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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Nothing is certain except death and politicsÂ
Those seats were filled by special elections on April 1. The risk of a lawmaker dying is not just that the seat could fall into the hands of the opposite party in a special election.
He took over a Capitol Police force reeling from Jan. 6. Now Chief Manger is retiring
As the force requests nearly $1 billion in the coming fiscal year, Manger said more funding is key to meeting its staffing goals.
Sweeping budget package passes House after weeks of arm-twisting
They forced a 20-hour session debating the bill and amendments in the House Rules Committee, in a meeting that started at 1 a.m. Wednesday.
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.
Senate appropriators grill Kennedy on biomedical research
Durbin, D-Ill., asked Kennedy if he knew the No. 1 cause of preventable death in America, a reference to tobacco, which has been at the top in the U.S. for decades.
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.
This week: Reconciliation bill back on track, at least for now
The Rules Committee is scheduled to convene at 1 a.m.
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
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
For Catholics in Congress, pope selection sparks giddiness
As he begins to lead the over 1 billion Catholics in their faith, Kelly and I will be praying for his good health and success," wrote Rep. Dave Joyce, R-Ohio. For Democratic Chicago Rep.
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.
Senate stablecoin bill trips on cloture vote
48-49 cloture vote on whether to proceed to the bill came after Democrats decided that bill sponsor Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., didn’t go far enough to satisfy them in the revised bill he released on May 1.
18 months out, these are the 10 most vulnerable House members of 2026
Miller-Meeks reported raising more than $1 million in the first quarter.
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
Stablecoins bill faces hurdle after Democrats withdraw support
that would facilitate issuance of stablecoins — digital currencies pegged to a reserve asset, in this case, the U.S. dollar — said over the weekend they wouldn’t vote for a revised bill released on May 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.