Category: Congress
March 12, 2025
Congress
Senate Finance Republicans to huddle with Trump on taxes
Senate Finance Committee Republicans will meet with President Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday to discuss the path forward for crafting legislation to enact broad swaths of...
March 12, 2025
Congress
Senate Democrats take stock of their shutdown pickle
Senate Democrats are grappling with whether or not to support a House GOP funding patch less than three days before a possible government shutdown. With 52 Republicans expected to...
March 12, 2025
Congress
Johnson pledges House probe into Tesla threats
Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday said Congress will probe “domestic terrorism” attacks targeting the Tesla car brand after vehicles and storefronts were vandalized. “Congress will investigate the sources of...
March 12, 2025
Congress
Jeanne Shaheen won’t seek reelection
She's the third Senate Democrat to announce their retirement ahead of the midterms.
March 12, 2025
Congress
Capitol agenda: Johnson puts Senate Dems in a corner
House Republicans passed their stopgap funding bill Tuesday evening, which means Senate Democrats can now no longer delay their long-dreaded decision: Do they give up a chance to stand...
March 12, 2025
Congress
Mike Johnson gets candid about Elon Musk
Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday gave his most candid assessment yet of billionaire Elon Musk's influence in Congress and the potential threat he poses to legislative dealmaking: "He can...
March 12, 2025
Congress
Johnson and Thune hash out future of GOP agenda
Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune met on Tuesday and discussed the sweeping domestic policy legislation at the top of their 2025 agenda. The closed-door conversation...
March 11, 2025
Congress
Members appointed to the House Ethics Committee
The House officially appointed members to the House Ethics Committee on Tuesday — months into the new Congress. The committee will once again be chaired by Rep. Michael Guest,...
March 11, 2025
Congress
Jordan lays out timeline for tackling high-skilled tech visas, immigration overhaul efforts
House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan has a strategy for how to give President Donald Trump’s top ally, Elon Musk, the changes to high-skilled visa rules the tech billionaire so...
March 11, 2025
Congress
Why Thomas Massie isn’t worried about Trump’s primary threats
The Kentucky Republican has been through it all before: “It’ll blow over.”