Category: Congress
June 23, 2025
Congress
Murkowski suggests she could become an Independent in the right circumstance
Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, one of President Donald Trump’s most vocal critics in the Senate GOP, said in a podcast on Monday that there are certain situations in which...
June 23, 2025
Congress
House Democrats needle the GOP over Jan. 6 with replica plaques
Several House Democrats are posting replicas of a commemorative plaque for police officers who defended the Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection — needling Speaker Mike Johnson for...
June 23, 2025
Congress
Oz nudges Senate Republicans to ease off on Medicaid cuts
CMS chief Dr. Mehmet Oz just indicated to a group of GOP chiefs of staff that they should stick with language closer to the House megabill’s Medicaid language, especially...
June 23, 2025
Congress
Trump federal court nominee Bove to testify Wednesday
Emil Bove will appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday for his nomination to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. Trump nominated Bove, his principal associate deputy attorney...
June 23, 2025
Congress
Democrats set to target multiple Senate GOP tax provisions
Senate Finance Committee staff is expected to meet Monday with Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough Monday, with Republicans and Democrats presenting competing cases for whether health provisions of the pending...
June 23, 2025
Congress
Senate GOP unlikely to release revised megabill text Monday
Senate Republicans are unlikely to release full revised text of their sweeping domestic-policy bill Monday as they had hoped, according to three people granted anonymity to discuss internal dynamics,...
June 23, 2025
Congress
GAO is targeted by House Republicans in new spending bill
House Republicans are aiming to slash funding for the nonpartisan watchdog for waste, fraud and abuse within the federal government by nearly half in the next fiscal year, according...
June 23, 2025
Congress
Capitol agenda: How Johnson may block an Iran rebuke
President Donald Trump already had Republicans scrambling to get their “big, beautiful bill” to his desk by next week. Now he’s got Congress grappling with something even bigger: the...
June 21, 2025
Congress
Ro Khanna: Democrats lost 2024 because they became the ‘party of war,’ overlooked inflation
The progressive from California said in a POLITICO podcast that Democrats’ stance on Israel hurt their chances with young voters.
June 20, 2025
Congress
A judge sided with Trump. Behind the scenes, he was lobbying for a nomination.
Ed Artau was already meeting with Senate staff about securing a nomination to the federal bench when he sided with Trump in a case, according to a new Senate...