Category: Congress
July 01, 2025
Congress
Senate prepares to take final megabill votes
The Senate is on track to start voting on final amendments and passage of the GOP megabill. "I believe we do" have a deal, Senate Majority Leader John Thune...
July 01, 2025
Congress
Trump wavers on July 4 megabill deadline
President Donald Trump appeared to leave room to extend his July 4 deadline for Congress to pass the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, as the Senate scrambles to push...
July 01, 2025
Congress
GOP clean-energy amendment won’t get a vote
Sen. Joni Ernst said her closely watched amendment seeking to maintain wind and solar tax credits will not get a Senate vote before the anctipated passage of the GOP...
July 01, 2025
Congress
Amendment targeting Medicaid expansion won’t get a Senate vote
Senate conservatives are dropping their push for a vote on scaling back a key Medicaid funding mechanism, according to three people granted anonymity to discuss private deliberations. Sen. Rick...
July 01, 2025
Congress
Cornyn gets a big fundraising boost in Texas Senate primary against Paxton
John Cornyn is not going down without a fight. After months of polls showing the four-term Texas senator trailing in the Republican primary, a pro-Cornyn super PAC raised almost...
July 01, 2025
Congress
Capitol agenda: Murkowski slams brakes on megabill
Senate Majority Leader John Thune’s ability to pass the “big, beautiful bill” is hinging on Sen. Lisa Murkowski. The Alaska senator has been the subject of an intense whip...
July 01, 2025
Congress
Trump & Co. launch final megabill pressure campaign
President Donald Trump and his top deputies have started their final public push to get the "big, beautiful bill" over the finish line as the Senate struggles to finish...
July 01, 2025
Congress
Senate rejects Susan Collins amendment to boost rural hospitals, raise taxes on wealthy
The Senate rejected a bid by Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) to raise taxes on the ultra-wealthy and boost money for rural medical providers in the GOP’s megabill. The chamber...
June 30, 2025
Congress
The Senate megabill is on a collision course with House fiscal hawks
GOP senators appear poised to violate a House budget framework conservatives negotiated with Speaker Mike Johnson.
June 30, 2025
Congress
Musk goes back on the offensive as megabill moves through Congress
Elon Musk is escalating his assault on President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” as the Senate readies a final vote on it. The world’s richest man, who until recently...