Category: Congress
June 20, 2025
Congress
How Rand Paul got sidelined by fellow Republicans
The Kentucky senator has found himself cut out of negotiations over his own committee's portion of the GOP megabill.
June 20, 2025
Congress
White House floats a new funding trick — and GOP lawmakers grimace
The Republicans in charge of funding the government don't like what they're hearing from President Donald Trump's budget chief.
June 19, 2025
Congress
Robert Garcia is a young Democrat with an old-style approach to moving up the House ladder
Thanks to a careful campaign, the 47-year-old Californian has emerged as a favorite in the race to lead House Oversight Democrats.
June 19, 2025
Congress
Trump calls on House GOP to quickly adopt ‘clean’ version of Senate-passed crypto bill
President Donald Trump called on House Republicans late Wednesday to move “LIGHTNING FAST” to send Senate-passed cryptocurrency legislation to his desk, dialing up pressure on GOP lawmakers in the...
June 18, 2025
Congress
Megabill debt warnings fall on deaf ears inside the GOP
A new CBO report suggesting debt costs would swamp economic gains is being met with a big Republican shrug.
June 18, 2025
Congress
July 4 or bust for megabill, top Trump aide tells senators
White House chief of staff Susie Wiles is encouraging Congress to get the "big, beautiful bill" to President Donald Trump's desk by July 4. Wiles told GOP senators at...
June 18, 2025
Congress
Thune eyes mid-week start for megabill
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Wednesday the chamber will "hopefully" take up the GOP's party-line megabill starting in the middle of next week. GOP leaders have been tentatively...
June 18, 2025
Congress
Democrats walk out of Senate Judiciary hearing probing Biden’s mental fitness
Democrats are refusing to participate in the first congressional hearing focusing on allegations of former President Joe Biden’s mental decline while in the White House. Only Sens. Dick Durbin...
June 18, 2025
Congress
‘The reality we live in:’ Lawmakers consider what they’d sacrifice for safety
As threats to lawmakers and their families persist and intensify, members of Congress are grappling with what steps they’re willing to take to ensure their safety.
June 18, 2025
Congress
Capitol agenda: Members clash over increasing their own security
Lawmakers confronting a rise in political violence are grappling over whether to use more tax dollars for their own protection, even as Republicans search for deep cuts across the...