Author: Savannah Behrmann, USA TODAY

A group of House GOP lawmakers refused to wear face masks on the floor during votes Tuesday in defiance of leadership’s rules on COVID-19 protocols.

This week Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene repeatedly made headlines after confrontations on Capitol Hill.

Legislation to create a commission to study slavery reparations for Black Americans will make its way to the full House for the first time.

All Senate Republicans voted against even starting debate on the $1.9 trillion measure on Thursday.

The For the People Act, also known as H.R. 1, would provide sweeping reforms on redistricting, absentee voting, voting rights and election security.

A majority of Americans, 55%, say former President Donald Trump should not be allowed to hold elected office again. Forty-three percent disagreed.

Citing Chief Justice John Roberts from Trump’s first impeachment trial, Leahy said “all parties of the chamber must refrain from using language that is not conducive to to civil discourse.”

“She’s already offered all the information she has, and she would have testified under oath,” Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler’s office said.

The Senate unanimously passed legislation to award Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman with a Congressional Gold Medal, the highest civilian honor awarded by Congress.

Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick, who died after the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, will lie in honor Feb. 2 in the Capitol Rotunda.