Category: Congress
May 07, 2025
Congress
SALT Republicans to make final push at Ways and Means lunch
Republicans pushing for an increase in the state-and-local-tax deduction, or SALT, are expected to make their final case at a Ways and Means Committee GOP lunch meeting Wednesday, according...
May 07, 2025
Congress
Laura Loomer hammers Trump ally for backing Medicaid cuts
Far-right activist Laura Loomer is going after a prominent conservative health policy expert and former Trump administration official for his proposals to overhaul Medicaid — stoking larger intraparty tensions...
May 07, 2025
Congress
Gerry Connolly backs former chief of staff to fill his Northern Virginia seat
The top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee announced he would not run for reelection in late April due to the return of his esophageal cancer.
May 07, 2025
Congress
GOP moderates warm up to Mike Johnson’s latest Medicaid plan
Key Republican moderates said Tuesday they had grown more comfortable with a revised House GOP effort to overhaul Medicaid following an evening meeting with Speaker Mike Johnson and other...
May 06, 2025
Congress
House Democrats are launching a longshot procedural move to prevent safety net cuts
House Democratic leaders said Tuesday they would launch a longshot effort to force a vote on a bill preventing cuts to key federal safety-net programs. The discharge petition is...
May 06, 2025
Congress
Robert Garcia is making quiet moves toward an Oversight Committee bid
Rep. Robert Garcia is starting to make quiet moves towards a bid to lead Democrats on the House Oversight Committee, according to five people granted anonymity to discuss his...
May 06, 2025
Congress
Tillis says he’ll oppose Ed Martin, dealing grave blow to Trump’s D.C. prosecutor pick
GOP Sen. Thom Tillis said Tuesday he has told the White House he will oppose Ed Martin’s nomination to be the top federal prosecutor for the District of Columbia,...
May 06, 2025
Congress
House GOP renews FBI criticism over baseball shooting probe
House Republicans revisited the 2017 congressional baseball shooting Tuesday, releasing a report attacking the FBI over its initial characterization of the event as a "suicide by cop." The report...
May 06, 2025
Congress
House Republicans plan major SNAP food aid overhaul in Trump megabill
House Republicans are preparing one of the largest overhauls to the country’s largest anti-hunger programs in decades, with a plan to limit future increases to benefits, implement new work...
May 06, 2025
Congress
Key Republican: GOP ‘hard pressed’ to wrap megabill by Memorial Day
Republicans will be “hard pressed” to finish their megabill by Memorial Day, a key Republican said Tuesday at a hospital industry conference. This acknowledgment from Rep. Buddy Carter of...