Tuesday

03-03-2026 Vol 19

Category: Congress

Shutdown risk grows as Democrats revolt after Minneapolis shooting

Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said "Senate Democrats will not provide the votes" to fund immigration enforcement, part of a six-bill package set for action next week.

Senate cancels Monday vote as shutdown deadline looms

The Senate will instead hold its first vote of the week on Tuesday as Washington prepares for a weekend snowstorm.

Wesley Hunt dodges questions on spotty voting record

Rep. Wesley Hunt refused to answer repeated questions about his spotty voting record Thursday after he appeared in the Capitol for the first time in two weeks. The Texas...

House approves DHS funding, other final spending bills amid ICE uproar

Only seven Democrats joined most Republicans in approving the Homeland Security bill ahead of a Jan. 30 shutdown deadline.

Republicans tried to snag Jack Smith on technicalities. But they didn’t engage with the facts.

Instead of focusing on the crux of the former special counsel’s Trump cases, GOP House members questioned him on process.

Clintons are ‘working in good faith’ toward Epstein testimony, Jeffries says

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Bill and Hillary Clinton are “working in good faith” to comply with Oversight Committee subpoenas related to Jeffrey Epstein, a day after the...

Trump is watching Jack Smith’s testimony — and has thoughts

As former special counsel Jack Smith testifies publicly before Congress for the first time, President Donald Trump is watching. In a Truth Social post Thursday afternoon, Trump wrote that...

Trump: There is ‘probably’ going to be another government shutdown

President Donald Trump said Thursday that another government shutdown is likely as Congress approaches its Jan. 30 funding deadline, even as members work to hammer out funding agreements. “I...

Final spending bills move closer to House passage

House Republicans sent the last four fiscal 2026 spending bills over a key procedural hurdle Thursday, setting up two votes later in the day to send them together to...

House votes to kill Senate data-seizure payouts

House lawmakers voted unanimously Thursday morning to overturn a policy Senate Republicans got enacted last year allowing senators to collect hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal payouts if...