Category: Congress
May 15, 2025
Congress
Lots of talk, little outward progress as House GOP closes in on megabill
Speaker Mike Johnson is racing to resolve a suite of remaining issues with the GOP megabill just days before he hopes to put it up for a floor vote....
May 15, 2025
Congress
Dems move to block Middle East arms sales over Qatar plane deal
Democratic lawmakers are trying to block billions of dollars in arms sales to two Middle Eastern countries to protest investments in President Donald Trump’s personal business and a jet...
May 15, 2025
Congress
Capitol agenda: Inside the megabill asks
Speaker Mike Johnson is scrambling to negotiate with competing factions of his conference as the clock ticks to advance President Donald Trump’s agenda through the House next week. Here’s...
May 15, 2025
Congress
House Ag urges industry groups to back megabill farm spending
GOP staff for the the House Agriculture Committee is warning industry groups that they need to get behind the panel’s megabill package of $300 billion in nutrition spending cuts...
May 15, 2025
Congress
Moderate Republicans call for fixes to energy tax credit cuts in House GOP megabill
More than a dozen House Republicans are urging party leaders to undo key rollbacks of Democrats’ clean energy credits that the Ways and Means Committee pushed through Wednesday as...
May 15, 2025
Congress
MTG, Lawler clash over SALT deal
One of the most vulnerable Republicans in Congress and one of the most outspoken are feuding over the cap on state and local deductions in the GOP’s sweeping tax...
May 14, 2025
Congress
Thanedar opts against forcing impeachment vote amid backlash
Michigan Rep. Shri Thanedar chose not to follow through on a threat to force a House vote on impeaching President Donald Trump Wednesday amid mounting pressure from fellow Democrats....
May 14, 2025
Congress
White House considers plan B as DOGE cuts hit a wall on the Hill
The Republican Senate has been skeptical of codifying DOGE’s massive cuts.
May 14, 2025
Congress
The Library of Congress is in limbo as GOP leaders question a Trump takeover
Quiet resistance from top Republicans has kept Trump officials out — for now.
May 14, 2025
Congress
Democrats grill Noem on Abrego Garcia and two deported US children
A House Homeland Security Committee meeting on reconciliation devolved into a slew of criticism on Trump’s biggest immigration controversies this term.