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 sweeping Republican bill extends tax cuts while scaling back spending on Medicaid and SNAP. It now heads to President... -
In D.C., New Jersey Senator Cory Booker has been giving a speech on the Senate floor since 7pm on Monday...
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., says she will follow through on her threat to hold a vote to oust Speaker... -
The bill includes $33 billion to expand the widely used child tax credit for three years — including the tax... -
Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., will retire at the end of this year, leaving just weeks left in his... -
Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., says he is dropping his hold on hundreds of military promotions. -
The Senate has approved a stopgap spending bill to fund the government into early next year. -
House Republicans have elected Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., to be the next speaker. He will take office with just over... -
The House has voted to remove Kevin McCarthy as speaker of the House, marking the first time in history that... -
Congress is just days away from a possible government shutdown with few solutions being discussed. -
Reporters repeatedly asked the Senate GOP leader to provide details of what caused two incidents where he froze at events.... -
The average age in Congress dropped slightly this year, but is still one of the oldest in modern history. Democrats...