Category: Congress
November 20, 2025
Congress
Capitol agenda: Where health care talks stand
The Senate’s leaving Thursday for Thanksgiving recess without clear bipartisan agreement on how to address expiring Obamacare subsidies. But after a busy week of talks across the Capitol, we’re...
November 20, 2025
Congress
A split at the top: Why Thune and Johnson are at odds this week
The two men meet regularly and enjoy a good rapport, but the Speaker and Senate Majority Leader have found themselves caught up in intraparty drama.
November 20, 2025
Congress
House unanimously rebukes Thune on data seizure payouts
The House unanimously voted 426-0 Wednesday night to claw back language in last week's government funding bill that could award some GOP senators hundreds of thousands of dollars in...
November 19, 2025
Congress
House Ethics Committee establishes panel to investigate Cory Mills
The House Ethics Committee launched a formal investigation Wednesday into myriad allegations against the embattled Rep. Cory Mills, with the House poised to vote on whether to censure the...
November 19, 2025
Congress
Congress plots path for Russia sanctions bill with Trump’s blessing
Lawmakers are quietly discussing how to quickly move new Russia sanctions legislation — this time with President Donald Trump’s blessing. “The president has now weighed in, in support of...
November 19, 2025
Congress
Mace moves to censure fellow Republican Mills
Rep. Nancy Mace is moving ahead with an effort to censure and strip a fellow Republican of his committee assignments in a rare intraparty escalation. The South Carolina Republican...
November 19, 2025
Congress
Bessent talks midterms ‘acid test,’ tariff rebates with House Republicans
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent chatted Wednesday with a group of House Republicans about how voters will judge the GOP’s tax and trade moves heading into the 2026 midterm elections,...
November 19, 2025
Congress
Republicans put pressure on Johnson to advance congressional stock trading ban bill
Two House Republicans vowed Wednesday to pressure Speaker Mike Johnson and GOP leaders to advance a bill banning congressional stock trading in the coming weeks, not content to settle...
November 19, 2025
Congress
Plaskett remains defiant over Epstein communications
Virgin Islands Del. Stacey Plaskett on Wednesday expressed no regret for her prior contact with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein during a 2019 House Oversight Committee hearing. In an...
November 19, 2025
Congress
Senate sends Epstein files bill to Trump
The Senate has officially passed legislation forcing the Justice Department to release more information about the case it built against the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Senators had...