Saturday

05-09-2026 Vol 19

Category: Congress

Capitol agenda: A glimpse of GOP pushback

Hill Republicans are delivering a flurry of rare rebukes of the Trump administration, in the latest sign that the president doesn’t have complete control over the GOP governing trifecta....

Ed Martin, Trump’s controversial U.S. attorney pick, on thin ice in the Senate

President Trump’s pick to be Washington’s top prosecutor appears to be in trouble with Senate Republicans. No GOP senator has said they will oppose Ed Martin to be U.S....

Impeachment snafu prompts a friendly reminder to House Democratic aides

A top aide to Rep. Jerry Nadler reminded fellow Democratic staffers to let each other know when their bosses sign on to bills after several lawmakers removed themselves as...

Crockett starts stumping for Oversight post, telling colleagues she’s ‘made for the moment’

Rep. Jasmine Crockett of Texas has started pitching fellow Democrats on a run for the party's top Oversight Committee position, according to two people familiar with the situation. Crockett's...

What Wall Street is watching in the GOP megabill

Congressional Republicans are rushing to advance the crown jewel of President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda — a sweeping tax, energy and border package that they hope will be a...

Capitol agenda: Inside Trump’s hesitation on Medicaid

Make no mistake: Medicaid is at the center of the GOP’s challenges as they try to assemble their “big, beautiful” bill. And the problems start at the very top....

Financial Services Republicans approve CFPB cuts for GOP megabill

House Financial Services Republicans approved legislation Wednesday that would slash funding for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and dissolve the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board into the Securities and...

Senate Republicans block rebuke of Trump’s tariffs

A Democratic effort to rebuff President Donald Trump’s sweeping global tariffs failed Wednesday, thanks to two absent senators. Senators voted 49-49 to reject the national emergency Trump used to...

Hurdles remain for Republicans’ Medicaid quest

After a meeting Wednesday afternoon with vulnerable House Republicans wary of Medicaid cuts, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.) acknowledged there are still obstacles to enacting...

AOC says she is ‘weighing’ a bid to lead House Oversight Democrats

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Wednesday she is considering a run for House Democrats' top position on the Oversight Committee. "It's something that I'm weighing, but the seat is not...