Category: Congress
May 13, 2025
Congress
CBO: 7.6 million would go uninsured under GOP Medicaid bill
The Medicaid portions of the GOP megabill would lead to 10.3 million people losing coverage under the health safety net program and 7.6 million people going uninsured, according to...
May 13, 2025
Congress
Capitol agenda: Make-or-break markup day
House Republicans are gearing up for their most consequential megabill markups Tuesday with massive, unresolved policy fights that could unravel President Donald Trump's “big, beautiful bill.” WAYS AND MEANS...
May 13, 2025
Congress
Trump gets wish list in House GOP tax bill, with some exceptions
While he won some new tax breaks he called for, they were given an expiration date. And he failed to convince lawmakers to eliminate the so-called carried interest loophole...
May 13, 2025
Congress
Ron Johnson says he’s a no on House-drafted megabill
Sen. Ron Johnson said on Monday that he doesn’t support the House-drafted GOP megabill — the latest reminder of the headaches awaiting the legislation across the Capitol. “What we’re...
May 13, 2025
Congress
GOP leaders snubbed the hard right on Medicaid. They’re vowing to fight back.
Fierce pushback from hospitals and clinics are also weighing on Republicans ahead of a marathon markup.
May 12, 2025
Congress
Crockett and Mfume both plow ahead with House Oversight bids
Rep. Jasmine Crockett is telling fellow House Democrats she plans to run for her party's Oversight Committee slot, plowing ahead with a bid after wavering last week, according to...
May 12, 2025
Congress
Hill leaders question Trump’s attempted Library of Congress takeover
Top congressional leaders are pushing back against President Donald Trump’s attempt to replace to Library of Congress leaders, with the dispute over presidential powers over the institution leaving its...
May 12, 2025
Congress
Trump to Thune and Johnson: Tariffs and drug pricing policy would save ‘hundreds of millions’ of dollars
President Donald Trump said Monday he “just called” Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune to inform them about the cost savings they could recoup for their...
May 12, 2025
Congress
The leadership of the Library of Congress is in apparent dispute
The leadership of the Library of Congress is in apparent dispute after the White House moved Monday to install Justice Department’s No. 2 official as its new acting chief....
May 12, 2025
Congress
Hawley: Big Medicaid cuts ‘morally wrong and politically suicidal’
Sen. Josh Hawley is warning his own party's push to overhaul Medicaid could be politically perilous, just hours after House Republicans revealed a major plan to do so that...