Kelsey Snell
Kelsey Snell is a Congressional correspondent for NPR. She has covered Congress since 2010 for outlets including The Washington Post, Politico and National Journal. She has covered elections and Congress with a reporting specialty in budget, tax and economic policy. She has a graduate degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill. and an undergraduate degree in political science from DePaul University in Chicago.
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The Senate will hold a debate on the issue of the constitutionality of former President Donald Trump's impeachment trial and then vote on the issue.
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NewsHouse Democrats cite fresh evidence of potential political interference by the Trump administration in the governmentwide response to the coronavirus pandemic. -
Congressional committees now move to the next stage of finalizing the details of President Biden's $1.9 trillion bill. Democrats are using a process that can pass the legislation on a party-line vote. -
After Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy failed to take the robust action Democrats and some Republicans were calling for, the House will vote on whether to strip Greene of her committee assignments.
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The House GOP Conference is expected to discuss the fates of Reps. Liz Cheney and Marjorie Taylor Greene, two Republicans with drastically different opinions of former President Donald Trump.
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NewsThe budget process allows the party in control in Congress to pass most big-dollar legislation without having to worry about a filibuster. But the process can be risky. -
As President Biden tries to get a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package through Congress, Democrats are looking to budget reconciliation to pass the plan if it doesn't get GOP support.
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NewsThe Maryland Democrat, whose 25-year-old son killed himself just days before the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, says the upcoming trial is "a solemn and awesome responsibility." -
NewsThe House of Representatives, which voted to impeach Trump last week, plans to transmit the article of impeachment on Monday evening. -
On his first day in office, President Biden delivered a message of unity and signed a raft of executive actions. NPR discusses the major events of Inauguration Day.
