Category: Congress
June 12, 2025
Congress
Democrats marched on Hill GOP leaders’ offices in protest of Sen. Alex Padilla’s handcuffing
Dozens of House Democrats marched to Hill GOP leaders' offices Thursday afternoon in protest of Sen. Alex Padilla's detention by federal agents, but they weren't able to meet with...
June 12, 2025
Congress
House Dems demand testimony from Noem after Padilla handcuffed in LA
Shocked and angry House Democrats are demanding that Kristi Noem testify before Congress after Sen. Alex Padilla was detained by federal agents at her DHS press conference in Los...
June 12, 2025
Congress
House clears $9.4B in funding clawbacks requested by White House
The cuts would nix $8.3 billion in foreign aid and $1.1 billion for public broadcasting.
June 12, 2025
Congress
Alex Padilla confrontation in LA shocks senators
Senators were left stunned Thursday by video of their colleague Alex Padilla getting manhandled and handcuffed in Los Angeles. The California Democrat was attempting to enter a news conference...
June 12, 2025
Congress
GOP leaders say they are pressing forward with vote on DOGE cuts
Speaker Mike Johnson expressed confidence ahead of a planned Thursday vote that the House will pass a $9.4 billion spending cuts package as planned. But privately, his whip team...
June 12, 2025
Congress
Senate Finance megabill text could be served SALT-free
The Senate Finance Committee might play fill-in-the-blanks for a key tax deduction when it releases its portion of the GOP’s megabill in the coming days, according to Sen. Markwayne...
June 12, 2025
Congress
Blue-state Republicans make it personal, pummeling their governors on ‘sanctuary’ policies
Familiar home-state foes faced off Thursday in Washington as Democratic governors from New York, Minnesota and Illinois testified before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on their states'...
June 12, 2025
Congress
Schumer cites ‘DEFCON 1’ scenario for fate of clean-energy tax credits
As Republicans continue to inch forward on their megabill, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has been working to sway them against wholesale repeals of the Biden-era climate law he...
June 12, 2025
Congress
Rand Paul is invited to the White House picnic, after all
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) got his invite to Thursday’s White House picnic on the South Lawn restored — but another intraparty critic of the president also said he was...
June 12, 2025
Congress
Megabill would cost poorest households $1,600 a year, boost richest by $12K, CBO predicts
The lowest-income households in the United States would lose $1,600 a year in federal resources under the domestic-policy package House Republicans passed last month, Congress’ nonpartisan scorekeeper predicts. At...