A conversation with The Post’s Paul Kane, former Republican congressman Charlie Dent and former Democratic congresswoman Elizabeth Esty.
Author: Amber Phillips
A day-by-day guide to Congress’s high-stakes budget week
Congress needs to figure out how to keep the government open by midnight Thursday, raise the debt ceiling to avoid an economic catastrophe, pass a bipartisan infrastructure bill and try to vote on Democrats’ major social policy and climate change legis…
What to know about a potential government shutdown
If the government shuts down next week, here’s what would happen.
The debt-ceiling fight, explained
Could the U.S. soon be plunged into a recession and face financial calamity by defaulting on its loans for the first time ever? It’s at least a possibility as a deadline to raise the debt limit comes up in October.
Why are there thousands of Haitian migrants at the Texas border?
Thousands of migrants from Haiti are camped out under a bridge in South Texas trying to enter the United States, leading to a fresh humanitarian and political crisis for President Biden.
How the Senate parliamentarian could make or break Democrats’ spending bill
Senate parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough will advise Democrats on what they can squeeze into their massive spending bill.
The potential trouble with Jan. 6 defendant prosecutions
As far-right groups prepare to come back to the Capitol on Saturday, prosecutors may have hit a speed bump with some of the more serious charges against Jan. 6 defendants.
Sen. James Risch’s odd questioning about a button pusher in the White House controlling Biden
Republicans continue to grab at low-hanging fruit attacking Biden, often in place of legitimate questions about the Afghanistan withdrawal.
What to know about the big budget battles in Congress
The next few weeks will be the most challenging ones in a decade for Democrats in Congress. For starters, they need to figure out how to keep the government open, raise the debt ceiling and pass emergency natural disaster aid.