Wednesday

22-10-2025 Vol 19

Category: Congress

Trump taps Eric Ueland for key role at OMB

President Donald Trump has tapped Eric Ueland, a veteran Senate and White House aide, to a key post at the Office of Management and Budget. Ueland has been nominated...

Trump continues to attack Massie ahead of vote

President Donald Trump is increasing pressure on Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) to align with House Republicans and vote yes on the government funding bill. In a Truth Social post...

House GOP one step closer to passing stopgap funding bill

The House GOP’s seven-month, stopgap funding bill to avert a government shutdown is one step closer to passage. Republicans stayed mostly united on a test vote on the measure...

House Republicans move to block vote on Trump’s tariffs

House Republicans are moving to block Democrats from forcing a vote on President Donald Trump’s controversial tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China. GOP leadership slipped language into a House...

Vance gives hard sell for spending patch to House Republicans

Vice President JD Vance told House Republicans hours ahead of an expected vote on a seven-month funding patch on Tuesday that Republicans will take the blame for a government...

Johnson confident ahead of government funding vote

Speaker Mike Johnson said in an interview Tuesday morning he expects House Republicans “are going to pass” a bill to fund the government later in the day, ahead of...

Republicans join bill to protect workers after DOGE firings

A new bill to address the mass firings of probationary federal workers by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is picking up bipartisan support. First-term Republican Reps. Michael Baumgartner...

Capitol agenda: Johnson’s spending holdouts

House GOP leaders went into the week with plans to pass their stopgap funding bill today without Democratic support. That might not be possible. With one surefire “no” in...

John Kennedy is trying to get Trump to get serious about the debt limit

The Louisiana senator has been tapped to consult with the president on a strategy for avoiding a federal default.

House Republicans huddle with Bessent on tax policy menu

Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee huddled on Monday with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to review a large menu of tax options for the GOP’s policy agenda....