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The Senate rejected an amendment that would ban earmarks from three spending bills that are part of a fiscal 2024 spending package.

On Sept. 23, Rep. Andy Kim (D-N.J) became the 15th U.S. House member not to seek reelection in 2024. Kim, in office since 2019, is retiring to run for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.). 

The number of senators not running for re-election in 2024 is tied with the number who had announced they would not run at this point in the 2022 cycle, and higher than the numbers for 2020 and 2018. On the House side, the number of members not running is lower…

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11 Democrats and 4 Republicans, including 5 Senators and 10 House members, will not seek re-election

Fifteen members of Congress—five members of the U.S. Senate and ten members of the U.S. House—have announced they would not seek re-election in 2024.

WASHINGTON -- For months, the tents were visible from the Capitol’s windows.

Lawmakers are talking about raising the deposit insurance cap, but don't have consensus about how to do it.

WASHINGTON — Sen. Todd Young has a pitch to clear a path forward on tax legislation after a partisan standoff last year gave way to a monthslong chill. He’d pair a more generous research and development benefit for businesses with affordable housing measures to aid low-income families.