Category: Congress
October 16, 2025
Congress
House GOP leaders won’t exempt flood insurance from shutdown
Top House Republicans are holding firm against an effort by one of their home-state GOP senators to hold a stand-alone vote on reopening the National Flood Insurance Program amid...
October 16, 2025
Congress
Thune dangles Obamacare vote after shutdown ends
Senate Majority Leader John Thune is trying to entice Democrats to support reopening the government with a vote on their biggest priority. Thune, in an interview with MSNBC’s Ali...
October 16, 2025
Congress
Capitol agenda: GOP dares Dems to buck bipartisan spending bill
Democrats have to decide Thursday whether voting in favor of advancing a full-year appropriations bill will weaken their negotiating position in the government shutdown. Republicans are daring Democrats to...
October 16, 2025
Congress
Andy Barr maintains cash on hand edge in GOP contest to succeed McConnell
Rep. Andy Barr has maintained his early fundraising edge in the crowded Republican primary to succeed GOP Sen. Mitch McConnell in Kentucky. Barr raised $1.8 million between the beginning...
October 16, 2025
Congress
Cornyn and Paxton rake in millions in expensive Texas Senate primary
Texas’ GOP Senate primary is widely expected to be a bruising and costly fight — and so far the money race is highly competitive between Sen. John Cornyn and...
October 15, 2025
Congress
Georgia GOP Senate hopefuls trail Ossoff in money race
Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff continues to hold a massive fundraising advantage over the Republicans vying to unseat him in Georgia. Ossoff raised more than $12 million from July through...
October 15, 2025
Congress
Bill Cassidy maintains cash advantage over his GOP challengers
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) once again raised more money from donors than his challengers did last quarter. Cassidy, who faces several primary challengers after his past criticism of President...
October 15, 2025
Congress
Democrats float a new shutdown demand: reversing Trump’s mass firings
Even as the courts step in, some lawmakers want workers protected in any standoff-ending deal.
October 15, 2025
Congress
We’re getting another look at congressional candidates’ campaign finances. Here’s what to look for.
It’s time again for campaigns to reveal where they’re getting their money from. House and Senate candidates are due to file quarterly fundraising reports to the Federal Election Commission...
October 15, 2025
Congress
Maine’s Platner now has the support of 3 labor unions
Organized labor is getting behind Graham Platner’s upstart Maine Senate primary campaign, just a day after the state’s governor, Janet Mills, entered the race as the preferred candidate of...