Congress - The Cut

spicy 9/30/2020

No One Does Math Better Than Representative Katie PorterBludgeon me with your whiteboard.

By Claire Lampen

encounter 7/21/2020

‘We Saw This Problem Coming’Lauren Underwood, the youngest Black woman to ever serve in Congress, on remote legislating during a pandemic.

By Rebecca Traister

coronavirus 3/22/2020

Coronavirus Has Reached CongressTwo representatives and one senator have tested positive for COVID-19.

By Claire Lampen

coronavirus 3/11/2020

How Can We Fight a Pandemic Without Paid Sick Leave?As coronavirus spreads, millions of Americans have to choose between staying home when they’re ill and receiving a paycheck.

By Hannah Gold

politics 3/2/2020

Katie Hill, After the ScandalHer rise to Congress heralded the arrival of a new and modern political generation. And then the pictures leaked.

By Caitlin Moscatello

the cut on tuesdays 11/5/2019

When Your New Job Takes Over Your LifeCongresswoman Lauren Underwood and more, on this week’s Cut podcast.

By the Cut

power 7/22/2019

Wendy Davis Is Running for CongressThe sneaker-wearing, filibustering abortion activist is challenging Chip Roy in Texas.

By Bridget Read

how i get it done 2/12/2019

How to Survive Being a Freshman in D.C.For 32-year-old Congresswoman Lauren Underwood, living with a roommate is key.

By Anna Silman

reading the signs 2/6/2019

Last Night, D.C. Got a New Power UniformFinally, a visual shorthand for women in politics.

By Rhonda Garelick

hot shot 2/5/2019

The Women of Congress Are Wearing White to Trump’s SOTU As an Act of SolidarityThey gave speeches on gender equality while dressed to honor the suffragettes.

By Opheli Garcia Lawler

social media 1/16/2019

AOC Will Try to Teach Her Democratic Colleagues to Be Good at TwitterThis may be her hardest task yet.

By Amanda Arnold

power 1/4/2019

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Responds to Conservative Trolls With New Dancing Video“Wait till they find out Congresswomen dance too!”

By Amanda Arnold

a woman's place is in the house 1/3/2019

The History-Making Gown at the Congressional Swearing-InRashida Tlaib wore a traditional thobe to become the first Palestinian-American congresswoman.

By Ella Cerón

power 12/13/2018

Congress to Make Members Actually Pay for Their Own Harassment SettlementsThe settlements had previously been funded with taxpayer money.

By Kimberly Truong

sexual assault 9/17/2018

Kavanaugh and His Accuser Both Say They’re Willing to Testify Before Congress“She decided to take control of this and tell this in her own voice,” a lawyer for Christine Blasey Ford said.

By Sarah Nechamkin

florida 8/24/2018

This Congressional Candidate Is More Than Just Her Alien Abduction, Okay?“It has nothing to do with what I have done. It happened when I was 7 years old,” Bettina Rodriguez Aguilar said.

By Madeleine Aggeler

a woman's place is in the house 8/8/2018

Michigan Likely Just Elected the First-Ever Muslim Woman to CongressThe progressive Palestinian-American Democrat had a day filled with “happy chaos.”

By Sarah Nechamkin

keeping up with kongress 4/24/2018

Kourtney Kardashian Went to D.C. to Advocate for Safer Beauty ProductsKourtney takes Kongress.

By Ashley Weatherford

politics 4/11/2018

Paul Ryan Stepping Down Is the Only Good Thing He’s Done for WomenMany are not sad to see him go.

By Lisa Ryan

obituaries 3/16/2018

Veteran New York Congresswoman Louise Slaughter Dead at 88She was a longtime advocate for women’s rights and co-authored the Violence Against Women Act.

By Gabriella Paiella

unsanitary politics 3/6/2018

Members of Congress Call Out ‘Unsanitary’ Practice of Sleeping at the CapitolPaul Ryan is known to do it.

By Lisa Ryan

sexual assault 2/27/2018

Evan Rachel Wood Details Her Harrowing Abuse in Speech to CongressWood is pushing to get Sexual Assault Survivors’ Bill of Rights Acts in all 50 states.

