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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If Joe Biden wins the White House, he will confront a familiar roadblock to advancing his agenda: a polarized, closely divided Congress. -
Senate primaries took place in Kansas, Michigan and Missouri on Tuesday. NPR discusses the major election news and what the results might signal about what's to come in November.
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A key victory in a Senate GOP primary on Tuesday offers a mild reprieve to Republicans working to hold their narrow majority in 2020. -
A GOP primary in Kansas could be a make-or-break contest for Republican efforts to maintain control of the U.S. Senate in 2020, especially as national trends continue to move in favor of Democrats.
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is set to unveil a GOP proposal this week that is facing some opposition among GOP senators and the White House. -
Activists say the pandemic and racial justice protests have contributed to a climate that is more favorable to progressive candidates and ideas. -
Democrats wanted Republicans to agree to bipartisan talks before beginning debate on the GOP police reform bill. GOP leaders argued Democrats should have allowed debate to try to amend the bill. -
A record-setting number of women are running for the House this year, fueled by a surge in Republican candidates. -
Congressional Democrats on Monday unveiled the Justice in Policing Act of 2020, which aims to install wide-ranging reforms for police departments across the country. It faces Republican opposition. -
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., has pushed for changes to a bipartisan anti-lynching bill sparking a debate in Senate. Sens. Cory Booker, D-N.J., and Kamala Harris, D-Calif., pushed back at his objections.
