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Andrew Desiderio

Senior Congressional Reporter

Andrew has nearly a decade of experience covering Congress and national politics, chronicling every major legislative battle of the Trump and Biden administrations as well as two impeachments, classified congressional investigations, campaigns and foreign policy. Andrew covers the Senate, national security and foreign policy for Punchbowl News. He has traveled the country reporting on Senate and House races over five election cycles, in addition to several overseas trips covering congressional delegations to Germany, Lithuania, Spain, Canada and more. He previously reported on House investigations and oversight of the Trump administration for Politico.

Latest from Andrew Desiderio

Five takeaways from the GOP reconciliation drama

Trump will sign the One Big Beautiful Bill Act into law today. This will be the 21st bill Trump has signed during his second term.

Finance + Economy

Thune’s biggest win

We sat down with Senate Majority Leader John Thune as the Senate was about to pass President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.”

The Senate finally passes reconciliation bill

After a tortured and sometimes bewildering 26 hours, the Senate passed President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

Trump’s agenda teeters after all-night voting session

Senate Republicans are scrambling to finalize the reconciliation bill, with Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s vote hanging in the balance.

Senate slogs through vote-a-rama

This is a big moment for both Trump and his party on Capitol Hill. The political stakes are enormous, and there are just four days until the self-imposed July 4 deadline.