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Speaker Mike Johnson, left, and Senate Majority Leader John Thune hold a news conference earlier this month on adopting a partisan budget resolution. Pearlstein suggests that the parties haven’t learned from the recent political past.

Opinion

Congress can do better than a ‘big, beautiful,’ hyper-partisan bill

Look to 2010, 2018 and 2022 for the most recent fallout

By Steven Pearlstein
Posted April 29, 2025 at 6:00am

Democratic Rep. Angie Craig is running for Senate in Minnesota. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Campaigns

Minnesota Rep. Angie Craig announces campaign for Senate

By Daniela Altimari and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted April 29, 2025 at 5:55am
Virginia Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, seen at a news conference in February, is not running for reelection. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Campaigns

Rep. Connolly won’t seek reelection and will step down from Oversight panel perch

By Daniela Altimari
Posted April 28, 2025 at 1:29pm, Updated at 4:57pm

Campaigns

At the Races: The shifting Latino vote

By Daniela Altimari, Niels Lesniewski and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted April 24, 2025 at 3:00pm
Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton, seen here testifying on Capitol Hill in 2022, is running for Senate. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton enters race to succeed Durbin in Senate

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted April 24, 2025 at 10:45am
Former NFL kicker Jay Feeley, here reporting for CBS in 2020 during a game between the Buffalo Bills and the Los Angeles Chargers in Orchard Park, New York, is running for Arizona's 5th District.

Former NFL player Jay Feely launches bid for Congress in Arizona 

By Victor Feldman
Posted April 23, 2025 at 1:28pm
Illinois Sen. Richard J. Durbin will not seek reelection next year.

Durbin announces retirement, capping off decadeslong career in Congress

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted April 23, 2025 at 11:48am, Updated at 1:08pm
Kentucky Rep. Andy Barr is running for Senate.

Kentucky Rep. Andy Barr enters race to succeed Mitch McConnell

By Daniela Altimari and Niels Lesniewski
Posted April 22, 2025 at 7:19pm
California Rep. Young Kim has drawn a string of Democratic challengers in the 40th District. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Democrats eye 2026 as best chance to finally unseat Rep. Young Kim

By Daniela Altimari
Posted April 22, 2025 at 7:02pm
Age limits for elected officials doesn't seem so far-fetched when you consider that the Constitution already imposes age minimums on them, Gonzales writes.

It’s time for age limits for members of Congress

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted April 22, 2025 at 5:14pm
Washington Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp PĂŠrez is in her second term representing a previously Republican-held district that voted for Donald Trump.

For Marie Gluesenkamp PĂŠrez, politics is about meeting voters where they are

By USC Annenberg Media
Posted April 22, 2025 at 2:57pm
Michigan Rep. Haley Stevens is running for Senate.

Rep. Haley Stevens joins Senate race in Michigan

By Niels Lesniewski and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted April 22, 2025 at 6:14am
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, D-N.Y., at the "Fighting Oligarchy: Where We Go From Here" rally at Gloria Molina Grand Park in Los Angeles on April 12.

The Bernie Sanders tour puts California GOP on notice

By Christina Bellantoni
Posted April 22, 2025 at 6:00am
A man waits to initiate the balloon drop as then-former President Donald Trump delivers his acceptance speech during the final night of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on July 18, 2024.

In politics, like in life, nothing lasts forever

By Jason Dick
Posted April 18, 2025 at 12:19pm

At the Races: Only the young

By Mary Ellen McIntire, Daniela Altimari and Niels Lesniewski
Posted April 17, 2025 at 2:45pm
California Rep. Young Kim was among nine Republicans in battleground House races who raised more than $1 million during the first quarter. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

5 takeaways from first-quarter fundraising reports

By Mary Ellen McIntire, Ryan Kelly and Daniela Altimari
Posted April 16, 2025 at 4:49pm, Updated at 6:46pm
Former Colorado Rep. Greg Lopez is running for governor.

Former Colorado Rep. Greg Lopez running for governor

By Andrew Menezes
Posted April 15, 2025 at 7:58pm
Former Texas Rep. Mayra Flores, here outside the Capitol in 2022, is making another run for Congress. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Former Texas Rep. Mayra Flores announces campaign for Cuellar’s seat

By Daniela Altimari
Posted April 15, 2025 at 5:50pm
Former Colorado Rep. Yadira Caraveo is running for her old 8th District seat.

Former Rep. Yadira Caraveo announces House comeback bid in Colorado

By Daniela Altimari
Posted April 15, 2025 at 3:19pm, Updated at 4:17pm
Republicans are hoping Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp runs for Senate next year. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Senate Republicans rely on different type of candidate to hold majority in 2026

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted April 15, 2025 at 1:53pm
The recent marathon floor speech by Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., is the sort of messaging that reaches people, Bradford Fitch writes.

Democrats need to rewrite their opposition playbook

By Bradford Fitch
Posted April 14, 2025 at 11:50am
Former Michigan Rep. Mike Rogers, seen here at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee last year, is running for Senate again.

Mike Rogers runs again for Senate in Michigan

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted April 14, 2025 at 8:17am
Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., seen here at a hearing in January, is running for governor. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet announces run for governor

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted April 11, 2025 at 11:08am
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, center, seen here at last year's Democratic National Convention in Chicago, is helping set the tone for his state's approach to President Donald Trump's second term.

Golden State meets ‘Golden Age’

By Jason Dick and Christina Bellantoni
Posted April 11, 2025 at 8:39am

At the Races: TikTok-ing their way to victory

By Daniela Altimari and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted April 10, 2025 at 2:30pm, Updated at 6:04pm
Stock market numbers are displayed at the New York Stock Exchange during afternoon trading on Wednesday. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Democrats say tariff turbulence will cost GOP its majority

By Daniela Altimari and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted April 9, 2025 at 6:58pm
Former North Carolina Rep. Wiley Nickel is running for Senate.

Former Rep. Wiley Nickel running for Senate in North Carolina

By Daniela Altimari
Posted April 9, 2025 at 3:09pm
Republicans can't expect to maintain control of Washington without strong turnout from supporters of President Donald Trump, Gonzales writes. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Trump’s tariff policies complicate Republicans’ turnout dilemma

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted April 9, 2025 at 11:49am, Updated at 2:51pm
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, here at a White executive order signing in March, is running for Senate. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Ken Paxton launches primary challenge to John Cornyn in Texas

By Daniela Altimari
Posted April 9, 2025 at 9:42am
Texas’ 18th District seat has been vacant since the March 5 death of Democratic Rep. Sylvester Turner, above right.

Special election for Turner seat set for November, drawing Democratic outrage

By Andrew Menezes
Posted April 8, 2025 at 1:56pm
Pennsylvania Rep. Ryan Mackenzie is on the DCCC's initial list of targeted seats for 2026.

House Democrats unveil 35 Republican targets for 2026 midterms

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted April 8, 2025 at 5:00am
Michigan Rep. John James, pictured here at a news conference outside the Capitol in May 2024, is running for governor.

Rep. John James launches campaign for Michigan governor

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted April 7, 2025 at 7:59pm
New Mexico Rep. Gabe Vasquez speaks at a news conference with members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus during House Democrats’ retreat in Leesburg, Va., in March. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Democrat Gabe Vasquez keeps it low key in a pivotal swing seat

By Daniela Altimari
Posted April 7, 2025 at 7:05pm
Thousands of protesters gather for the Hands Off rally on the National Mall in Washington on Saturday. Hands Off organized a nationwide mobilization of protests against the Trump administration.

Team Trump stumbles in Wisconsin and beyond

By Stuart Rothenberg
Posted April 7, 2025 at 3:15pm