By Madeleine Aggeler

more sexual harassment 1/23/2018

Congressman Calls a Former Aide His ‘Soul Mate,’ But Denies Harassing HerRepresentative Patrick Meehan denies harassing a former aide who received a taxpayer-funded settlement.

By Lisa Ryan

women in politics 1/19/2018

2018’s Record Number of Women Candidates Are Set to Blow Up Politics As UsualWhat’s the fastest way to fix a broken system? Take it over.

By Rebecca Traister

more sexual harassment 12/19/2017

Congress Discloses 3 More Sexual-Harassment SettlementsThe amounts reportedly total $115,000.

By Lisa Ryan

power 12/7/2017

Will All the Harassment Claims Against Senators Be Released?Senator Tim Kaine thinks they should be.

By Leah Rodriguez

sexual harassment 12/5/2017

This Congressman Is Retiring Amid Sexual-Harassment AllegationsThe Michigan Democrat announced his retirement on a Detroit radio program.

By Lisa Ryan

power 11/29/2017

House of Representatives Will Now Also Require Anti–Sexual Harassment TrainingMore baby steps.

By Katie Van Syckle

power 11/15/2017

The House Has Reportedly Paid Out $15 Million in Sexual-Harassment SettlementsRepresentative Jackie Speier revealed this has occurred over the past 10–15 years.

By Gabriella Paiella

sexual harassment 11/14/2017

Congressman Reportedly Exposed Himself to StafferRepresentative Jackie Speier shares horrific stories of sexual harassment on Capitol Hill.

By Madeleine Aggeler

sexual harassment 11/3/2017

4 Female Lawmakers Say They’ve Been Harassed by Colleagues in Congress“It’s hostile and embarrasses, and therefore could take away a person’s power.”

By Lisa Ryan

9/26/2017

Republican Congressman Referred to Female Colleagues as ‘Eye Candy’Or rather, Mark Walker said he would call them that “if it wasn’t sexist.”

By Madeleine Aggeler

politics 9/18/2017

Bask in the Glory of This Amazingly Terrible Campaign AdDan Helmer is here for two things: to run for Congress and to sing karaoke like he’s in Top Gun.

By Gabriella Paiella

7/27/2017

Republican Congressmen Are Using Threatening Language Against Female Senators“Somebody needs to go over to that Senate and snatch a knot in their ass.”

By Samantha Lee

politics 5/1/2017

Planned Parenthood Won’t Be Defunded Under Congress’s New BudgetIt’s seen as a win for Democrats.

By Claire Landsbaum

politics 2/28/2017

Democratic Women in Congress Wear White to President Donald Trump’s AddressThe color choice is a nod to the women’s suffrage movement.

By Theresa Avila

political football 6/24/2016

Of Course the Zika Funding Bill Excludes Birth Control and Planned ParenthoodCongress, tossing women’s health around like a football since forever.

By Susan Rinkunas

vapists 2/11/2016

It’s Like This Hot Congressman Doesn’t Even Know How Embarrassing Vaping IsSomebody should tell him.

By Jessica Roy

the body politic 9/29/2015

Guess What? Americans Love Planned ParenthoodMore than they love either political party or any presidential candidate.

By Rebecca Traister

abortion 9/9/2015

Congress Had a Hearing About Planned Parenthood But Didn’t Invite ThemHm, something odd about that.

By Dayna Evans

shmashmortion 7/16/2015

Republicans Investigating Planned ParenthoodHouse Republicans announced a Congressional investigation into Planned Parenthood.

By Jessica Roy

letter writing campaigns 6/23/2015

Meryl Streep Reminds Congress We Need an ERAShe sent a letter to every member of Congress asking them to revive it.

By Erica Schwiegershausen

elections 11/6/2014

Why the Midterms Were Bad News for WomenEven though some high-profile female candidates got elected.

By Ann Friedman

male gaze 2/5/2014

Male Gaze: Clay Aiken, Hopeful Congressman He has a new image, that’s for sure.

By Erica Schwiegershausen

politics 11/21/2013

On Capitol Hill, the Mom Caucus Is GrowingTo achieve gender parity in senior legislative offices, political moms can’t wait for an empty nest to go to Washington.

By Kat Stoeffel

recruitment 8/7/2013