Congress · 119th Congress
Schumer vows to ‘block any attempt to extend’ new Trump tariffs
Former Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said Friday that "the Supreme Court reaffirmed authority that has rested with Congress for centuries."
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Congress · 119th Congress
White House, Democrats negotiate as shutdown deadline nears
↵↵"It's hard to predict right now how this all plays out, but I do think there's a good back-and-forth on substantive issues, so we'll see where it could go," said Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D
Congress · 119th Congress
Trump signs major spending package while immigration talks continue
↵↵"We've had a lot of folks who've worked hard," said House Appropriations Chairman Tom Cole, R-Okla., just before the vote.
Congress · 119th Congress
Congress turns to Homeland Security funding clash
↵↵"I hope we can find consensus around these issues," Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said on the floor Monday. "But one thing is clear.
Congress · 119th Congress
Senate talks move in direction of splitting off DHS funding bill
Rand Paul, R-Ky., for example, says he's determined to strip $5.2 billion for a refugee assistance program run by the Department of Health and Human Services.
Congress · 119th Congress
Senate spending deal runs into ‘hotline’ headwinds
Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., called the agreement "a bad deal" and said he's got a hold on the measure. "We're not voting tonight," he said.
Campaigns · 119th Congress
At the Races: What’s in a bill?
↵↵Hawkeye State hopes: Trump visited Iowa this week, selling his economic message and pleading with farmers to give his tariffs more time, our colleague John T. Bennett reports.
Congress · 119th Congress
Hints of progress to end Senate immigration funding quagmire
Thom Tillis, R-N.C., told reporters on Tuesday that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem "should be out of a job" over her handling of the agency and tensions in Minnesota.
Congress · 119th Congress
Senate seeks escape from Homeland Security standoff
↵↵Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said he hopes the call and Trump's decision to send Homan to Minneapolis lead to "turning down the temperature and restoring order."
Congress · 119th Congress
Trump’s State of the Union to happen in February
↵↵House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said Wednesday he had formally invited the president to the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue to address Congress next month, after previously teasing the date to reporters
Congress · 119th Congress
How did Capitol Hill mark the fifth anniversary of Jan. 6?
↵↵Outnumbered at times by police officers, the crowd sported "Trump Was Right About Everything" hats and T-shirts memorializing Ashli Babbitt, who was shot by a Capitol Police officer as she tried to climb
Congress · 119th Congress
With executive order, Trump moves to undo state AI laws
↵↵Senate Commerce Chairman Ted Cruz, R-Texas, a leading advocate for a moratorium on state AI laws, on Tuesday posted on X to state his support for the president's executive order plans, saying that those
Campaigns · 119th Congress
House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington announces retirement
↵↵The GOP steering committee under then-Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., selected Arrington for the role over two rivals, Reps. Earl L. "Buddy" Carter, R-Ga., and Lloyd K. Smucker, R-Pa.
Congress · 119th Congress
Senate passes spending package in key step to end shutdown
↵↵The House is expected to reconvene Wednesday to take up the bill, as Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said he would give his chamber 36 hours to travel back to Washington.
Congress · 118th Congress
Biden to challenge GOP on lowering costs in State of the Union address
House Financial Services Chairman Patrick T.
Congress · 118th Congress
SOTU: Biden sees ‘strongest’ economy, but voters don’t believe him
After all, he recently promised Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., they would treat one another with “respect.” He also needs GOP members to help him avert a first-ever national debt default.
Congress · 118th Congress
Biden, McCarthy make ‘no promises’ on debt, will keep talking
House Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith, R-Mo., Appropriations Chairwoman Kay Granger, R-Texas, Budget Chairman Jodey C. Arrington, R-Texas, and Financial Services Chairman Patrick T.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
So little Senate floor time left, so many Biden judicial nominees in limbo
On the one hand, it looks as though Schumer has missed an opportunity to continue countering the Trump-Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., remake of federal benches in their collective
Congress · 117th Congress
The only two questions that matter about Trump and the documents seized from Mar-a-Lago
With Congress mercifully on recess and President Joe Biden taking some summer R and R, the news is all Donald Trump, all the time right now.
Congress · 117th Congress
To ‘get Trump,’ Jan. 6 committee would need to start connecting some dots — directly to him
Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., that Trump may have engaged in witness tampering, Cardin smiled under his mask and replied: “Nothing the former president does shocks me anymore.