Category: Congress
December 17, 2025
Congress
Bipartisan group discusses using discharged House bill for compromise health plan
A bipartisan group of moderate lawmakers privately strategized Wednesday about how to pass an extension of expiring Obamacare subsidies early next year — possibly by using a newly discharged...
December 17, 2025
Congress
Cruz seeks fast-track passage of military helicopter safety bill
Senate Commerce Chair Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is hoping to quickly pass a bill Wednesday dealing with military helicopter safety. According to a person familiar with the negotiations who was...
December 17, 2025
Congress
Jack Smith makes his case against Trump in closed-door deposition
The former special counsel said the president is responsible for his own actions.
December 17, 2025
Congress
Brian Fitzpatrick joins House Democrats’ health care discharge petition
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania said Wednesday he is the first Republican to join a Democratic effort to force a House vote on a straight three-year extension of the...
December 17, 2025
Congress
Capitol agenda: Jack Smith jumps into a Judiciary minefield
Jack Smith wants to make his case against Donald Trump to Congress — but he’s walking into a political and legal minefield. The Biden-era special counsel who brought the...
December 17, 2025
Congress
Jack Smith wants to tell Congress about his Trump investigations. That comes with risks.
The House Judiciary Committee will question the former special counsel behind closed doors.
December 17, 2025
Congress
Fitzpatrick declines to turn off ACA discharge petition as amendment talks drag on
Vulnerable Republican Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick told Speaker Mike Johnson on the House floor Tuesday he would not withdraw his discharge petition that would force a floor vote on extending...
December 16, 2025
Congress
House GOP pushes major permitting bill through key vote
House Republicans succeeded Tuesday in advancing a bipartisan bill aimed at speeding up the federal permitting process, fending off a late challenge from hard-liners who wanted more power to...
December 16, 2025
Congress
Mike Johnson confronted by GOP moderates over Obamacare subsidies
A group of vulnerable House Republicans confronted Speaker Mike Johnson inside a closed-door meeting Tuesday about expiring Obamacare health insurance subsidies — and Johnson’s refusal to allow a vote...
December 16, 2025
Congress
House permitting vote at risk over offshore wind backlash
An intraparty war over the House GOP’s flagship legislation to speed up the federal permitting process for energy projects is threatening to freeze the chamber’s floor before lawmakers leave...