Category: Congress
February 06, 2025
Congress
Capitol agenda: The rundown on reconciliation, Vought vote, Netanyahu visit
Senate Republicans are forging ahead with their budget plan next week as Hill skepticism persists that Speaker Mike Johnson will be able to unify his conference around one mammoth...
February 06, 2025
Congress
House Democrats try, and fail, to subpoena Musk
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee moved to subpoena tech billionaire and Trump ally Elon Musk at a hearing Wednesday — and one Democrat was conspicuously and missing from...
February 05, 2025
Congress
‘God bless Elon Musk’: How Jim Jordan plans to help the world’s richest man
Elon Musk has a White House office and growing pull across federal agencies. Now he's burrowed into the House Judiciary Committee.
February 05, 2025
Congress
Two Dem lawmakers barge into House speaker’s office in backlash against Musk
Reps. Judy Chu (D-Calif.) and Gwen Moore (D-Wisc.) barged into House Speaker Mike Johnson’s office unscheduled on Wednesday and challenged him about Elon Musk's team gaining access to a...
February 05, 2025
Congress
Progress made on House budget, key holdout says
A key ultraconservative holdout said Wednesday that enough progress has been made in stalled House budget talks that a blueprint needed to unlock President Donald Trump's domestic policy plans...
February 05, 2025
Congress
Senate panel will advance budget next week, Graham says
The Senate will move forward with a budget blueprint next week setting out a two-track approach to enacting President Donald Trump's domestic agenda, key senators said Wednesday. The announcement,...
February 05, 2025
Congress
Hispanic Democrats privately strategize how to counter Trump with immigration groups
Congressional Hispanic Caucus members met privately with immigration advocacy groups Tuesday night to strategize how to counter President Donald Trump’s executive actions that have already altered the immigration system....
February 05, 2025
Congress
Senate’s top appropriator says Elon Musk has gone too far
The Senate’s top appropriator thinks Elon Musk has gone too far. Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins, a Maine Republican, is raising alarms about the influence that billionaire Elon Musk...
February 05, 2025
Congress
Capitol Police report surge in threats against members of Congress in 2024
Threats against members of Congress and the Capitol complex climbed for the second year in a row in 2024, according to a report released by the United States Capitol...
February 05, 2025
Congress
Former DOD official who called Obama a ‘terrorist leader’ tapped as Pentagon personnel chief
President Donald Trump has nominated Anthony Tata, whose bid for a top Pentagon post in the president’s first term was undermined by his inflammatory comments, for a leading role...