House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has expressed confidence that both key pieces of President Biden's domestic agenda — a bipartisan infrastructure bill and a broader spending package — would ultimately be approved by Congress. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption
After the hearing, Rep. Cori Bush and Rep. Kat Cammack, each with a drastically different opinion on abortion rights, embraced. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption
Texas state senators are gathered in the Senate chamber on the first day of the 87th Legislature's third special session at the State Capitol on September 20, 2021 in Austin, Texas. Tamir Kalifa/Getty Images hide caption
Congress is moving to avert one crisis while putting off another. Both the House and Senate approved legislation Thursday that would fund the federal government through Dec. 3. Samuel Corum/Getty Images hide caption
President Biden has seen his approval rating tick back up some after last month's low, with 45% now approving and 46% disapproving. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption
The founder and CEO of Tusk Holdings, Bradley Tusk, speaks onstage during TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2016 in San Francisco. On Thursday, he announced a $10 million grant for internet voting development. Steve Jennings/Getty Images for TechCrunch hide caption
President Biden campaigns for California Gov. Gavin Newsom earlier this month. David McNew/Getty Images hide caption
A bill to suspend the nation's borrowing limit through mid-December of next year passed the House on Wednesday 219-212. It is expected to fail in the Senate. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption
The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol attack has issued subpoenas to 11 organizers of the event that preceded the riot. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Imam Mohamed Herbert of the Islamic Society of Tulsa, the city's only mosque, whose congregation is preparing to aid in resettling the 850 Afghan refugees bound for the city. Chris Polansky/Public Radio Tulsa hide caption
Jessica Rosenworcel of the Federal Communications Commission testifies at a Senate hearing in September 2016. Her term as acting FCC chairwoman is set to expire when Congress adjourns at the end of the year. Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call via Getty Images hide caption
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem speaks during the Family Leadership Summit on July 16 in Des Moines, Iowa. Questions are floating around whether Noem had anything to do with the forced retirement of a state official after Noem's daughter was denied a real estate appraiser's license. Charlie Neibergall/AP hide caption
President Biden has announced vaccine or testing requirements, including for larger private businesses, and in recent weeks more directly blamed unvaccinated people for the state of the pandemic. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Michigan GOP Rep. Fred Upton is one of a small group of House Republicans publicly backing the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill. T.J. Kirkpatrick/Getty Images hide caption