Category: Congress
July 16, 2025
Congress
Jordan talking to White House on reviving partisan immigration bill
House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan is in touch with the White House about bringing his sweeping immigration overhaul bill up for a vote — in exactly the same...
July 16, 2025
Congress
Senate rejects Democrats’ initial attempts to trim Trump’s cutbacks
Senate Republicans batted down Democratic attempts on Wednesday to shrink the $9 billion package of funding clawbacks the chamber is expected to pass after a “vote-a-rama” amendment spree. Democrats...
July 16, 2025
Congress
Super PAC backing Bill Cassidy to reveal $2.5M haul
Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy, facing a MAGA revolt over his vote in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, is about to get a boost from a super PAC committed to...
July 16, 2025
Congress
Crypto bills stall again on House floor
More cryptocurrency drama is unfolding on the House floor Wednesday, a day after conservative hard-liners foiled GOP leaders' plans to advance a trio of regulatory bills. The hard-liners climbed...
July 16, 2025
Congress
Oz to huddle with House tax writers
Democrats and Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee are set to have a bipartisan meeting next Wednesday with Mehmet Oz, President Donald Trump’s administrator for the Centers...
July 16, 2025
Congress
Zohran Mamdani briefs House Democrats on lessons from his campaign
Zohran Mamdani, the polarizing Democratic nominee for New York City mayor, huddled privately Wednesday with Democratic lawmakers at a Washington restaurant. The conversation, attendees said, focused on campaign strategy...
July 16, 2025
Congress
Trio of crypto bills back on track, Scalise says
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise said he expects votes on all three cryptocurrency bills that Republicans are pushing to go to the House floor Wednesday, though leadership is still...
July 16, 2025
Congress
Cassidy holds cash advantage over GOP challengers
Embattled Republican Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy maintains a significant cash advantage over his primary challengers as the GOP’s MAGA wing attempts to unseat him over his vote in President...
July 16, 2025
Congress
Capitol agenda: Trump puts out another fire for Johnson
Speaker Mike Johnson is trying again to pass landmark cryptocurrency legislation this week after Tuesday’s failed rule vote. This time, President Donald Trump says he has the votes. After...
July 16, 2025
Congress
‘The powerful protecting the powerful’: Democrats see an opening on Epstein
Internal polling suggests that there's a window for Democrats to use the controversy over the so-called "Epstein list" — and more than a dozen strategists, elected officials and aides...