Category: Congress
August 04, 2025
Congress
CBO: Republican megabill to cost $4.1T, due to higher borrowing costs
The measure is also expected to add trillions to the federal deficit.
August 04, 2025
Congress
Musk-linked PAC spends big to promote newly enacted megabill
"This Independence Day, President Trump and Congress made the working family tax cuts law," their ad states.
August 04, 2025
Congress
Congress is on summer break. Funding ‘chaos’ awaits.
With eight weeks until the government shutdown deadline, competing factions of lawmakers are starting to define their ultimatums.
August 04, 2025
Congress
How the Kavanaugh confirmation saga still haunts the Senate
The Senate’s contentious confirmation of Emil Bove to a lifetime judicial appointment shows how a painful moment in the chamber’s history still looms large.
August 02, 2025
Congress
On the Senate’s ‘Kumbaya’ committee, John Kennedy is suddenly singing off-key
The folksy Louisiana Republican says he's not the go-along-to-get-along type.
August 02, 2025
Congress
Senate passes first funding package ahead of shutdown cliff
The chamber’s leaders hope to strike a compromise with House lawmakers before federal cash stops flowing on Oct. 1.
August 01, 2025
Congress
Senate unlocks ‘minibus’ deal, prepares to advance three spending bills
The Senate has finalized an agreement to take action on three fiscal 2026 spending bills, breaking a multi-day impasse that prevented the first government funding bills of the yearly...
August 01, 2025
Congress
Comer says he will postpone Ghislaine Maxwell testimony
The scheduled congressional deposition of Ghislaine Maxwell, a co-conspirator of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, is indefinitely postponed, House Oversight Chair James Comer said Friday. In a letter to...
August 01, 2025
Congress
Nominations talks heat up as Senate hopes to advance spending bills
The Senate will try to break an impasse Friday to advance three spending bills in hopes of showing progress after days of discord. A separate holdup over presidential nominations,...
August 01, 2025
Congress
GOP’s summer town hall push gets heated
House Republicans are beginning to face rowdy town halls as they try to sell President Donald Trump's sweeping tax and spending law. Rep. Bryan Steil of Wisconsin had a...