Category: Congress
June 29, 2025
Congress
Senate Republicans put megabill on track for likely Monday passage
The vote came after a daylong scramble by GOP leaders to win over several Republican holdouts.
June 29, 2025
Congress
Megabill in limbo with GOP senators locked in last-minute talks
A Senate vote on advancing Republicans' party-line domestic-policy bill has been held open for more than two hours as GOP leaders scramble for the final votes. Vice President JD...
June 28, 2025
Congress
Drama builds ahead of Saturday vote on megabill
Senate Republicans say the vice president should stay close, with the need for a tie breaker possible.
June 28, 2025
Congress
‘Kill shot’: GOP megabill targets solar, wind projects with new tax
Senate Republicans stepped up their attacks on U.S. solar and wind energy projects by quietly adding a provision to their megabill that would penalize future developments with a new...
June 28, 2025
Congress
Elon Musk renews megabill attacks
Elon Musk is once again bashing the Republican megabill. Weeks after an initial tirade against the legislation, the former top White House staffer and current richest man in the...
June 28, 2025
Congress
House could vote on megabill as soon as Tuesday
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise told GOP members on a Saturday conference call to prepare for votes Tuesday evening or Wednesday on the sweeping Republican megabill, according to three...
June 28, 2025
Congress
Democrats will force out-loud reading of 940-page megabill
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told fellow Democrats they will force the out-loud reading of the GOP's "big, beautiful bill" if the Senate votes to start debate Saturday. The...
June 28, 2025
Congress
Trump pollster warns Senate GOP against deeper Medicaid cuts
Jim McLaughlin, one of President Donald Trump’s top pollsters, said Hill Republicans should nix Senate Republicans’ deeper Medicaid cuts in the megabill or risk deep backlash from voters. “The...
June 28, 2025
Congress
Dead lawmakers tweet from beyond the grave
The accounts for recently deceased lawmakers have continued to post on social media, highlighting how little official policy there is for how to handle their online presence after they...
June 28, 2025
Congress
Hawley to vote for megabill after Medicaid, hospital changes
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) said on Saturday that he will back President Donald Trump's signature legislation after Republicans made changes to the health care language, helping leadership shore up...