Matt Laslo

The GOP controls both chambers of Congress, which means they wield the gavels and are able to control hearing schedules and the witness lists — vital tools for oversight.

'I think it’s nuts,' says U.S. Rep. Tom MacArthur of plan for legalizing recreational marijuana.

'I think they are talking to a certain audience within the country,' says Congressman Dwight Evans, a Philadelphia Democrat.

Trump's more isolationist view of the U.S. isn't winning over the GOP majority, says Congressman Ryan Costello, a Republican who represents an area west of Philadelphia.

The Republican Party seems to be slowly shifting on gun-control measures, but every proposal still faces an uphill battle.

The budget plan proposes cutting in half the federal subsidy for Amtrak, including slicing grants to the Northeast Corridor by $128 million.

President Trump's State of the Union united Democrats and Republicans on infrastructure, but immigration proposal is doing the opposite.

Congressional lawmakers throughout the mid-Atlantic region are voicing their opinion to a plan to revisit oil exploration off the Atlantic coastline.

This year the task force is adding eight bills to its agenda.

Infrastructure, foreign policy, improving Affordable Care Act among priorities for federal legislators in 2018.

The U.S. House GOP is moving forward with a highly partisan proposal that would revamp federal student loan programs. Republican U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick opposes the plan.

U.S. Sens. Tom Carper of Delaware and Bob Menendez of New Jersey, both Democrats, are also on the conference committee.