Category: Congress
December 09, 2025
Congress
Brad Lander set to challenge Rep. Dan Goldman from the left
The city comptroller and former mayoral candidate will have the endorsement of Zohran Mamdani, two people tell POLITICO.
December 09, 2025
Congress
Why Senate Republicans aren’t uniting behind a health care plan
Voting on any alternative to Democrats' Obamacare extension is likely to highlight the divisions in the GOP.
December 09, 2025
Congress
Texas Rep. Marc Veasey to drop his reelection bid
Rep. Marc Veasey is set to drop his House bid in a Dallas-area seat and will instead run for Tarrant County Judge, according to a person familiar with the...
December 08, 2025
Congress
House GOP leaders plan Wednesday NDAA vote
House GOP leaders are planning to pass the annual defense policy bill late Wednesday afternoon, according to three people granted anonymity to comment on the scheduling ahead of an...
December 08, 2025
Congress
DeSantis: Trump’s AI order ‘can’t preempt’ states from taking action
As President Donald Trump eyes a federal top-down AI “rulebook," the GOP governor maintained it should be up to Congress, not the president, to establish such a sweeping policy.
December 08, 2025
Congress
Republican Bruce Blakeman planning to enter race for New York governor
His campaign would complicate Rep. Elise Stefanik’s path. Trump praises both.
December 08, 2025
Congress
Senate Judiciary plans hearings around Jack Smith probe
The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold hearings in early 2026 surrounding former special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into President Donald Trump — culminating in a hearing later in the...
December 08, 2025
Congress
Capitol agenda: GOP struggles on affordability message
The Senate is set to vote Thursday on whether to extend Obamacare health insurance subsidies that expire in 23 days. How Republicans will engage remains up in the air,...
December 08, 2025
Congress
As affordability concerns mount, Hill Republicans are struggling to act
Top GOP leaders in Congress are keeping expectations low for major new economic legislation.
December 07, 2025
Congress
Cassidy projects optimism on winning bipartisan support for his health care plan
GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy, who chairs the Senate’s health committee, said he planned to present leadership with his plan as soon as Sunday evening.