Ursula Perano, NOTUS reporter

Ursula Perano

Senate Reporter

Previously with Politico, Axios and The Daily Beast.

Senate Democrats Have a Geography Problem

By Ursula Perano

1 day ago
Passing a Budget Was Hard for Republicans. Reconciliation Will Be Much More Difficult.

By Ursula Perano

Apr. 11, 2025
Republican Senators Hope Trump Can Accomplish His Tariff Goals Soon — Whatever They Are

By Ursula Perano, Haley Byrd Wilt and Helen Huiskes

Apr. 7, 2025
Senate Republicans Adopt Budget for Reconciliation During Late-Night Vote-a-Rama

By Ben T.N. Mause and Ursula Perano

Apr. 5, 2025
Republican Senators Think They’re Finally on Track With Reconciliation

By Ursula Perano and Ben T.N. Mause

Apr. 4, 2025
Can Congress’ Indian Affairs Work Keep Up Bipartisanship Under Trump?

By Em Luetkemeyer and Ursula Perano

Apr. 4, 2025
The Physical Toll of Cory Booker’s Marathon Speech, According to His Oura Ring

By Ursula Perano

Apr. 3, 2025
Senate GOP Uses Accounting Trick to Claim $4 Trillion Tax Cuts Are Free. House Republicans Aren’t Convinced.

By Ursula Perano, Ben T.N. Mause and Reese Gorman

Apr. 3, 2025
Democrats Consider More Tactics Like Cory Booker’s Record-Breaking Senate Speech

By Ursula Perano

Apr. 1, 2025
A Cory Booker Staffer Was Arrested for Carrying a Gun on Capitol Grounds, Police Said

By Ursula Perano and Daniella Diaz

Apr. 1, 2025
Republicans Return for a Make-or-Break Week on Reconciliation

By Ursula Perano and Reese Gorman

Mar. 31, 2025
Trump Pulls Elise Stefanik’s Nomination to Serve as UN Ambassador

By Daniella Diaz, Ursula Perano and Reese Gorman

Mar. 27, 2025
‘The Senate Being the Senate’: House Republicans Are Frustrated With the Lack of Action on Reconciliation

By Daniella Diaz, Ursula Perano and Reese Gorman

Mar. 26, 2025
Republicans Funded the Government. What’s Next Is Trickier.

By Ursula Perano

Mar. 24, 2025
Chuck Schumer Digs In His Heels and Says He’s the ‘Best Leader’ for the Senate

By Daniella Diaz and Ursula Perano

Mar. 18, 2025
Senate Passes the GOP’s Government Funding Bill — With Crucial Help From Democrats

By Ben T.N. Mause, Ursula Perano and Katherine Swartz

Mar. 14, 2025
House Democrats Focus Their Anger at Chuck Schumer

By Daniella Diaz, Ursula Perano, Katherine Swartz and Ben T.N. Mause

Mar. 14, 2025
Senate Democrats Get Ready to Cave on Government Funding Standoff

By Ursula Perano and Ben T.N. Mause

Mar. 13, 2025
Democrats Hint at the Legislative End Game to Avoid a Shutdown

By Ben T.N. Mause and Ursula Perano

Mar. 13, 2025
Senate Democrats Say They Won’t Support the GOP’s Funding Bill — Shutdown Be Damned

By Ursula Perano, Riley Rogerson and Ben T.N. Mause

Mar. 12, 2025
Senate Democrats Weigh Their ‘Two Bad Options’: A GOP Funding Bill or a Shutdown

By Ursula Perano and Ben T.N. Mause

Mar. 12, 2025
House Dems Firm Up Opposition to the GOP’s Spending Bill. Senate Dems Leave Their Options Open.

By Riley Rogerson, Ursula Perano, Ben T.N. Mause, Tinashe Chingarande and Katherine Swartz

Mar. 10, 2025
How Do Lawmakers Fund the Government When the Government Is Being Defunded?

By Ursula Perano and Riley Rogerson

Mar. 7, 2025
The Republican Reconciliation Bill Has Another Unexpected Hurdle: Time

By Ursula Perano and Reese Gorman

Mar. 5, 2025
Stuck in the Middle With You: Thom Tillis Is Already Navigating a Delicate Balance for Reelection

By Calen Razor and Ursula Perano

Feb. 28, 2025
House and Senate Republicans Prepare for a Game of Reconciliation Hot Potato

By Ursula Perano and Daniella Diaz

Feb. 27, 2025
Elon Musk’s Slash-and-Burn Tactics Are Beginning to Unnerve Republicans

By Ursula Perano and Ben T.N. Mause

Feb. 24, 2025
Senate Republicans Move Ahead With Their Budget, Doubting the House Can Get Its Act Together

By Ursula Perano and Reese Gorman

Feb. 20, 2025
Democrats in Congress Are Questioning the Return of the Trump Resistance

By Ursula Perano and Samuel Larreal

Feb. 18, 2025
Democratic Senators Concede Age Matters in Elections — Just Don’t Ask Them If They’re Too Old to Run

By Ursula Perano

Feb. 14, 2025

GOP Senators Are Itching for a Supreme Court Battle — And Have Shown They Would Likely Win

By Ursula Perano

Feb. 13, 2025
House Republicans Are Getting Tired of Trump Sitting on the Sidelines With Congress

By Reese Gorman and Ursula Perano

Feb. 11, 2025
Senate Republicans Consider Leapfrogging the House on Reconciliation

By Ursula Perano and Ben T.N. Mause

Feb. 6, 2025
Republicans in Congress Aren’t Exactly Taking Trump Seriously or Literally on ‘Owning’ Gaza

By Ursula Perano and Mark Alfred

Feb. 5, 2025