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The Senate on Wednesday cleared a 12-week spending bill that would kick this year’s spending tussle until after the November elections.

The leadership of both chambers are operating under very different assumptions about what lawmakers can accomplish in the lame-duck session.

“This is one of those things that could be done simply, quickly and help the Congress help themselves,” Zach Wamp said.

The second assassination attempt on Donald Trump sparked calls from President Joe Biden and lawmakers to bolster the Secret Service protection for the former president with either more resources, strategic changes or more agency oversight. Senators on the appropriations panel that oversees the Secret Service funding, in the wake of…

Congress returned to work after a lengthy summer recess. CQ Roll Call photojournalists were back in action as well to capture the action.

The Senate next week will vote again on a measure aimed at creating a statutory right to in vitro fertilization.

The House adopted the rule for floor debate on a six-month stopgap spending bill featuring controversial voting restriction legislation.

Lawmakers have a handful of working days left to fulfill their promises of enacting laws to protect kids online and handle other tech issues.

Congress returns this week with a packed agenda that includes avoiding a government shutdown before the November elections.