Saturday

07-03-2026 Vol 19

Category: Congress

The megabill will soon be megalaw

The House delivered President Donald Trump his top legislative priority — a day before his July 4 deadline.

Hakeem Jeffries breaks the House record for longest floor speech

Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries delivered the longest speech in House history Thursday, holding the floor for well over eight hours to delay passage of Republicans’ domestic policy megabill. His...

Johnson says he has the votes to pass the GOP megabill

Speaker Mike Johnson predicted Thursday morning he had the votes to pass Republicans’ domestic policy megabill and would only lose “one or two” GOP lawmakers ahead of a self-imposed...

Conservatives: Trump won our megabill votes by promising crackdown on renewable energy credits

Hard-line House conservatives said President Donald Trump assured them his administration would strictly enforce rules for wind or solar projects to qualify for the tax credits under the Inflation...

Jeffries calls out Republicans over Medicaid ahead of final megabill vote

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is blasting Republican colleagues over Medicaid as he issues extended remarks ahead of the final GOP megabill vote. Jeffries is utilizing his so-called magic...

Capitol agenda: Mike Johnson on the cusp of megabill victory

Speaker Mike Johnson is potentially just a couple of hours away from sending Donald Trump his “big, beautiful bill,” defying expectations that he could meet the president’s arbitrary but...

The ‘big, beautiful bill’ is one vote away from Donald Trump’s desk

Republicans’ “big, beautiful bill” is one vote away from President Donald Trump’s desk after clearing a key procedural hurdle that sets up a floor vote early Thursday morning. Pulling...

Final megabill votes are secured, GOP leaders say

House Republican leaders said early Thursday morning they have made a breakthrough with the megabill holdouts and are preparing to advance the legislation in the coming hours. Speaker Mike...

MAGA world figures take aim at GOP holdouts

As a procedural vote to start floor debate on the GOP megabill stretched on Wednesday night, several MAGA world figures went online to threaten the Republican holdouts. Hard-right lawmakers...

Johnson stares down hard-liners on megabill procedural vote

House Republican hard-liners vowed to deprive Speaker Mike Johnson of the needed votes should he try to force party's domestic policy megabill through the House overnight — just before...