of the Cabinet members or Impeachment at the U.S. Capitol on January 7, 2021 in Washington, D.C. Following a rally yesterday with President Donald Trump on the National Mall, a pro-Trump mob stormed and broke into the U.S. Capitol building causing the Joint Session of Congress to delay the certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s victory over President Trump. Samuel Corum—Getty Images

Top congressional Democrats demand Cabinet remove Trump from office immediately

By Laura Litvan, Erik Wasson, and others

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., makes his way to the Senate floor for a vote in Washington on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Bipartisan stimulus deal in jeopardy as McConnell refuses to back package

By Erik Wasson, Laura Litvan, and others

Second stimulus check senate update

160 million Americans would get a second stimulus check as soon as August under Republican plan

By Laura Davison, Laura Litvan, and others

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 24: Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin (C) leaves the offices of Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) as negotiations continue into the night on a $2 trillion economic stimulus in response to the coronavirus pandemic at the U.S. Capitol March 24, 2020 in Washington, DC. After days of tense negotiations -- and Democrats twice blocking the nearly $2 trillion package -- the Senate and Treasury Department appear to have reached important compromises on legislation to shore up the economy during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump and Senate agree on $2 trillion rescue deal that includes cash handouts and stock buyback ban

By Josh Wingrove, Laura Litvan, and others

U.S. Capitol coronavirus

After two members of the House contract coronavirus, tradition-bound Congress struggles with social distancing

By Laura Litvan, Billy House, and others

White House Coronavirus Task Force Holds Daily Briefing

Trump signs coronavirus relief package into law, providing paid sick leave, free testing

By Steven T. Dennis, Laura Litvan, and others

President Trump Departs White House For Michigan Campaign Rally On Day Of House Impeachment Vote

Trump Impeachment Trial Will Test Vulnerable Incumbent Senators

By Laura Litvan and Bloomberg

NRA Celebrates Firearms at Annual Meeting In Atlanta

Congress Stalled as GOP Waits for Trump’s Move on Gun Control

By Laura Litvan, Steven T. Dennis, and others

Cory Booker 2020

Sanders and Warren ‘Great Friends’; Booker Makes Fall Debates: 2020 Election Updates

By Laura Litvan, Emma Kinery, and others

An activist wears a "Fight For $15" T-shirt during a news conference prior to a vote on the Raise the Wage Act July 18, 2019 at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. The legislation would raise the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 by 2025.

The House Just Passed a $15 Minimum Wage Bill. It Could Help Democrats in 2020

By Laura Litvan and Bloomberg