Susan Davis
Susan Davis is a congressional correspondent for NPR and a co-host of the NPR Politics Podcast. She has covered Congress, elections, and national politics since 2002 for publications including USA TODAY, The Wall Street Journal, National Journal and Roll Call. She appears regularly on television and radio outlets to discuss congressional and national politics, and she is a contributor on PBS's Washington Week with Robert Costa. She is a graduate of American University in Washington, D.C., and a Philadelphia native.
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A loosely assembled group of House and Senate lawmakers released a legislative framework they hope can break the months-long impasse between party leaders and the White House on pandemic relief. -
President Trump lost, but House Republicans had a better-than-anticipated 2020 election. They picked up at least eight seats and narrowed the House Democrats' majority. -
President Trump lost, but House Republicans had a better than anticipated 2020 election. Republican strategists and candidates explain how they did it, and why the suburbs are not lost for the party.
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer will continue in their leadership roles in the next Congress. But control of the chamber won't be decided until January. -
Former Vice President Joe Biden has a long history with Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell. What will that mean for President-Elect Biden's time in the White House?
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Joe Biden laid out an ambitious agenda for what he would like to do after he's sworn in as the 46th president. But Biden will not necessarily have the congress he wants to easily pass it.
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Democrats in the House and Senate failed to make the gains they signaled were within reach. Republicans in the Senate have the edge to keep their majority, and the GOP will make gains in the House.
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NPR takes a final look at the top House and Senate races and what is at stake in the next Congress.
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Democratic candidates have outraised Republicans in nearly every competitive congressional race in 2020, giving the party a financial edge in the homestretch.
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Judge Amy Coney Barrett insisted she would not be "used as a pawn to decide this election" during 11 hours of questioning on Wednesday in which she largely played down her conservative views.
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On the second day of confirmation hearings, Judge Amy Coney Barrett faced questions on her judicial philosophy. But she cited precedent that she could not answer how she might rule on future cases.
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The White House coronavirus outbreak is affecting Congress as infections spread to Republican senators.
