Category: Congress
June 28, 2025
Congress
Updated megabill includes key compromises on taxes and Medicaid
Senate Republicans have included compromises on key Medicaid and tax issuesin updated text for their sweeping domestic policy bill. In an effort to placate GOP moderates on the fence...
June 28, 2025
Congress
How the megabill could fall apart
There are reasons an arbitrary July 4 deadline could slip, and several of them were on display this week.
June 28, 2025
Congress
Key GOP centrist Rep. Don Bacon will not seek reelection
Nebraska Republican Rep. Don Bacon will not seek reelection and plans to retire at the end of his term, according to two people familiar with his plans. The announcement...
June 27, 2025
Congress
Rep. Dusty Johnson to announce a bid for South Dakota governor Monday
Rep. Dusty Johnson will announce a bid for South Dakota governor Monday, according to two people granted anonymity to speak about private conversations. Johnson has served as South Dakota's...
June 27, 2025
Congress
Senate slated to take first vote on megabill Saturday
Senate Republicans are planning to take an initial vote at noon on Saturday to take up the megabill. Leadership laid out the timeline during a closed-door lunch on Friday,...
June 27, 2025
Congress
Muslim Democrats ask leaders to denounce Islamophobic attacks on Zohran Mamdani
All four Muslim Democratic House members are denouncing “racist smears” against Zohran Mamdani from lawmakers in both parties since his New York City mayoral primary win, according to a...
June 27, 2025
Congress
Trump says July 4 is “not the end all”
President Donald Trump on Friday backed off the July 4 deadline he set for Congress to pass his megabill, acknowledging that the timing could slip as Republicans work through...
June 27, 2025
Congress
Megabill delay ‘possible,’ Johnson says
Speaker Mike Johnson opened the door Friday to a possible megabill delay past the GOP's self-imposed July 4 deadline. “It’s possible ... but I don't want to even accept...
June 27, 2025
Congress
Mike Johnson hails ‘progress’ toward SALT deal
The White House is close to clinching an agreement on the state and local tax deduction after a last-ditch flurry of negotiations with blue-state House GOP holdouts and Senate...
June 27, 2025
Congress
Capitol agenda: How Trump could get his July 4 megabill
Republicans’ “big, beautiful bill” is in tatters. President Donald Trump still wants it on his desk by July 4. Here’s everything that will have to go right to make...