House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she would introduce legislation to award Goodman and his fellow Capitol Police officers who responded to the Jan. 6 riots.

One of the measures would lift hundreds of thousands out of poverty.

The House voted to strip Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of her committee assignments.

Recent CDC reports show a troubling lack of data on the matter.

New analysis shows both populations make up just a small percentage of the 117th Congress, though they’ve made important strides in recent years.

A patchwork range of nondiscrimination laws has left LGBTQ people vulnerable across the country.

A group of wealthy Americans has come out in support of the latest effort to increase workers’ wages, saying doing so would benefit everyone.

Congressional Republicans say increasing the federal minimum wage to $15 will cost millions of jobs. Experts say that’s not quite true.

Republicans are determined to continue fighting transgender equality.

Democratic lesbian and gay lawmakers say they’re determined to improve the lives of LGBTQ people, now that they have control of the Senate once more.

‘This is not a joke. Our lives and our livelihoods are at risk.’

Biden first needs to reverse Trump’s policies, said Human Rights Campaign’s Alphonso David.

‘The evidence of election fraud by Mr. Trump is now in broad daylight.’

Asian Americans are the fastest-growing sector of the U.S. electorate.

Multiple polls show that most Republicans thought relief payments should be much bigger than $600.

The bill would limit what patients can be billed for out-of-network services to a fee that’s based on in-network charges.

Republican Rep.-elect Nancy Mace is complaining about limited doses, but Trump’s White House just turned down 100 million.

Americans will receive a second smaller round of direct payments and renters will get some assistance with evictions, among other things.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell wants to expand liability protections for businesses, but not help people in need.

Rep. Austin Scott (R-GA) is the third congressman from his state to test positive.

Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI) is making a serious bid for assistant speaker of the House.

‘It’s seeing people that look like us in Congress that is inspiring women, more than anything, to run.’

Democratic candidates made history on Tuesday.

The National Republican Campaign Committee attacked Gina Ortiz Jones for her support of transgender service members.

These Republican members of Congress have repeatedly attacked LGBTQ equality.

If it becomes law, the new emergency phone number dedicated to suicide prevention will go into effect in July 2022.

A group of bipartisan House members released a deal framework that would expand unemployment aid, boost rental assistance, and provide state and local aid.

Experts say even the Trump administration’s limited ban on donations is unnecessary.

Clyburn, the highest-ranking Black lawmaker in Congress, is one of the few leaders of the civil rights movement still in elective office today.

The New York congresswoman took to the House floor Thursday to address a male GOP colleague who called her a ‘f***ing b*tch’ earlier in the week.