Sunday

07-06-2026 Vol 19

Category: Congress

Obamacare ‘auto-enrollees’ are key target as Republicans formulate tax-credit extension plan

As Republicans formulate a plan to potentially extend key health insurance subsidies that are at the center of the government shutdown fight, House Energy and Commerce Chair Brett Guthrie...

Blaming Democrats, Johnson won’t bring House back to pay air traffic controllers

Speaker Mike Johnson said he won’t bring the House back to vote to pay air traffic controllers and other essential employees, saying the measure “would be spiked in the...

101 Republicans to defend community finance program from Trump cuts

More than 100 Republican lawmakers are expected to sign on to a letter pushing back on the Trump administration’s move to eliminate a popular, bipartisan community development finance fund...

Capitol agenda: Senators start getting stir-crazy as shutdown drags on

The shutdown is going into next week — at least. And senators are getting restless. There’s little hope of movement anytime soon, with President Donald Trump leaving Washington Friday...

How Senate Republicans finally said ‘no’ to Ingrassia

GOP senators had sent signals to the administration since the summer that Paul Ingrassia lacked the support for confirmation, in a rare rebuke to President Donald Trump.

Food-aid cliff bears down on Democrats as shutdown nears 1-month mark

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which helps feed more than 40 million people, will start to run out of funds Nov. 1.

Jeff Merkley wraps up marathon speech warning of ‘authoritarian’ rule

Sen. Jeff Merkley yielded the Senate floor after more than 22 hours Wednesday, capping off an overnight protest against the Trump administration. The Oregon Democrat began speaking at 6:21...

Thune meets with GOP senators on post-shutdown path

Senate Majority Leader John Thune met with a group of GOP senators on Wednesday as Republicans quietly discuss possible paths forward on health care once the government reopens. The...

GOP leaders eye a spending punt into 2026

Republican congressional leaders are making plans for a new spending punt as the shutdown drags on, and any new version is likely to postpone the next deadline until 2026....

K Street rakes in hundreds of millions off of Trump upheaval

Firms with ties to the president are the new rainmakers.