Sunday

06-09-2026 Vol 19

Category: Congress

Elon Musk visits Capitol Hill

Elon Musk is on Capitol Hill — but the purpose of his visit was not wasn’t immediately clear. The ally of President Donald Trump and head of the Department...

Tennessee’s John Rose is a surprise megabill holdout

Tennessee Rep. John Rose is poised to join conservative hard-liners in opposing the current draft of the Republican megabill now moving through the House, according to a person granted...

Thomas Massie unloads on fellow conservatives as megabill negotiations continue

House GOP leaders and the White House are pushing for a final passage vote today on a roughly 1,100-page bill that hasn’t even been fully written — and one...

Senate Republicans hint at clawing back hiring and firing power for congressional agencies

Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins thinks Congress needs to take charge in naming the heads of major legislative branch agencies, including the Library of Congress and Government Accountability Office....

Trump to huddle with Johnson and hard-liners to seal deal on megabill

Speaker Mike Johnson and House Freedom Caucus members will head to the White House for a 3 p.m. meeting today, according to three Republicans with direct knowledge of the...

GOP leaders prepare to squeeze hard-liner holdouts

House Speaker Mike Johnson, with backing from the White House, is making plans to muscle through the GOP's domestic-policy megabill Wednesday, with top Republicans seeking to quickly quash a...

Northern Virginia Rep. Gerry Connolly dies at 75

The Virginia Democrat fought on behalf of the many government workers in his district.

Wealthy gain, low-income people lose from GOP megabill, analysis finds

The report by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office is already fueling Democratic accusations that the legislation is a giveaway to the rich.

GOP hard-liners threatening late revolt over megabill

House Speaker Mike Johnson is facing a last-minute rebellion from conservatives on Republicans’ megabill, with a deal on a key tax deduction with blue-state Republicans and a lack of...

Capitol agenda: Sprinting toward a megabill vote

The pieces could finally be falling into place for Speaker Mike Johnson to pass his “big, beautiful bill” as soon as Wednesday. Johnson and a group of blue-state Republicans...