The House of Representatives held a hearing on election security featuring the top three vendors of voting machines along with experts in the field to support their bill on federal election security. The bill mandates the use of voter-verified paper ballots printed on recycled paper

The Senate, in a party-line vote, rejected an amendment to subpoena White House records during the impeachment trial. The motion to table—or kill—the amendment passed in a 53-47 vote, which was the first of the Senate trial. It was proposed by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), who had sought information and conversations about whether President Donald Trump

The impeachment trial of President Donald Trump formally opened on Jan. 21 with the defense and prosecutors arguing over rules that will govern the proceeding. The proceedings began with Trumps attorneys backing the rules for the trial proposed by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) The Democrats objected to the rules, and, over lunch, McConnell heard similar

Senate Republicans on Tuesday backed down from proposing new restrictions on evidence and offered a different timetable for both sides to present arguments, but Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said he wants witnesses to be called. “The public is understanding how unfair Senator McConnells trial rules are and Republican Senators are beginning to tell him to

House impeachment managers on Jan. 21 targeted Pat Cipollone, the White House counsel whos playing a major role in the defense of President Donald Trump in the Senate trial. The House Democrats wrote in a letter (pdf) to Cipollone on Jan. 21 that hes a “material witness” in the trial, and demanded that he disclose all “first-hand facts and information” before the trial

White House counsel Pat Cipollone, the lead lawyer for President Donald Trumps defense team during the Senate impeachment trial, took the Senate floor on Tuesday afternoon along with House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), the lead manager for House Democrats who impeached Trump last month. Cipollone said that Trumps defense team supported a resolution

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said she plans to create a Department of Justice task force to investigate President Donald Trump and officials who served in his administration if shes elected president. The Democratic presidential candidate released a proposal on Jan. 21 that includes the task force, which would “hold government officials accountable for illegal

Republican and Democratic leaders in the Senate wrangled over proposed rules as the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump began on Tuesday. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), in an opening speech on the floor, sought to defend the Constitutional integrity of the Senate as envisioned by the Founding Fathers and called on senators to put the

RICHMOND, Va.—At least 18,000 Second Amendment advocates hailing from across the country assembled at Virginias State Capitol building to rally against a slew of gun control proposals that are in the process of passing though the Democrat-controlled state legislature. The mood throughout the Jan. 20 gun rights rally, also known as “Lobby Day” was upbeat, and Capitol

WASHINGTON—A bipartisan group of 68 senators and representatives think its time that Congress be told how much new legislative proposals are going to increase the interest costs of the national debt before deciding whether to vote for them. Cost estimates are prepared for all new legislative proposals by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), but present projections dont