Wednesday

04-03-2026 Vol 19

Category: 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...

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...

Jack Smith makes his case against Trump in closed-door deposition

The former special counsel said the president is responsible for his own actions.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...