Category: Congress
May 05, 2025
Congress
House Republicans again block vote on Trump’s tariffs
Republicans on the House Rules Committee moved again to block a vote on rolling back Donald Trump’s tariffs Monday in their latest effort to protect the president's authority over...
May 05, 2025
Congress
Trump’s No. 1 campaign pledge hinges on GOP delivering megabill
Top administration officials have been in close touch with the Hill about the funding needed to ramp up removals.
May 05, 2025
Congress
House Republicans set flurry of meetings on GOP megabill
House Republicans have planned a slew of meetings this week that they hope will resolve huge political battles over their massive domestic policy bill as they race the clock...
May 05, 2025
Congress
Senators unveil bipartisan plan to lower drug costs
Sens. Josh Hawley and Peter Welch are teaming up on bipartisan legislation aimed at lowering drug costs by barring drug companies in the U.S. from charging higher prices than...
May 05, 2025
Congress
Capitol agenda: Crypto chaos hits the Senate
The GOP’s tax cut megabill isn’t the only one of President Donald Trump's priorities in jeopardy on Capitol Hill. Republicans have an unexpected crypto problem, too. Crypto turmoil is...
May 02, 2025
Congress
Hard-liners’ Medicaid letter has ties to GOP think tank
A letter signed by 20 hard-line House Republicans calling for deep cuts to Medicaid in the GOP’s domestic policy megabill appears to be written at least in part by...
May 02, 2025
Congress
Senate Democrats urge DOJ to drop plan to repay some Jan. 6 defendants
Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee are urging the Justice Department to abandon arguments that the government must refund thousands of dollars in restitution payments to members of the...
May 02, 2025
Congress
The key Republican warning about a megabill Medicaid fallout
David Valadao knows a thing or two about taking politically toxic votes around health care.
May 02, 2025
Congress
House office complex to get major food overhaul
The House side of the Capitol complex is getting a major overhaul of its restaurants, with vendor Sodexo out after a 10-year run. Beginning in August, Metz Culinary Management...
May 02, 2025
Congress
Democrats push for IG probe as Trump targets Harvard’s tax status
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and three other Democratic senators are urging the IRS’s watchdog to investigate whether the Trump administration is illegally pressuring the agency to strip Harvard...