<![CDATA[Capitol Press]]>https://capitol.presshttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!DXT_!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe62f4cf7-e03d-45f9-bc10-c7d2b0d90b95_1000x1000.pngCapitol Presshttps://capitol.pressSubstackFri, 10 Apr 2026 14:29:09 GMT<![CDATA[Slamming Shut the Revolving Door]]>https://capitol.press/p/slamming-shut-the-revolving-doorhttps://capitol.press/p/slamming-shut-the-revolving-doorFri, 11 Jul 2025 11:19:28 GMTWASHINGTON — Reps. Joe Neguse, D-Colo., and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., on Thursday introduced legislation that would permanently bar former members of Congress from becoming lobbyists, part of…

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]]><![CDATA[Attn: Congressional Redditors]]>https://capitol.press/p/attn-congressional-redditorshttps://capitol.press/p/attn-congressional-redditorsThu, 10 Oct 2024 21:36:20 GMT
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CNN messaged me a few months back with an ask: could the network’s social media team post to r/Congress, which I mod. Of course, I said. Since then, it’s been lovely working with CNN and…

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]]><![CDATA[Under My Byline (2)]]>https://capitol.press/p/under-my-byline-2https://capitol.press/p/under-my-byline-2Fri, 04 Oct 2024 16:23:55 GMT

In case you missed it, here are two news stories that this week ran under my byline:

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  • FOR VANITY FAIR: I wrote a mini-profile of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries with a focus on his effort to pre…

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]]><![CDATA[Speaker Johnson Almost Commits to Regular Order for Certifying Election ]]>https://capitol.press/p/speaker-johnson-almost-commits-tohttps://capitol.press/p/speaker-johnson-almost-commits-toTue, 24 Sep 2024 15:41:38 GMTAt this morning’s GOP leadership press conference, I asked House Speaker Mike Johnson if he commits to observing regular order in the certification process of the 2024 election, even if Harris beats …

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]]><![CDATA[Katie Britt Eyes Unanimous Consent for Shark Attack Bill]]>https://capitol.press/p/katie-britt-eyes-unanimous-consenthttps://capitol.press/p/katie-britt-eyes-unanimous-consentTue, 24 Sep 2024 11:33:02 GMT
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Senator Katie Britt (R-AL) is optimistic about securing unanimous consent in the Senate to pass her new bipartisan bill, Lulu’s Law. The bill, named for Lulu Gribb…

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]]><![CDATA[Laurie Buckhout Hilariously Ties Herself to Mark Robinson (VIDEO)]]>https://capitol.press/p/rep-laurie-buckholt-hilariously-tieshttps://capitol.press/p/rep-laurie-buckholt-hilariously-tiesFri, 20 Sep 2024 20:10:48 GMTRepublicans are scrambling to untether themselves from Mark Robinson, the North Carolina gubernatorial candidate outed yesterday by CNN’s Andrew Kaczynski for making some wildly ratchet posts on the …

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]]><![CDATA[Note to Subscribers]]>https://capitol.press/p/note-to-subscribershttps://capitol.press/p/note-to-subscribersWed, 28 Aug 2024 16:33:39 GMTDear Readers,

August recess is the prefect time to reflect on Capitol Press, my rudderless newsletter on Congress that’s grown to 1,256 subscribers since March. The vast majority of you are Beltway in…

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]]><![CDATA[The First Day A Black Newswoman Covered Congress]]>https://capitol.press/p/the-first-day-a-black-newswomen-coveredhttps://capitol.press/p/the-first-day-a-black-newswomen-coveredFri, 02 Aug 2024 17:58:12 GMTTo honor Kadia Goba and Rachel Scott, two Capitol press all-stars, for their incredibly newsy panel with Donald Trump on Wednesday at the National Association of Black Journalists convention in Chica…

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]]><![CDATA[Kamala's Massive Campaign Workforce]]>https://capitol.press/p/kamala-volunteershttps://capitol.press/p/kamala-volunteersSun, 28 Jul 2024 14:33:25 GMT
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The Associated Press reports that 170,000 people have signed up to volunteer in the week since Vice President Kamala Harris ascended to the top of the Democratic ticket, a stagg…

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]]><![CDATA[Ted Cruz's Lackluster Manhattan Swing]]>https://capitol.press/p/ted-cruzs-lackluster-manhattan-swinghttps://capitol.press/p/ted-cruzs-lackluster-manhattan-swingWed, 17 Jul 2024 14:57:25 GMT
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Ted Cruz raised $168,400 during his Juneteenth fundraising swing through Manhattan, less than half of what he’d hoped for. The junior senator from Texas was scheduled for seven …

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]]><![CDATA[Project 2025: An Amendments Fight ]]>https://capitol.press/p/project-2025-an-amendments-fighthttps://capitol.press/p/project-2025-an-amendments-fightMon, 01 Jul 2024 16:29:56 GMT
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Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-NY) introduced an amendment to the Department of Defense Appropriations Act for 2025 to remove funding for the implementation of President Biden’s Executive Order (EO) on Promoting Access to Voting. The order modernizes the vote.gov website while providing government agencies with resources to register citizens to vote and ensuring an end-to-end ballot tracking system for all absentee ballots cast by military and other eligible overseas voters.

