Sunday

06-09-2026 Vol 19

Category: Congress

Rand Paul gets behind a judicial nominee he previously blocked

GOP Sen. Rand Paul is throwing his support behind a home-state judicial pick that he stalled three years ago as part of a feud with his fellow Kentuckian Mitch...

Provider tax crackdown is a no-go in the House, Hawley warns

Sen. Josh Hawley is urging GOP leaders to strike Senate Finance Committee language altering a key Medicaid financing provision, warning he's already hearing from House Republicans that it can't...

Parliamentarian nixes key pieces of Tim Scott’s megabill proposal

The Senate parliamentarian ruled Thursday that several key provisions in Banking Chair Tim Scott’s proposed contribution to the GOP’s “big beautiful bill” violate the upper chamber’s rules for the...

Capitol agenda: Rand Paul forces GOP into megabill runaround

Sen. Rand Paul is a frequent thorn in GOP leadership’s side. But his recent break over border security funding in President Donald Trump’s “big beautiful bill” has top Republicans...

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.

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.

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.

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...

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.

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...