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Man holding hidden gun in his hand. (Getty Images)

Colo. red flag gun law effective

Markian Hawryluk - KFF Health News
Chuck Schumer, Mitch McConnell and Nany Pelosi (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

4 health issues tackled in spending bill

Emmarie Huetteman - KFF Health News
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) talks with reporters following the weekly Republican Senate conference meeting in the Mansfield Room at the U.S. Capitol December 01, 2020 in Washington, DC. The Senate GOP leaders were asked about the chances of Congress passing another coronavirus relief bill along with must-pass government funding legislation. (Tom Williams-Pool/Getty Images)

Republicans could stymie Biden HHS pick

Emmarie Huetteman - KFF Health News
Ilhan Omar (Cheriss May/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Billions for defense, none for families

Jake Johnson - Common Dreams
Donald Trump and Nancy Pelosi (Getty Images/Salon)

How Congress could decide the election

Donald Brand - The Conversation

The NYT pulls back covers on a tax cheat

David Cay Johnston - DCReport
FILE - In this March 7, 2017 file photo, the House Intelligence Committee's ranking member Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif. speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. As congressional investigations into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election are ramping up, so is the political division, raising questions about whether lawmakers' work will be viewed as credible. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File) (AP)

Schiff: "biggest hypocrite in Congress"

Jake Johnson - Common Dreams
Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer (Getty/Aaron P. Bernstein)

Why Congress can't stop Trump

Stanley M. Brand - The Conversation
(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

How can Congress keep Trump in check?

Kirsten Carlson - The Conversation
(AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

IRS tried to crack down on tax loophole

Peter Elkind - ProPublica
(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Is "Texodus" weakening Texas' sway?

J. Edward Moreno - The Texas Tribune
A detail including the badge and shield of one of the newest members of the New York City police. (AP/Mary Altaffer)

Action needed to track hate crimes

Rachel Glickhouse - ProPublica
David Bernhardt (Getty/Zach Gibson)

"As corrupt as it gets"

Jessica Corbett - Common Dreams
A US armoured vehicle drives past members of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), during a patrol of the Syrian northeastern town of Qahtaniyah at the border with Turkey, on October 31, 2019. - US forces accompanied by Kurdish fighters of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) patrolled part of Syria's border with Turkey, in the first such move since Washington withdrew troops from the area earlier this month, an AFP correspondent reported. (Photo by Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP) (Photo by DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP via Getty Images) (Delil Souleiman/AFP via Getty Images)

Could Congress reverse Syria decision?

Sarah Burns - The Conversation
Displaced Syrians arrive in the border town of Tal Abyad on October 17, 2019, as Turkey and its allies continue their assault on Kurdish-held border towns in northeastern Syria. (Bakr Alkasem/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump’s fake withdrawal from endless war

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J. S. Davies - Independent Media Institute
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Congress, don't forget about Bill Barr

Terry H. Schwadron - DCReport
George Washington is the figure standing on the dais. The central figures of the portrait are Alexander Hamilton, Benjamin Franklin and James Madison. Painting by Howard Chandler Christy (1873-1952).

"This is not acceptable"

David Crook - DCReport
WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 16: U.S. President George W. Bush signs H. R. 2297, the Veterans Benefits Act of 2003, in the White House Oval Office December 16, 2003 in Washington, DC. The act will expand the benefits program for veterans and their surviving spouses. Also present were (L to R) veterans Dave Thornton of Haymarket, Virginia, Charles Stenger of Bethesda, Maryland, Carol Near of East Moline, Illinois, Congressman Rob Simmons (R-CT), Congressman Lane Evans (D-IL), Congressman Henry Brown (R-SC), Congressman Bob Filner (D-CA) and veteran Guillermo Rumingan of Arlington, Virginia. (Photo by Paul Morse/White House via Getty Images) ((Photo by Paul Morse/White House via Getty Images)

Lane Evans: How to be a hero in Congress

Devin Hansen - Independent Media Institute
Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Spies running wild

Charles Tiefer - The Conversation

Trump, Ukraine and a whistleblower

Jennifer Selin - The Conversation
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Pharma cash rolls into Congress

Emmarie Huetteman, Jay Hancock, Elizabeth Lucas - KFF Health News
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Trump thumbs his nose at Congress

Terry H. Schwadron - DCReport
Lindsey Graham (Getty/Chip Somodevilla)

Why give Trump a blank check?

The Globalist - The Globalist
Donald Trump; William Barr (Wikimedia/Getty/Photo Montage by Salon)

Finding punishments to fit the crimes

Terry H. Schwadron - DCReport
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