Friday

06-03-2026 Vol 19

Category: Congress

Thune backs scrutiny of Fed HQ renovations

Senate Majority Leader John Thune on Monday said the Federal Reserve should remain politically independent but called for oversight of the central bank’s expensive headquarter renovations. In comments to...

House Dems to force another committee vote on Epstein

Democrats will force another vote on releasing Jeffrey Epstein-related documents during a Rules Committee meeting Monday afternoon, pressing Republicans yet again on the matter before lawmakers leave this week...

GOP megabill’s final score: $3.4T in red ink and 10 million kicked off health insurance, CBO says

The package President Donald Trump signed on July 4 would grow the deficit over the next 10 years, Congress’ nonpartisan scorekeeper predicts.

House won’t vote on Epstein matter this week

Speaker Mike Johnson doesn’t have any plans to put a non-binding resolution on the floor this week before the August recess — or possibly ever — that would call...

Republican tax law leaves experts searching for words

"OB3"? "OB-cubed"? A pithy nickname for the One Big Beautiful Bill Act is proving to be elusive.

Capitol agenda: The GOP’s biggest shutdown hurdles

It’s a pivotal week for the appropriations process as Congress looks to pass 12 spending bills before the Sept. 30 shutdown cliff. Expect the Senate to work on passing...

Republicans are ready to revive stalled health care legislation. Dems want the GOP to pay a price.

Democrats aren't rushing to play ball with Republicans on a bipartisan health care package after passage of the president's megabill and spending cuts.

Democrats wrestle with shutdown strategy

Facing another funding cliff in 10 weeks, Democratic leaders are moderating their threats.

Hill Republicans brace for another grueling fight over Trump’s spending cuts

The specter of another rescissions package isn’t being met with uniform enthusiasm among Hill GOP.

House passes public media, foreign aid clawbacks after Epstein scramble

The president’s budget director said Trump is likely to send more cutbacks requests to Congress “soon.”