Category: Congress
June 30, 2025
Congress
Vote-a-rama, last hurdle before megabill’s Senate approval, is underway
The Senate has kicked off “vote-a-rama” — the marathon of amendment votes on the Republicans' domestic policy megabill. The first vote wasn’t on adoption of a specific amendment, but...
June 30, 2025
Congress
Capitol agenda: Thune heads into a perilous vote-a-rama
The Senate’s “big, beautiful” vote-a-rama starts in just two hours — and nobody knows how it’s going to end. Senate Majority Leader John Thune can only lose one more...
June 30, 2025
Congress
Thom Tillis denounces GOP megabill’s Medicaid cuts in fiery speech
Hours after announcing his retirement, Republican Sen. Thom Tillis went to the Senate floor and slammed the GOP's plans for drastic Medicaid cuts — warning Republicans they are about...
June 30, 2025
Congress
Rick Scott drafts key Medicaid amendment ahead of voting marathon
Florida Sen. Rick Scott is circulating text of his amendment to the GOP megabill that would effectively end a key Medicaid financing mechanism after 2030. The provision won the...
June 29, 2025
Congress
Republicans move forward with controversial megabill accounting move
Senate Republicans are on the cusp of formally adopting a controversial accounting tactic to zero out much of the cost of their massive domestic policy bill. The matter came...
June 29, 2025
Congress
Megabill reading wraps up after nearly 16 hours
Senate clerks have completed a nearly 16-hour reading of the GOP’s 940-page megabill. Clerks began reading the text aloud at 11:08 p.m. Saturday and finished Sunday at 3:03 p.m....
June 29, 2025
Congress
White House eyes Kentucky state senator for Massie challenge
White House officials will host Kentucky state Sen. Aaron Reed in the coming weeks for a discussion about challenging GOP Rep. Thomas Massie in next year's Republican primary, according...
June 29, 2025
Congress
Thom Tillis says he will retire following Trump attacks
The two-term North Carolina senator was expected to contest one of 2026's toughest races.
June 29, 2025
Congress
‘We don’t pay people in this country to be lazy,’ Mullin says of Medicaid work requirements
Sen. Markwayne Mullin is insisting President Donald Trump's sweeping domestic megabill doesn't break his promise not to cut Medicaid, even as the Congressional Budget Office estimates 7.8 million people...
June 29, 2025
Congress
Warner predicts Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” will cripple GOP support
As Republicans in Congress look to get President Donald Trump's sweeping megabill to the Oval Office by July 4, one Democratic Senator is predicting the bill will crater support...