Richard Durbin

Patty Morin holds a picture of her daughter, Rachel, who was allegedly killed by undocumented immigrant in Maryland in 2023, during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday.

Just how tight was the battle for control of the House? Well, consider that if just three additional races had broken in Democrats’ favor, we would have had to wait for nearly a month on vote counting in California to determine which party had won the majority. And if that had happened, we might still [...]The post At the Races: Full House appeared first on Roll Call.

Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar, here at the Capitol in September, is set to succeed Michigan Sen. Debbie Stabenow as the third-ranking Democrat in the Senate.

Kash Patel speaks at Chilly Jill’z restaurant in Boulder City, Nev., in support of Senate candidate Adam Laxalt in 2022.

Former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., right, Donald Trump's pick to be attorney general, and Vice President-elect Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, leave the Capitol after meetings with senators Wednesday.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill., speaks during the 2024 Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago in August.

Former Rep. Anthony Brindisi, D-N.Y., arrives for a hearing when he was in office in 2019.

Senate Judiciary Chair Richard J. Durbin says Congress will have to wield its appropriations, oversight and legislative power if faced with a corrupt presidency.

Before next week’s Democratic convention, the Tribune followed up with two volunteers from 1996 when Chicago last was host.

Richard M. Daley, the mayor who brought political conventions back to Chicago after 1968, taking on a different role this time around.

WASHINGTON — Senators have asked whether the Secret Service needs more funding in the wake of the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, which appears to have contributed to the delay on a Homeland Security spending bill.

Harris is largely expected to continue many of President Joe Biden’s foreign policy initiatives, with a couple of possible differences.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks Wednesday to a joint meeting of Congress in the Capitol. In the back are Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md.

A bicameral and bipartisan bloc of 20 members of Congress is urging Armed Services leaders to write a final NDAA that provides more financial help for U.S. troops who have low incomes and often suffer food insecurity. The group of lawmakers, in a Monday letter, called for an NDAA that rewrites the eligibility rules for […] The post Lawmakers urge expanded ‘basic needs allowance’ for troops appeared first on Roll Call.