Category: Congress
March 24, 2025
Congress
Espaillat sues Manhattan Dem leader over attempted expulsion
Ethics committee’s allegations that Espaillat cheated on a party vote is the latest battle in a long-running feud between Manhattan power players.
March 24, 2025
Congress
Johnson, Thune shrug off judicial impeachments push
The top two Republicans in Congress aren’t rushing to embrace calls from the MAGA right to impeach lower-court judges who have ruled against President Donald Trump. Speaker Mike Johnson...
March 24, 2025
Congress
Senate ‘must act’ on House budget, GOP leaders insist
Speaker Mike Johnson and his leadership team urged their Senate GOP counterparts on Monday to vote swiftly on a House-approved budget framework now that lawmakers are returning to Washington...
March 24, 2025
Congress
Capitol agenda: Quiet standoff over Trump’s agenda
Congress is back. Lawmakers have three weeks to make major progress on their behemoth party-line bill. Hill Republicans are focused now on advancing President Donald Trump’s border, energy and...
March 24, 2025
Congress
US will breach debt ceiling between July and October unless Congress acts, forecasters warn
The U.S. is most likely to default on its $36 trillion national debt sometime between mid-July and early October if Congress doesn’t act, the Bipartisan Policy Center predicted Monday....
March 23, 2025
Congress
Schumer brushes off Pelosi’s criticism over government funding fight
“There was no leverage point that we could've — we could've asked for things, they just would've said no,” the New York senator said.
March 21, 2025
Congress
New York poised to place Harriet Tubman in US Capitol
Gov. Kathy Hochul has been a Tubman fan since elementary school.
March 20, 2025
Congress
‘Dodging your question’: Bennet stops short of calling on Schumer to resign — but invokes the Biden fight
The Colorado senator’s remarks are a more subtle jab compared to the barrage some House Democrats have launched against the Senate Democrat leader.
March 20, 2025
Congress
James Blair: White House ‘not bashful’ about pushing Trump agenda
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March 19, 2025
Congress
Trump wants House to ‘get on board’ with Washington budget fix
The president is confident Speaker Mike Johnson will put legislation on the floor to help the District of Columbia, according to a White House official.