Category: Congress
March 11, 2025
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...
March 11, 2025
Congress
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...
March 11, 2025
Congress
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...
March 11, 2025
Congress
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...
March 11, 2025
Congress
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...
March 11, 2025
Congress
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...
March 11, 2025
Congress
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...
March 11, 2025
Congress
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...
March 11, 2025
Congress
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.
March 11, 2025
Congress
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....