James Madison suggested the idea of developing a congressional library at the new capital Washington City. Before that, the ...

After you've admired the Capitol, walk along East Capitol Street to the Library of Congress. Comprising three buildings and housing more than 164 million books, manuscripts, sound recordings ...

cops in the Capitol Police and researchers at the Library of Congress. Grassley struggled for years to get the CAA enacted, as he detailed in a 1998 law review article. Other lawmakers argued in ...

On the auspicious occasion of Makar Sankranti, January 15, Sonia Gandhi, in her capacity as chairperson of the Congress Party in Parliament (CPP), will inaugurate Indira Bhavan, the new ...

The opening day of a new Congress is usually electric — noisy, celebratory and hopeful. Constituents pack the galleries to watch their hometown heroes being sworn-in for the first time.

Republican lawmakers applaud after the certification of President-elect Donald Trump’s election victory in Washington on Jan. 6. (Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock ...

The 119th session of Congress is officially in full swing and members have already gotten to work on their lengthy to-do list. This session will last until 2027 and is predicted to have a jam ...

This article is the first in a six-part MSNBC Daily series, “Meet the Freshmen,” featuring six of Congress’ newest faces — three Republicans and three Democrats — in a series of diverse ...

This article is the fifth in a six-part MSNBC Daily series, “Meet the Freshmen,” featuring six of Congress’ newest faces — three Republicans and three Democrats — in a series of diverse ...

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The U.S. Congress is getting younger – on the whole, at least – according to a Pew Research Center analysis of representatives and senators in the new 119th Congress. The median age of voting members ...

Yet many top Democrats, including most members of Congress, have refrained from publicly weighing in on a contest that could set the party’s course as it navigates the Trump era and shapes its ...