Friday

05-06-2026 Vol 19

Category: Congress

Commerce pick Lutnick clears key procedural hurdle

Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Department of Commerce — and implement the president's sweeping trade and tariff agenda — is set for a full Senate confirmation vote in...

Brooke Rollins confirmed as USDA chief

The Senate voted 72-28 on Thursday to confirm Brooke Rollins’ nomination to serve as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. All Republicans agreed to pass Rollins, but more Democrats voted against...

RFK Jr.’s plans could make Musk’s look small

The Senate confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Health and Human Services secretary on a mostly partly-line vote Thursday.

Senate panel votes ‘yes’ on Trump’s pick to lead the FBI

Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s controversial pick to lead the FBI, was voted out of committee along party lines on Thursday morning. The 12-10 vote from the Senate Judiciary...

Speaker Johnson bullish on budget blueprint’s prospects

Speaker Mike Johnson said the House GOP budget resolution will advance out of the Budget Committee today with no Republican defections, despite protests from key hard-liners. “I expect it...

Capitol agenda: Johnson’s budget dare, RFK Jr. confirmation vote

Speaker Mike Johnson is daring conservatives to sink his budget resolution, setting up a make-or-break moment in the House Budget Committee later today. The speaker emerged from hours of...

Key committee could advance stalled health policy overhaul

The House Energy and Commerce Committee is giving a significant platform to revived, bipartisan talks on legislation to lower prescription drug costs, according to a staff memo reviewed by...

Top House appropriator says spending talks still on track

The top appropriators of the House and Senate are still pursuing a bipartisan spending agreement ahead of the March 14 deadline to avoid a government shutdown — barely a...

Energy and Commerce Committee’s Medicaid problem just got tougher

It was always going to be tough for House Energy and Commerce Chair Brett Guthrie to rally his members around cuts to Medicaid; his job could soon get even...

Vance, Miller and Vought backing two-bill reconciliation strategy; Bessent pushing one

Vice President JD Vance, White House policy chief Stephen Miller and budget chief Russ Vought are among those in the Trump administration pushing for a two-bill approach on reconciliation,...