Senate Republicans now face four big challengesÂ
Republicans, fiscal hawks or supply siders, need to get their collective arms around four key challenges that have created a difficult policy and political environment. 1.
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Republicans must ensure 2026 isn’t 2018
But Trump and Republicans stuck with immigration as their No. 1 issue, opening the door for Democrats to raise the specter of heath care instead, which they did effectively.Â
GOP budget vote goes down to the wire amid conservative pushback
Nine hours after the 1 a.m. start of the meeting, the various committee chairs and ranking members with jurisdiction over the reconciliation bill were still testifying.
Sen. Rand Paul questions border wall funding level needs
Sen. Rand Paul talks with reporters in the Capitol on April 1.
Gabe Evans still wears his police boots in Congress
About 1 in 4 people rely on Medicaid in his district, which extends north from the suburbs of Denver, and he’ll have to ward off Democratic attacks as one of the House’s most vulnerable members.
Rare Disease Patients Await Congressional Action on Life-Saving Treatments
It would cost less than 1% of projected savings from the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program to enact ORPHAN Cures.
Reconciliation text would rescind energy, environment funding
The text would create a $1 million user fee, which, once paid, would require the Energy secretary to deem an application for a permit to export to a non-free-trade agreement country in the public interest
Trump is running for reelection (right now)
He hosted or attended $1 million-a-head fundraisers for MAGA Inc., a super PAC that supports him, in March and April, as part of an effort to raise as much as $500 million this summer to "push his agenda
Most controversial Medicaid cuts left out of reconciliation text
The package also includes a measure that would end federal funds going to facilities or organizations that provide abortion services, like Planned Parenthood, that also received more than $1 million in
Trump pushes back against the judges who rule against him
Levitt, the constitutional law scholar, pointed to an instance on the campaign trail in which Trump said he would not be a dictator "other than Day 1" of his new administration.
House Republicans voice concern over DOE nuclear, research cuts
Fleischmann told Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Wednesday that he wanted to see more money in fiscal 2026 for the Office of Science, a sharp contrast to the administration’s request for a cut of more than $1
Photos of the week | April 25-May 1, 2025
Rep. Troy Nehls, R-Texas, grabs one last puff of his cigar as he prepares the enter the Capitol for the last votes of the week on Thursday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Defense budget increase hinges on reconciliation success
The White House made official Friday that President Donald Trump wants the first ever $1 trillion defense budget.
DHS budget seeks significant boost for immigration approach
The "skinny" version of the White House’s budget blueprint released Friday would provide $107.4 billion for DHS in the fiscal year starting Oct. 1, an increase of $42.3 billion, or 64.9 percent, above
Congress can do better than a ‘big, beautiful,’ hyper-partisan bill
Two bits of conventional wisdom are used to rationalize this stubborn refusal to even consider the possibility of bipartisan compromise: (1) that any members who vote for such a compromise will be challenged
Trump’s first 100 days offer blueprint for future presidents to evade Congress
"When you compare Trump 2 to Trump 1, this one has been much more aggressive and what they’re doing and trying to do has been much more thought out."
US asks Supreme Court to allow transgender service ban
The Supreme Court has asked the service members who brought the suit to respond by May 1.
The economic challenge facing Republicans
These crucial voters went from favoring Republicans by 13 points last November, to even among both parties, with their preference for Democrats also dropping 1 point.Â
Twelve states ask trade court to halt Trump tariffs
The complaint filed by Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Oregon and Vermont contends the tariffs Trump has announced since Feb. 1 violate
Former NFL player Jay Feely launches bid for Congress in ArizonaÂ
Registered Republican voters in the district, which encompasses the southeast suburbs of Phoenix, outnumber Democrats by nearly 2-to-1, according to the Arizona secretary of state’s office.Â