It’s Huge: Trump Administration Sets Record with Empty OMB Director Slot
No Topline Skipping the skinny budget could be especially problematic this year due to lack of clarity on topline spending levels for fiscal 2018, which begins Oct. 1.
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Celebrating Black History Month With Added Resonance
The Feb. 1 screening at the National Museum of African American History and Culture was so oversold that hundreds of people were turned away at the door.
Grassley Outlines Timeline for Confirming Trump’s SCOTUS Nominee
President Donald Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court Judge Neil Gorsuch, looks on as Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, speaks to reporters following their meeting in the Capitol on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Word on the Hill: Let Them Eat Cake
Ocean Prime is marking the day by donating $1 to the nonprofit No Kid Hungry for every slice of their Ten Layer Carrot Cake purchased during lunch, happy hour and dinner. Sen.
Pentagon Panel Urges Trump Team to Expand Nuclear Options
The issue will gain greater prominence in the next several years as an up-to-$1 trillion update of the U.S. nuclear arsenal becomes the biggest Pentagon budget issue.
CQ Roll Call Staff Survey Finds GOP Doubts on Border Wall
percent of the GOP staffers who responded to CQ Roll Call's January Capitol Insiders Survey thought Congress would enact a law to construct a wall along the Mexican border, while just 44 percent see the $1
Search for Billions to Pay for Border Wall Confronts Congress
For a solid wall 1 foot thick and 50 feet high, with an extra 15 feet underground to prevent tunneling, the cost of concrete and steel alone would top more than $13 billion, the MIT review found.
Politics · 115th Congress
Trump Announces Federal Voter Fraud Probe Amid Questionable Claims
Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 25, 2017 var rcrdTwitter = 1; “Depending” on the investigation’s findings, the president indicated he is ready to “strengthen up” voting practices across the
Heard On The Hill · 115th Congress
Word on the Hill: Gotcha — Or Not
ICYMI: 3 California congressmen were Jan. 24 birthday boys [jwp-video n=”1″] What’s going on? Have any tips, announcements or Hill happenings? Send them to AlexGangitano@cqrollcall.com
Heard On The Hill · 115th Congress
Word on the Hill: March for Life Planning
Oh, and the fact that @seanspicer at #WhiteHouse makes shit up — Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) January 23, 2017var rcrdTwitter = 1;Staffer shuffle The National Republican Congressional Committee on Monday
Politics · 115th Congress
Highlights of Donald Trump’s Inauguration
1:47 p.m.: World leaders sent their best wishes to President Donald Trump.
Politics · 115th Congress
A Look Inside the Capitol: Lawmakers Prep for Inauguration Ceremony
[jwp-video n=”1″] As members gathered and before King called the chamber to order, a few Republicans huddled and took a selfie on the floor, a violation of House decorum rules now punishable
Politics · 115th Congress
President Trump: ‘From This Day Forward … Only America First’
[jwp-video n=”1″] Political commentator Aaron Kall, a professor at the University of Michigan, said the “overarching theme of returning power to the people attempted to channel Ronald Reagan
Politics · 115th Congress
Here Are the Democrats Skipping Trump’s Inauguration
Alan Lowenthal (@RepLowenthal) January 18, 2017 var rcrdTwitter = 1; Texas Rep.
Heard On The Hill · 115th Congress
Word on the Hill: One Week Out
Heard on the Hill This Week: The Saga of the Student Painting Heist [jwp-video n=”1″] Happy birthday to… Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., 46. On Saturday: Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, 55.
Politics · 115th Congress
House GOP Group Launches Digital Campaign for Health Care Plan
More than $1 million in TV ads are running in 15 districts, including those of some vulnerable GOP incumbents and committee chairmen. The digital ad strikes a similar tone as the TV spot.
Heard On The Hill · 115th Congress
Vote-A-Rama: Democrats State Their Case, But Resolution Passes
BY ALEX GANGITANO AND SIMONE PATHÉ/CQ ROLL CALL At 1:05 a.m., Republicans began the final vote of a seven-hour Vote-A-Rama — the budget resolution that would begin the process to repeal the
Heard On The Hill · 115th Congress
Word on the Hill: Sasse Goes Junk Food-Free
Ben Sasse, R-Neb., binging on chips and candy on Feb. 1. He tweeted that one of his three kids challenged him to not eat junk food for the rest of January. And, he agreed.
Heard On The Hill · 115th Congress
Controversial Ferguson Painting Removed From Display for Third Time
The artwork, entitled “Untitled #1,” depicts police-community relations in Ferguson, Missouri, and is from the Capitol’s annual high school art competition.
Policy · 115th Congress
AG Pick Sessions Defends Record at Contentious Hearing
[jwp-video n=”1″] Sessions responded that Trump has subsequently said the focus should be on a strong vetting of immigrants from countries that have a history of terrorism.