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07-06-2026 Vol 19

Category: Congress

Capitol agenda: The GOP’s biggest shutdown hurdles

It’s a pivotal week for the appropriations process as Congress looks to pass 12 spending bills before the Sept. 30 shutdown cliff. Expect the Senate to work on passing...

Republicans are ready to revive stalled health care legislation. Dems want the GOP to pay a price.

Democrats aren't rushing to play ball with Republicans on a bipartisan health care package after passage of the president's megabill and spending cuts.

Democrats wrestle with shutdown strategy

Facing another funding cliff in 10 weeks, Democratic leaders are moderating their threats.

Hill Republicans brace for another grueling fight over Trump’s spending cuts

The specter of another rescissions package isn’t being met with uniform enthusiasm among Hill GOP.

House passes public media, foreign aid clawbacks after Epstein scramble

The president’s budget director said Trump is likely to send more cutbacks requests to Congress “soon.”

Republicans plot endgame on rescissions package — and Epstein files

House Republicans on the Rules Committee voted down a Democratic amendment Thursday night to advance a bipartisan bill calling for the release of documents related to the Jeffrey Epstein...

House GOP closes in on Epstein measure amid rebellion

House Republicans are closing in on a measure to provide an outlet for the Jeffrey Epstein-related furor unfolding on Capitol Hill. On Thursday, Rules Committee Rep. Ralph Norman was...

Bill Clay Sr., founding member of Congressional Black Caucus, dies

Former Rep. Bill Clay Sr. (D-Mo.), one of the 13 founding members of the Congressional Black Caucus and an icon in Missouri’s civil rights movement, died this week, the...

Looming Epstein vote has Republicans eager to leave Washington

A discharge effort from Reps. Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna could put members on the spot as soon as next week.

Senate Dems protest committee vote to advance Trump’s judicial pick

Republican Sen. Thom Tillis defended his decision to back Emil Bove for the 3rd Circuit judgeship while Sen. Cory Booker, a Democrat, shouted over proceedings.