Category: Congress
January 08, 2025
Congress
Delays fuel GOP blame game over Trump nominees
Trump wanted a flurry of confirmations on Day One. It’s not likely to happen.
January 08, 2025
Congress
Gulf of America? More like ‘America Mexicana,’ Mexican president says
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum hit back on President-elect Donald Trump saying the Gulf of Mexico should be re-named the “Gulf of America” — and she brought the receipts. “Obviously,...
January 08, 2025
Congress
Sen. Mark Kelly is latest Democrat to back GOP immigration bill
Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly will vote for the Laken Riley Act, a spokesperson told POLITICO. He is joining fellow Democratic Sens. John Fetterman (Pa.), Gary Peters (Mich.), Jon Ossoff...
January 08, 2025
Congress
GOP lawmakers have thoughts on Trump’s plans for world dominance
The Republican-led House Foreign Affairs Committee is honing its message on President-elect Donald Trump’s statements on Greenland and global American expansion — stressing that the panel is very much...
January 08, 2025
Congress
Bolsonaro wants his passport back to attend Trump’s inauguration
President-elect Donald Trump has invited Jair Bolsonaro to his upcoming inauguration, but the former Brazilian president may not be able to attend — he surrendered his passport to authorities...
January 08, 2025
Congress
Biden still mulling preemptive pardons as Trump prepares to take office
President Joe Biden told USA Today he still hasn’t decided whether to issue preemptive pardons to political allies before he exits the White House, confirming that he’s yet to...
January 08, 2025
Congress
What we’re watching: Senate strategizes to hand Trump day-one nominees
🗓️ What we're watching Senate Republicans are strategizing how to land a top party priority in the next two weeks: getting some of incoming President Donald Trump’s nominees confirmed...
January 08, 2025
Congress
Gallego is latest Dem to back Laken Riley Act
Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) is the latest Democratic senator to sign on to support the Laken Riley Act, the House-passed immigration legislation with improving odds of passing in the...
January 08, 2025
Congress
Mar-a-Lago meetings to include an offer on SALT cap
The incoming Trump administration plans to offer an expansion of the state and local tax deduction to Republican lawmakers from New York, New Jersey and California who are heading...
January 08, 2025
Congress
Cotton pushing to hold Ratcliffe and Gabbard hearings next week
Republicans on the Senate Intelligence Committee are racing to schedule confirmation hearings next week for Tulsi Gabbard and John Ratcliffe — though panel Democrats and winter weather are complicating...