Susan Davis

congressional correspondent for USA Today

Susan Davis appears in the following:

How the historically bipartisan defense bill became a proxy for the culture wars

Saturday, July 15, 2023

Cultural debates over race, abortion and transgender rights divided lawmakers on a bill that outlines Pentagon priorities for the coming year — legislation that's historically been bipartisan.

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Some of Trump's 2024 rivals have already pledged to pardon him if he's convicted

Wednesday, June 14, 2023

Former President Trump is facing multiple criminal charges, ratcheting up pressure on his 2024 rivals to weigh in on whether he deserves a pardon if convicted.

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Congressional lawmakers will vote this week on a deal to raise the debt ceiling

Tuesday, May 30, 2023

Lawmakers are returning to Washington to vote on a two-year budget deal to lift the nation's borrowing limit, and put modest restraints on annual spending.

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Who is Vivek Ramaswamy, the 37-year-old entrepreneur and GOP presidential hopeful?

Friday, May 19, 2023

He spoke to The NPR Politics Podcast about his political identity as a nationalist and expanding Donald Trump's "America First" message to a new audience.

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Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy wants to save Social Security. Will Washington let him?

Friday, May 12, 2023

The Louisiana Republican has been quietly working to build consensus around a bipartisan plan to address coming solvency issues with Social Security. So far, party leaders aren't listening.

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Sen. Bill Cassidy wants to save Social Security

Thursday, May 11, 2023

If Washington does nothing, Social Security will start to run out of money in about a decade. Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, is trying to lead an effort to save Social Security. Is anyone listening?

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Sen. Dianne Feinstein is set to return to Washington Tuesday following an absence

Tuesday, May 09, 2023

Feinstein, 89, will return to work after being away for months to recover from shingles. She last voted in February, and her absence has spurred calls for her to resign.

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Janet Protasiewicz won Wisconsin Supreme Court seat, giving liberal justices majority

Wednesday, April 05, 2023

Wisconsin voters upended Republican control of that state's supreme court for the first time in 15 years. This race was also the most expensive judicial race in American history.

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How are the 34 felony charges affecting Donald Trump's presidential campaign?

Wednesday, April 05, 2023

Trump-aligned voters are rallying around the former president in the wake of his indictment. Trump remains the frontrunner for the 2024 Republican nomination.

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Senate votes to repeal Iraq War authorization

Wednesday, March 29, 2023

The measure now goes to the House, where Speaker Kevin McCarthy has indicated it will undergo a series of markups by the Foreign Affairs Committee before a possible floor vote.

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U.S. Senate is set to repeal the war authorization for the 2003 Iraq war

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

Twenty years after the Iraq War began, the Senate is on track to vote this week to repeal the authorization that justified the 2003 invasion.

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12 years after combat operations ceased, U.S Senate debates ending Iraq War

Thursday, March 23, 2023

Twenty years after the first bombs dropped on Baghdad, the U.S. Senate is set to repeal the war authorization for the 2003 Iraq war.

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The Senate eyes a formal end to the Iraq War, and a reassertion of Congress' power

Tuesday, March 21, 2023

Twenty years after the invasion of Iraq, the U.S. Senate is moving to repeal the congressional authorization that provided the justification for the war.

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After this week's bank failures, some encouraging signs, but worries persist

Friday, March 17, 2023

A look back on the past week in banking news, explained.

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Congress overturns D.C. crime bill with President Biden's help

Wednesday, March 08, 2023

The Senate approved a GOP-led joint resolution that would overrule the Washington, D.C., city council's recent legislation to rewrite the criminal code for the nation's capital.

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The Senate is on track to overturn a plan to overhaul D.C.'s criminal code

Wednesday, March 08, 2023

The Senate is scheduled to vote Wednesday on a bill to block a D.C. criminal code overhaul. The vote is dividing Democrats on an issue where the party is historically vulnerable with voters.

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President Biden will allow Congress to overturn new D.C. crime law

Thursday, March 02, 2023

President Biden met privately with Senate Democrats on Thursday and indicated he would not use his veto pen to block congressional action to block a new Washington, D.C., crime law from taking effect.

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What to expect from the State of the Union address

Tuesday, February 07, 2023

NPR correspondents who cover the White House and Capitol Hill talk about what to expect from Tuesday's State of the Union address.

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An early look at the 2024 campaigns for Senate

Monday, January 23, 2023

Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., announced he will run for Senate after independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema left the Democratic Party last December. Sinema has not announced her re-election plans yet.

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Here's why a high-stakes debt ceiling fight looms on Capitol Hill

Thursday, January 19, 2023

House Republicans want to leverage must-pass legislation to raise the debt limit to extract federal spending cuts, but President Biden and congressional Democrats aren't interested in negotiating.

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