Saturday

06-06-2026 Vol 19

Category: Congress

Dem holdouts pushing to delay floor vote on crypto bill

Some key Democratic holdouts on landmark Senate cryptocurrency legislation are pushing to delay a procedural floor vote that is currently slated for Thursday to buy more time to finalize...

State budgets land in GOP crosshairs amid struggle to fund megabill

The plans could generate big savings, but they’re vexing Republican lawmakers — many of them former governors and state legislators.

SALT Republicans to make final push at Ways and Means lunch

Republicans pushing for an increase in the state-and-local-tax deduction, or SALT, are expected to make their final case at a Ways and Means Committee GOP lunch meeting Wednesday, according...

Laura Loomer hammers Trump ally for backing Medicaid cuts

Far-right activist Laura Loomer is going after a prominent conservative health policy expert and former Trump administration official for his proposals to overhaul Medicaid — stoking larger intraparty tensions...

Gerry Connolly backs former chief of staff to fill his Northern Virginia seat

The top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee announced he would not run for reelection in late April due to the return of his esophageal cancer.

GOP moderates warm up to Mike Johnson’s latest Medicaid plan

Key Republican moderates said Tuesday they had grown more comfortable with a revised House GOP effort to overhaul Medicaid following an evening meeting with Speaker Mike Johnson and other...

House Democrats are launching a longshot procedural move to prevent safety net cuts

House Democratic leaders said Tuesday they would launch a longshot effort to force a vote on a bill preventing cuts to key federal safety-net programs. The discharge petition is...

Robert Garcia is making quiet moves toward an Oversight Committee bid

Rep. Robert Garcia is starting to make quiet moves towards a bid to lead Democrats on the House Oversight Committee, according to five people granted anonymity to discuss his...

Tillis says he’ll oppose Ed Martin, dealing grave blow to Trump’s D.C. prosecutor pick

GOP Sen. Thom Tillis said Tuesday he has told the White House he will oppose Ed Martin’s nomination to be the top federal prosecutor for the District of Columbia,...

House GOP renews FBI criticism over baseball shooting probe

House Republicans revisited the 2017 congressional baseball shooting Tuesday, releasing a report attacking the FBI over its initial characterization of the event as a "suicide by cop." The report...