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Andrew Desiderio

Senior Congressional Reporter
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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

Senators appeal to SCOTUS on Trump tariffs ahead of key floor votes
A bipartisan group of senators filed an amicus brief with SCOTUS in support of a lower court ruling that struck down Trump’s expansive global tariffs.
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Shutdown hardens: SNAP crisis looms, Senate eyes narrow relief bills
This is Day 27 of the government shutdown. There’s no resolution in sight to this crisis.The House hasn’t voted since Sept. 19 (that’s 38 days).
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Challenges abound for Graham’s ‘Russia week’ push
Sen. Lindsey Graham is pushing for “Russia week” on the Senate floor, where senators would take up a trio of bills targeting Moscow.
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Shutdown latest as the midterms enter the chat
The Senate is gone until Monday, meaning the government shutdown is all but guaranteed to go into its fourth week.
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Senate Dems block GOP federal worker pay bill
Senate Democrats just blocked a Republican measure to pay federal employees who have been working without pay.
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