Jim Saksa

The sun rises behind the U.S. Capitol Building, seen from Pennsylvania Avenue, which is within the secure area around downtown Washington, D.C., on Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021.

¿Y si el Congreso no está atrapado en un estancamiento partidista? ¿Qué pasa si se está haciendo mucho?

March 8, 2022 at 7:48 p.m.

Todos sabemos, de hecho, que el Congreso no puede hacer mucho. Siempre está estancado, bloqueado, trabado en una lucha partidista, cada partido marchando al unísono, listo para entablar una lucha...

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 04: The U.S. Capitol Building, which saw boosted security, Thursday, after officials warned of an attack plot by extremists, two months after supporters of former president Donald Trump stormed the Capitol building is illuminated with the setting sun as the Senate debates the coronavirus relief package on Thursday, March 4, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times)

Legisladores de ambos partidos denuncian un aumento en las amenazas de muerte

January 25, 2022 at 4:48 p.m.

El correo de voz comienza de forma bastante inocua. "Sí, este correo de voz es para Madison", dice un hombre, de forma casual, como si tratara de ponerse en contacto...

One the five bronze figures that make up the Juneteenth Memorial Sculpture Monument at Freedom Plaza at the George Washington Carver Museum in Austin, Texas.

Juneteenth is not a federal holiday. These lawmakers are trying again.

May 21, 2021 at 3:03 p.m.

It took two years, five months and 18 days for the slaves in Galveston, Texas, to learn they had been freed by the Emancipation Proclamation. It may take longer than...

Una instalación fuera de Union Station exigiendo un voto Sí a la Ley de Promesa y Sueño Americano y la Ley de Modernización de la Fuerza Laboral Agrícola para la Cámara y el Senado el 17 de marzo de 2021 en Washington, DC.

Los ‘dreamers’ aún no pueden trabajar para el Congreso

March 30, 2021 at 3:25 p.m.

Como muchos becarios del Congreso, Sara tenía un plan de cinco años totalmente desarrollado. Primero, encontraría un puesto de asistente de personal, "luego ascendería a corresponsal legislativa, después a asistente...

Shown is a portion of a Small Business Administration Paycheck Protection Program Borrower Application Form, on April 21, 2020 in Washington.

Remember those PPP loans? Now the paperwork’s coming due for small businesses.

October 12, 2020 at 8:40 p.m.

The Treasury Department and the Small Business Administration have released a simplified forgiveness application for Paycheck Protection Program loans under $50,000. The simplified form, released late Thursday, cuts the application's...

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