Friday

06-03-2026 Vol 19

Category: Congress

Senate Finance megabill text could be served SALT-free

The Senate Finance Committee might play fill-in-the-blanks for a key tax deduction when it releases its portion of the GOP’s megabill in the coming days, according to Sen. Markwayne...

Blue-state Republicans make it personal, pummeling their governors on ‘sanctuary’ policies

Familiar home-state foes faced off Thursday in Washington as Democratic governors from New York, Minnesota and Illinois testified before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on their states'...

Schumer cites ‘DEFCON 1’ scenario for fate of clean-energy tax credits

As Republicans continue to inch forward on their megabill, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has been working to sway them against wholesale repeals of the Biden-era climate law he...

Rand Paul is invited to the White House picnic, after all

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) got his invite to Thursday’s White House picnic on the South Lawn restored — but another intraparty critic of the president also said he was...

Megabill would cost poorest households $1,600 a year, boost richest by $12K, CBO predicts

The lowest-income households in the United States would lose $1,600 a year in federal resources under the domestic-policy package House Republicans passed last month, Congress’ nonpartisan scorekeeper predicts. At...

Capitol agenda: Trump jumps into a GOP tax cuts conundrum

President Donald Trump is bullish about wanting a “big, beautiful bill” on his desk in just three weeks. But to meet that goal, he’ll have to help settle a...

Senate OKs arms sales to Qatar and UAE despite deals that benefit Trump

The Senate has rejected resolutions seeking to block multi-billion-dollar arms sales to Qatar and the United Arab Emirates over the objections of Democrats who say President Donald Trump will...

Rand Paul claims he’s been uninvited from the White House picnic

Sen. Rand Paul says he and his family have been uninvited from the White House picnic for members of Congress, accusing the administration of targeting him over his opposition...

Business tax incentives will grow, SALT will be cut, Crapo tells senators

Senate Finance Committee Chair Mike Crapo told fellow Republicans in a Wednesday briefing that three major business tax provisions will be made permanent in the GOP’s megabill, senators who...

Landmark crypto bill moves closer to passage in Senate

Landmark Senate cryptocurrency legislation cleared another procedural hurdle on Wednesday, inching the upper chamber closer to a vote on final passage following weeks of delays and hiccups. The upper...