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]]><![CDATA[Secret Ted Cruz Fundraising Documents (Slightly Redacted) ]]>https://capitol.press/p/donorgatehttps://capitol.press/p/donorgateThu, 20 Jun 2024 10:15:01 GMT
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Briefing documents to Senator Ted Cruz were left in the Senate Refectory on Tuesday afternoon where I found and tweeted them. The tweets went viral, of course, but were soon stri…

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]]><![CDATA[Mrs. Fetterman Wants Biden To Protect Dreamers]]>https://capitol.press/p/mrs-fetterman-wants-biden-to-protecthttps://capitol.press/p/mrs-fetterman-wants-biden-to-protectSat, 15 Jun 2024 10:53:36 GMT
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Gisele Fetterman has written a new op-ed calling on Biden to protect Dreamers. “As someone who grew up undocumented in the U.S., I understand all too well the pain of growing up in the shadows and the stress caused by the uncertainty of the situation,” she writes in TribLIVE, a news site covering western Pennsylvania.

“I have spoken out many times over the years about the urgent need to protect the ‘Dreamers,’ people who were brought to the United States as children and have lived here for nearly all of their lives,” she continues before calling on President Joe Biden to use “his executive powers” to “provide protections for millions of other undocumented Americans — like undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens.”

Mrs. Fetterman’s senator husband, John, agrees that Dreamers must be protected. “The supreme irony of my career: During the 2022 campaign, the GOP bludgeoned me as a socialist with a hard-on for an open border,” said Fetterman in a statement after the collapse of the bipartisan border bill in March. “Now I’m here in the Senate demanding a secure border and they won’t take yes for an answer.”

Senator Fetterman told me in February that he would not vote for legislation that harms Dreamers, a red line he made clear to senate negotiators on the doomed bipartisan bill. Despite the severely restrictive tenor of the largely enforcement-based bill, the bipartisan effort did not directly harm Dreamers, a nod to Fetterman’s clarity on the issue.

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Pablo’s View

American Families United, a mixed-status families advocacy group, has worked for years to get their cause heard in the West Wing. With the major Beltway non-profits now backing AFU’s big relief ask of Biden — for an executive order that

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]]><![CDATA[Sick Capitol Customs From Sneaker Day ]]>https://capitol.press/p/sneaker-dayhttps://capitol.press/p/sneaker-dayThu, 13 Jun 2024 17:04:11 GMT
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Matt Priest, the President and CEO of the Footwear Distributors & Retailers of America, wore some custom Nike Air Force 1s to the Capitol yesterday that were too dope (an…

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]]><![CDATA[🎧 Capitol Beats, Vol. 7]]>https://capitol.press/p/capitol-beats-vol-7https://capitol.press/p/capitol-beats-vol-7Wed, 12 Jun 2024 21:51:03 GMTBy popular demand: a seventh list of music Congress is listening to —

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]]><![CDATA[Perspective: Who Exactly Does Ritchie Torres Represent in Congress?]]>https://capitol.press/p/perspective-who-exactly-does-ritchiehttps://capitol.press/p/perspective-who-exactly-does-ritchieWed, 12 Jun 2024 15:56:28 GMT

We’ve seen politicians use hyperbolic and incendiary language to fire up their followers on social media for years. Whether it’s about immigration, policing, criminal justice, or inclusion, many poli…

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]]><![CDATA[SCOOP. Drag Events Return to Smithsonian]]>https://capitol.press/p/scoop-drag-returns-to-smithsonianhttps://capitol.press/p/scoop-drag-returns-to-smithsonianFri, 07 Jun 2024 17:22:40 GMTSmithsonian Secretary Lonny Bunch has agreed to host two neurodiverse drag story hours as part of the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum’s Pride Month programming in New York City. Bunch’s decis…

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]]><![CDATA[Klobuchar Reschedules Smithsonian Hearing for Juneteenth Eve ]]>https://capitol.press/p/smithsonian-hearing-rescheduledhttps://capitol.press/p/smithsonian-hearing-rescheduledTue, 04 Jun 2024 22:41:44 GMT

Senate Rules Committee Chair Amy Klobuchar told Capitol Press on Tuesday that a postponed hearing to question Smithsonian Secretary Lonny Bunch is now scheduled for June 18. The hearing had originall…

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]]><![CDATA[NOTUS Assembles Formidable Team for Capitol Beat]]>https://capitol.press/p/notus-risinghttps://capitol.press/p/notus-risingTue, 04 Jun 2024 22:01:06 GMT

Ten NOTUS fellows entered the Speaker's Lobby in January, ready to kickstart the non-profit baby tiger of POLITICO founder Robert Allbritton, who had reportedly put up $20 million for the newsroom. A…

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]]><![CDATA[Trans Reporter Quits Capitol Beat]]>https://capitol.press/p/trans-reporter-quits-capitol-beathttps://capitol.press/p/trans-reporter-quits-capitol-beatMon, 03 Jun 2024 18:01:02 GMTJael Holzman recently announced her departure from Axios, where she co-wrote an energy policy newsletter. Known for her insightful coverage of climate and the energy industry, with a particular focus…

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