Thursday

05-03-2026 Vol 19

Category: Congress

Alaska Republican supports GOP SNAP plan — that hits his home state hard

Alaska’s lone House lawmaker says he supports Republicans’ plan to pay for their megabill by shifting some food aid costs to states — a move that hits Alaska and...

Hamstrung House ethics watchdog was flooded with messages in Q1

A new report shows the House's ethics watchdog received thousands of messages from the public during the first three months of 2025 — while it was prohibited from opening...

Dems go after GOP online fundraising after Trump attacks ActBlue

The three congress members' inquiry into platforms like WinRed and a Trump-affiliated cryptocurrency come after Republicans targeted the Democratic small-dollar fundraiser ActBlue.

House tax writers advance GOP bill after marathon, contentious hearing

The legislation now heads to the full House, but with a major blank to fill in on how much to expand a deduction for state and local taxes.

Mike Johnson declares support for congressional stock trading ban

Speaker Mike Johnson said Wednesday he supports a ban on stock trading by members of Congress amid controversy about well-timed trades during recent market volatility. “You want me to...

Not much more room left for SALT, says GOP tax chief

House Ways and Means Chair Jason Smith (R-Mo.) told reporters Wednesday there’s only about $50 billion available to increase a key tax deduction sought by blue-state Republicans. Under legislation...

A House Republican told AOC not to talk to cameras. She fired back.

As the House Energy and Commerce panel entered the early morning hours Wednesday of its marathon megabill markup, Texas GOP Rep. Randy Weber told Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to address...

Capitol agenda: The hard-liners enter the chat

Tuesday was all about the SALT Republicans. Now, it’s the conservative hard-liners’ turn to make noise. After the impasse over the state-and-local-tax deduction boiled over Tuesday — more on...

Ron Johnson is threatening to tank the GOP megabill. He’s been here before.

The frequently cantankerous Wisconsin senator is pushing his fellow Republicans to deliver huge spending cuts.

House ethics watchdog now open for business

The board of the nonpartisan, quasi-independent Office of Congressional Conduct has been at last been appointed after the longest delay in its history.