Kelsey Snell
Kelsey Snell is a Congressional correspondent for NPR. She has covered Congress since 2010 for outlets including The Washington Post, Politico and National Journal. She has covered elections and Congress with a reporting specialty in budget, tax and economic policy. She has a graduate degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill. and an undergraduate degree in political science from DePaul University in Chicago.
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The Senate parliamentarian informed lawmakers that a plan to gradually increase the federal minimum wage to $15 by 2025 does not fit the complicated rules that govern budget bills in the Senate. -
Democrats are using the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill to introduce measures they say will reduce poverty. People already at risk for falling behind have seen big setbacks over the past year.
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The House Budget Committee is expected to pass the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package, setting up a partisan vote in the full House later this week.
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The Senate chamber witnessed a week of emotional testimony, jarring video and contentious debate. But the politicized final vote may serve mostly to test how strong Trump's grip on the party remains.
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House impeachment managers are expected to conclude their presentation against former President Donald Trump on Thursday.
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Emotional stories, graphic videos and animated arguments echoed in the Senate chamber on Tuesday as the constitutionality of former President Trump's impeachment trial was debated.
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The Senate will hold a debate on the issue of the constitutionality of former President Donald Trump's impeachment trial and then vote on the issue.
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The Senate impeachment trial starts Tuesday. Former President Donald Trump's lawyers argue it is "political theater," while the impeachment managers work to prove he incited an insurrection.
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Congressional committees now move to the next stage of finalizing the details of President Biden's $1.9 trillion bill. Democrats are using a process that can pass the legislation on a party-line vote.
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After Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy failed to take the robust action Democrats and some Republicans were calling for, the House will vote on whether to strip Greene of her committee assignments.
