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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., seen after Senate luncheons in the U.S. Capitol on July 30, is looking ahead to his next act.

Departing GOP leader dominates Senate earmark rankings

By Peter Cohn and Ryan Kelly
Posted August 19, 2024 at 10:30am
Rep. James R. Comer’s earmark total jumped more than tenfold from less than $20 million in last year’s House bills.

Earmarks in House spending bills increase over last year’s versions

By Peter Cohn and Ryan Kelly
Posted July 5, 2024 at 5:00am
Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., questions former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch during the House Select Intelligence Committee hearing on the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump on Nov. 15, 2019.

What CQ Vote Studies say about Trump’s possible running mates

By Ryan Kelly
Posted June 7, 2024 at 6:00am
Rep. David Trone, a Democrat vying for Maryland’s open Senate seat, has loaned his campaign $41.8 million this election cycle.

Fundraising shows Democrats prepping for battle in both chambers

By Herb Jackson, Daniela Altimari, Mary Ellen McIntire and Ryan Kelly
Posted April 16, 2024 at 5:53pm
President Joe Biden and Donald Trump would be second-term presidents, no matter who wins in November.

Data suggests Biden or Trump may struggle with Congress in second term

By John T. Bennett and Ryan Kelly
Posted February 26, 2024 at 3:31pm
West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin III had the lowest rate of support among Senate Democrats for President Joe Biden’s position on votes in 2023, CQ Roll Call Vote Studies found.

Biden’s support from Democrats held steady in Senate, fell in GOP-led House

By Niels Lesniewski and Ryan Kelly
Posted February 15, 2024 at 5:00am
From left, Reps. Steve Scalise and Mike Johnson and Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy talk on the House floor during votes to choose a speaker on Jan. 6, 2023.

House GOP had lowest win rate on ‘party unity’ votes since 1982

By Niels Lesniewski and Ryan Kelly
Posted February 8, 2024 at 5:00am
Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, a Democrat who flipped a Washington district in 2022, had $2.2 million in her campaign account on Dec. 31.

House disclosures show both parties gearing for battle

By Herb Jackson, Mary Ellen McIntire, Daniela Altimari, Niels Lesniewski and Ryan Kelly
Posted February 1, 2024 at 6:43pm, Updated February 7, 2024 at 2:58pm
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., seen leaving the Capitol with husband, Andrew Gamberzky, in July, has proposed allowing proxy voting after a member gives birth to a child.

End of proxy option drives increase in missed House votes

By Paul V. Fontelo and Ryan Kelly
Posted January 29, 2024 at 5:00am
Former Rep. John A. Boehner holds up his congressional voting card back in 2009. CQ has tracked members’ votes and analyzed them for its annual vote studies for several decades.

Yes, they look at ALL the votes

By Jason Dick, Herb Jackson and Ryan Kelly
Posted March 24, 2023 at 3:33pm