Category: Congress
May 12, 2025
Congress
Capitol agenda: Trump’s tax cuts on trial
House Republicans are just 30 hours away from starting their most consequential committee votes yet on President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.” Here’s the latest on what we know...
May 12, 2025
Congress
‘We don’t have to choose’: Gallego launches border and immigration platform
The Arizona Democrat is detailing his plans as his party tries to stake out a new stance on the issue.
May 12, 2025
Congress
States bear the brunt of House GOP Medicaid plan
New mandates proposed for megabill would likely force states to revamp how they finance their programs or cut benefits.
May 09, 2025
Congress
Lawmakers did not seek Hayden’s firing as Librarian of Congress
President Donald Trump did not act at the behest of lawmakers overseeing the Library of Congress when he fired its chief, Carla Hayden, three people close to those overseers...
May 09, 2025
Congress
Scott Bessent X-Date Letter
Letter from Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent sent May 9, 2021, urging congressional leaders to raise the federal debt ceiling by mid-July.
May 09, 2025
Congress
U.S. likely to hit debt limit X-date in August, Treasury says
The date could become the new, de facto deadline for congressional Republicans to pass their megabill.
May 09, 2025
Congress
Moment of truth nears on green credits, climate cuts
The fate of hundreds of billions’ worth of clean energy tax credits is among the last unresolved big-ticket items Republicans are hashing out before a series of planned committee...
May 09, 2025
Congress
Capitol agenda: The shrinking Trump tax cuts
The brutal political realities of the House GOP are about to upend President Donald Trump’s tax pledges. A permanent extension of Trump’s 2017 tax cuts is under threat, as...
May 09, 2025
Congress
Mike Lawler will go his own way — or so he says
Trump endorsed the battleground House Republican for reelection. Lawler doesn’t think it warns him off a bid for governor.
May 09, 2025
Congress
Trump’s tax cuts are set to shrink after GOP flinches at deep spending cuts
On the chopping block could be a litany of Trump demands, including a permanent extension of the tax cuts passed during his first term.