Gabriella Muñoz

Pelosi struggles to get border bill across finish line

House Democrats abruptly halted debate on their border crisis spending bill Thursday, suggesting deep divisions as Speaker Nancy Pelosi tries to figure out how to speed money to help children while also appeasing left-wing lawmakers who don't want to be seen giving President Trump a victory.

June 27, 2019

Nancy Pelosi dodges questions about Trump rape allegation

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ducked questions Thursday about a rape allegation against President Trump, saying she hadn't paid "much attention" to it.

June 27, 2019

House votes to increase funds for Iranian sanctions

House Republicans scored an unlikely victory Wednesday when they won a vote to add $10 million to the budget to enforce new economic sanctions President Trump placed on Iran.

June 26, 2019

Nancy Pelosi, Democrats approve border bill

Five months after labeling the border a "manufactured" crisis, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi led Democrats on Tuesday to approve a $4.5 billion humanitarian assistance package President Trump had requested to deal with the record surge of illegal immigrants.

June 25, 2019

Steny Hoyer backs down on pay raises: ‘We don’t have the votes’

Democrats can't round up the votes to approve a pay increase for Congress, House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer admitted Tuesday, shelving the idea for now.

June 25, 2019

Dems rewrite border bill to try to assuage liberals

House Democrats say they've tamped down a mini-rebellion and have the votes to pass their border crisis spending bill later Tuesday.

June 25, 2019

Seven bodies found in five days on border in Texas

Bodies are piling up at the U.S.-Mexico border as the summer heat and the press of both countries' immigration policies take a toll, adding new urgency to the debate on Capitol Hill about what, if anything, should be done to stop it.

June 24, 2019

New York Democrats demand FAA stop tourist helicopter flights

Nine Democratic lawmakers from New York called on the Federal Aviation Administration to stop allowing certain helicopters from flying into New York City airspace.

June 21, 2019

John Lewis defends Joe Biden: ‘I don’t think the remarks are offensive’

Rep. John Lewis came to Joe Biden's defense on Friday, saying the vice president's remarks about working with segregationist senators wasn't racist.

June 21, 2019

Mitch McConnell shoots down congressional pay raise

Congress won't be getting a pay raise, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday, shooting down a bipartisan push for a cost-of-living adjustment.

June 20, 2019

Pelosi to review mostly unredacted Mueller report

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi reversed herself and said Wednesday she will view a mostly unredacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller's report, agreeing to a step Republicans have been urging for weeks.

June 19, 2019

After Ocasio-Cortez controversy, Pelosi warns Republicans ‘will misrepresent anything that you say’

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi suggested Wednesday that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's comparison of U.S. border security to concentration camps was being distorted by Republicans for political gain.

June 19, 2019

Nancy Pelosi pushes back on impeachment, censure on Donald Trump

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday shot down calls for an impeachment inquiry or even a censure of President Trump.

June 19, 2019

Hakeem Jeffries, Democratic caucus chairman, toes line on Donald Trump impeachment

Some House Democrats are desperate to begin impeachment. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is reluctant. It's up to Rep. Hakeem S. Jeffries to try to keep them all working together.

June 17, 2019

DCCC policy to blacklist consultants who work for primary challengers backfires

House Democrats were hoping to stifle internal fights with their new policy to blacklist consultants who work for candidates challenging sitting lawmakers.

June 17, 2019

Pramila Jayapal says abortion was ‘heartbreaking’ but right choice

Democratic Rep. Pramila Jayapal revealed Thursday that she had an abortion 22 years ago, calling it "heartbreaking" but the right decision.

June 13, 2019

Pelosi: Trump’s comments on foreign information lack ‘any sense of decency’

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that President Trump showed a lack of "any sense of decency" in saying he would accept foreign information on a political opponent, and said the comments will become part of Democrats' impeachment review.

June 13, 2019

House backs off pay bump for lawmakers

Republican and Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill really want to raise lawmakers' salaries; their rank-and-file members just won't let them.

June 11, 2019

Ted Cruz, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez anti-lobbying bill a pipe dream, analysts say

When Sen. Ted Cruz and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said they might be able to strike a deal on anti-lobbying legislation, it was either going to be the greatest bill ever -- or an unworkable pipe dream.

June 6, 2019

Democrats demand Trump back down on July 4th rally

Key House Democrats on Thursday demanded that President Trump rescind his plans to hold a Fourth of July rally on the National Mall, saying he risks poisoning what has always been a politics-free celebration of the country's founding.

June 6, 2019