Category: Congress
December 10, 2025
Congress
GOP moves to let Obamacare subsidies expire as Trump promises ‘money to the people’
As the president rails against insurance companies, other Republicans say allowing a subsidy lapse is “not acceptable.”
December 09, 2025
Congress
Senate Republicans set to put Cassidy-Crapo health proposal up for a vote Thursday
Senate Republicans will offer a health care plan for a vote Thursday alongside a Democratic proposal to extend expiring Obamacare subsidies, capping off days of furious behind-the-scenes debates. The...
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,...