Sunday

06-09-2026 Vol 19

Category: Congress

Planned Parenthood funding at grave risk after Senate ruling

Republicans are on the cusp of a breakthrough in their long effort to strip federal funding from Planned Parenthood after a Senate ruling Monday. Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough advised...

Fetterman tells reporters ‘I just want to go home’ as megabill votes drag on

While most Senate Democrats are looking for pieces to chip away from the GOP megabill in the ongoing vote-a-rama, Sen. John Fetterman just wants the process over with already....

Anxious House Republicans scramble to forestall Senate’s Medicaid cuts

Dozens of House Republicans are scrambling behind the scenes to head off the deep Medicaid cuts in the Senate version of the party-line megabill that could pass as soon...

Dusty Johnson launches South Dakota governor campaign

South Dakota GOP Rep. Dusty Johnson on Monday officially launched his campaign for governor. Johnson, the chair of the House GOP’s Main Street Caucus, who has served in Congress...

Dwight Evans says he will retire from House

Democratic Rep. Dwight Evans said Monday he will not seek reelection “after some discussions this weekend and thoughtful reflection,” opening up a solid-blue seat in Philadelphia. Evans faced mounting...

How clean-energy amendments could unravel the GOP megabill

Republican fiscal hawks and White House officials are trying to kill off a series of Senate megabill amendments that would ease the phase-out of clean-energy tax credits — arguing...

Senate Republicans reject Democrats’ accounting baseline challenge

Republicans batted down a Democratic challenge to the GOP’s use of “current policy baseline,” which zeroes out the cost of $3.8 trillion of tax cut extensions in the GOP...

Vote-a-rama, last hurdle before megabill’s Senate approval, is underway

The Senate has kicked off “vote-a-rama” — the marathon of amendment votes on the Republicans' domestic policy megabill. The first vote wasn’t on adoption of a specific amendment, but...

Capitol agenda: Thune heads into a perilous vote-a-rama

The Senate’s “big, beautiful” vote-a-rama starts in just two hours — and nobody knows how it’s going to end. Senate Majority Leader John Thune can only lose one more...

Thom Tillis denounces GOP megabill’s Medicaid cuts in fiery speech

Hours after announcing his retirement, Republican Sen. Thom Tillis went to the Senate floor and slammed the GOP's plans for drastic Medicaid cuts — warning Republicans they are about...