Category: Congress
June 12, 2025
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...
June 12, 2025
Congress
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'...
June 12, 2025
Congress
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...
June 12, 2025
Congress
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...
June 12, 2025
Congress
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...
June 12, 2025
Congress
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...
June 11, 2025
Congress
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...
June 11, 2025
Congress
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...
June 11, 2025
Congress
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...
June 11, 2025
Congress
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...