Sunday

06-09-2026 Vol 19

Category: Congress

Trump pushes for GOP unity around megabill as conservative support wavers

President Donald Trump encouraged House Republicans to unite behind the megabill in a Truth Social post Friday morning as some archconservatives have warned of their dissatisfaction with the GOP...

House Judiciary to examine New Jersey ICE facility incident

Lawmakers will hold a hearing next week on “Threats to ICE Operations,” in the latest escalation from the GOP after a chaotic protest at a New Jersey Immigration and...

House Budget forging ahead with megabill markup

House Republicans are sticking with their plan to hold a crucial committee vote needed to launch their party-line tax and spending package for floor debate — despite last-minute objections...

Capitol agenda: Sprinting into Budget day

House Republicans are steamrolling toward Friday morning's scheduled Budget Committee markup even as a growing number of issues threaten to block progress on their “big, beautiful bill.” GOP leaders...

Megabill teeters after hard-liners make their stand

GOP leaders look to toughen Medicaid provision amid conservative pushback.

Lots of talk, little outward progress as House GOP closes in on megabill

Speaker Mike Johnson is racing to resolve a suite of remaining issues with the GOP megabill just days before he hopes to put it up for a floor vote....

Dems move to block Middle East arms sales over Qatar plane deal

Democratic lawmakers are trying to block billions of dollars in arms sales to two Middle Eastern countries to protest investments in President Donald Trump’s personal business and a jet...

Capitol agenda: Inside the megabill asks

Speaker Mike Johnson is scrambling to negotiate with competing factions of his conference as the clock ticks to advance President Donald Trump’s agenda through the House next week. Here’s...

House Ag urges industry groups to back megabill farm spending

GOP staff for the the House Agriculture Committee is warning industry groups that they need to get behind the panel’s megabill package of $300 billion in nutrition spending cuts...

Moderate Republicans call for fixes to energy tax credit cuts in House GOP megabill

More than a dozen House Republicans are urging party leaders to undo key rollbacks of Democrats’ clean energy credits that the Ways and Means Committee pushed through Wednesday as...