Saturday

05-09-2026 Vol 19

Category: Congress

Capitol agenda: Tick tock on the markup clock

The two most powerful Republicans projected total confidence Wednesday as they try to get the GOP megabill moving through the House: President Donald Trump proclaimed “great progress” after a...

Senate crypto negotiations remain in flux following 11th-hour meeting

Senators emerged Wednesday evening from closed-door negotiations over cryptocurrency legislation without a deal to trumpet, leaving the landmark digital assets bill in flux ahead of a key procedural vote...

GOP lawmakers in ‘robust’ talks with White House over $9B cutbacks

House Republicans are privately negotiating with the White House over the makeup of President Donald Trump’s forthcoming request to nix $9.3 billion already allocated for the State Department, foreign...

Trump touts ‘great progress’ as Republicans quarrel over his megabill

President Donald Trump is declaring that Republicans are “making great progress” as the GOP conference wrangles with key policy holdups that could delay the package central to his agenda....

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...