Marianna Sotomayor

Washington, D.C.

Congressional reporter covering the House of Representatives

Education: George Washington University, BA in political communications; George Washington University, MA in strategic communications

Marianna Sotomayor reports on Democratic and Republican lawmakers in the House of Representatives for The Washington Post. She covers the ideological, cultural and personality-based tensions that animate the policy and political debates unfolding on Capitol Hill. Before joining The Post in 2021, Sotomayor spent five years at NBC News, where she covered Congress and Joe Biden's presidential campaign.
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Why House Republicans still can’t manage to fund the government

Internal conflicts and a narrow GOP majority make each spending fight a pitched battle up to the shutdown deadline.

September 16, 2024
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) speaks at a news conference at the Capitol on Tuesday. The House is still struggling to agree on legislation to extend a government funding deadline.

Johnson delays funding plan as House GOP rebels ahead of shutdown deadline

The GOP speaker pulled a six-month spending bill from the floor. A shutdown deadline is less than three weeks off.

September 11, 2024
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) speaks with reporters at the Capitol on Sept. 10, 2024. (Allison Robbert for The Washington Post)

House GOP maneuvers to portray Democrats as weak on China

With its “China Week” blitz of legislation, the House GOP seeks to bolster the party’s foreign policy credentials ahead of November’s election.

September 11, 2024
Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing in 2022.

Johnson’s government funding bill advances despite GOP defections

With a narrow majority, the House GOP cleared a procedural test. But Senate Democrats and the White House have already rejected the measure to avert a government shutdown.

September 10, 2024
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 10. Congress has until Sept. 30 to agree on how to keep the government funded and avert a shutdown.

Congress returns to deal with looming federal spending deadline

Government funding will expire on Sept. 30. Lawmakers plan to start working on a temporary fix.

September 9, 2024
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) speaks during the Republican National Convention on July 16 in Milwaukee. Congress returns to Washington this week to deal with a looming deadline to fund the government.

Trump, Harris neck and neck in latest polls

Get the latest news from the 2024 campaign trail in the contest between Vice President Harris and former president Donald Trump.

September 8, 2024

Hi, moderates, it’s me, Kamala

In today’s edition … Peaceful protests help DNC avoid a 1968 Chicago repeat ... Republican poll-watching plans raise concerns about election interference.

August 23, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris after her closing speech at the Democratic National Convention.

Pelosi is belle of the DNC ball. Not everyone is happy about it.

In today’s edition … Democrats’ reduced focus on climate change in 2024 election cycle.

August 22, 2024
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) speaks at the United Center on Aug. 21, 2024, on the third day of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois. (Joe Lamberti for The Washington Post)

Nancy Pelosi's not sorry

Former House speaker Nancy Pelosi is seen as one of the major figures behind efforts to push President Joe Biden out of the 2024 race. Ahead of her speech at the Democratic National Convention tonight, we unpack her role in this historic moment.

August 21, 2024

Pelosi makes no apologies at DNC for her role in Biden’s exit

The DNC is also serving as something of a no-apologies tour for the former House speaker who has been meme-d for her role in getting Biden to decide not to seek reelection.

August 21, 2024
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) sits with her state's delegates during the first day of the Democratic National Convention on Monday at the United Center in Chicago.