Heard On The Hill · 119th Congress
Life After Congress: A prediction market duo
In the 14 months since Patrick T. McHenry left the Capitol, he’s had “a total of three days of FOMO.”
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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
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.
Congress · 119th Congress
Spending bills, prices, health care top 2026 agenda for Congress
↵↵Graves and Senate Environment and Public Works Chair Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., have both indicated a willingness to move some discretionary funds in the 2021 law to formula grants for states.
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
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 · 119th Congress
Deal to end government shutdown advances in Senate
Rand Paul, R-Ky., the lone "no" vote on his side of the aisle. GOP Sens.
Democrats tight-lipped on shutdown off-ramp as pressure grows
Katie Britt, R-Ala., a senior appropriator. "And what a better way to show good faith than to take that off of the table."
Taxpayers will pay plenty over the years for Trump’s massive ballroom, experts say
"It’s going to be a permanent renovation that will enhance the White House for all future presidents," House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., said of the ballroom project last week.
Stopgap fix or separate bill may be needed to unlock shutdown pay
Either option could create another headache for Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., who narrowly muscled the bill through his chamber last month, unless lawmakers are able to quickly pass legislation by unanimous
Trump-Democrats meeting drama fuels risk of shutdown
Before news of the meeting’s cancellation broke, Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., told reporters that he would attend the White House session if it occurs.
Trump puts kibosh on shutdown meeting with Democratic leaders
Before news of the meeting’s cancellation broke, Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., told reporters that he would attend the White House session if it occurs.
GOP spending bills run into intraparty friction in House
Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., said. Burchett said he is "leaning no" on even the relatively flat-funded Defense measure this week, which he believes still spends too much.
GOP leaders work to convince House holdouts on budget package
Eric Burlison, R-Mo., who’s been railing against the bill on social media.
Digital assets bill reclaims spotlight as reconciliation work goes on backstage
Before the Senate went on recess, Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., filed cloture on four more of President Donald Trump’s executive branch nominees.
No clear path to House budget adoption amid GOP holdouts
Thomas Massie, R-Ky., Victoria Spartz, R-Ind., and Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., all believe the proposed $2 trillion in mandatory spending cuts do not go far enough. And Rep.
GOP budget adopted in House after late arm-twisting
Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., wrote: "You’re not wrong." She voted for it anyway.
Trump’s proposed Ukraine reset gets mixed Hill reaction
Don Bacon, R-Neb., a member of the House Armed Services Committee, was an anomaly. He seemed to suggest on "X" that the Trump administration had caved to Putin.
Trump’s tariffs, nominees and budget plans dominate Congress this week
Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, who joined the livestream, said that the new administration and the Congress need to work quickly to have accomplishments ahead of the midterms.