Category: Congress
March 27, 2026
Congress
Capitol agenda: DHS shutdown now in House’s hands
The Senate's overnight agreement — to fund the entire department except ICE and parts of CBP — faces a treacherous path ahead.
March 27, 2026
Congress
Senate agrees to end shutdown for most of DHS
The House could act as soon as Friday to reopen most parts of the sprawling agency.
March 26, 2026
Congress
Airports become political battlegrounds as DHS shutdown drags on
Many members of Congress are making clear they are waiting in TSA lines alongside everyone else.
March 26, 2026
Congress
House Republicans huddle with Johnson to plot party-line package
“We're definitely preparing to move forward," the speaker said Thursday.
March 26, 2026
Congress
Senate rejects voter ID
Senate Democrats rejected a GOP photo ID amendment Thursday, an issue that Republicans are eager to use as a cudgel in the midterms. Senators voted 53-47 on the amendment...
March 26, 2026
Congress
John Thune says he’s aiming to land DHS deal Thursday
“We’re going to know soon,” the Senate majority leader said.
March 26, 2026
Congress
Collins meets the Problem Solvers
Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins joined the House Problem Solvers Caucus lunch Thursday to talk about the stalled Homeland Security funding effort and proposals to overhaul federal immigration enforcement...
March 26, 2026
Congress
Brian Fitzpatrick delivers a warning on GOP reconciliation redo
The swing-seat Pennsylvanian said he’s “never a fan of single-party bills.”
March 26, 2026
Congress
Joe Wilson hospitalized
Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) was hospitalized after falling in his home on Wednesday evening. Wilson’s office said on Thursday that the 78-year-old is fine and working remotely. “Last evening,...
March 26, 2026
Congress
Capitol agenda: DHS despair takes hold on the Hill
“I just want to go home,” said one GOP senator granted anonymity to vent amid the funding standoff.