Should college athletes be employees? House panels say no
It comes as some universities grapple with how to directly share revenues with students after a watershed settlement resolving antitrust lawsuits brought by former Division 1 athletes.
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Planned Parenthood challenges GOP reconciliation law
Planned Parenthood estimates that if the provision is not enjoined, it would threaten health care for more than 1 million Medicaid beneficiaries who seek services annually at its clinics, requiring the
Far from the people it will impact, a big, beautiful circus on Capitol Hill
When Jeffries finally stopped talking at 1:39 p.m., Democrats swarmed him, chanting his first name as if he’d scored a touchdown to win the Super Bowl. And then they voted. And lost.Â
CDC nominee deflects questions over Kennedy’s vaccine decisions
several questions, including whether the U.S. should have ended its financial support of a global vaccine distribution organization, whether HHS will add more seats to the ACIP committee, what is the No. 1
Roll Call goes platinum
More than a year before Roll Call started publishing, Puerto Rican nationalists opened fire in the House gallery on March 1, 1954, injuring five members of the House.
House adopts fixes to keep ‘big, beautiful bill’ filibuster-proof
The same provision is in the emerging Senate bill, but with a key stipulation: that the money couldn’t be obligated until March 1, after the treaty is set to expire.
Trump mulls rare use of Insurrection Act over Los Angeles protests
"The No. 1 job of government is to protect the citizenry from foreign threats and domestic threats," Johnson said. Johnson said he would like to see California Gov.
In the Spotlight: Roger Wicker
The Mississippi Republican called the bill "a start," but rejected the notion that the administration’s proposed $1 trillion fiscal 2026 defense budget — a plan that hinges the bulk of its Defense Department
House eyes cuts to DC’s autonomy as local budget fix gathers dust
After Congress cut Washington, D.C.’s, budget by over $1 billion in March, Speaker Mike Johnson said he wanted to pass a bill to restore the spending "as quickly as possible."
National Weather Service, FEMA start hurricane season under a cloud
The season runs from June 1 to Nov. 30.
Senators: It’s time to reclaim your relevance
And so it was last month with House passage, by a vote of 215-214, of HR 1, "The One Big Beautiful Bill Act," with all the usual self-congratulatory huzzahs without a hint of awareness of the historical
Checking the math on White House, GOP claims about ‘Big Beautiful Bill’
The House passed HR 1, dubbed the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act," on May 22 after an all-night session. The vote was 215-214, with two Republicans voting against it.
Trump, GOP prep next chapter in spending cuts agenda
Committee markups scheduled next week, President Donald Trump’s budget office is expected to deliver as soon as Friday supplemental information on agency budget requests for the fiscal year starting Oct. 1.
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.
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.
This week: Reconciliation bill back on track, at least for now
The Rules Committee is scheduled to convene at 1 a.m.
Challenge to Wisconsin map adds latest wrinkle to 2026 House fight
The state’s lieutenant governor has reportedly asked for the map to be finalized by Nov. 1 this year ahead of the 2026 elections. In March, the U.S.
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.
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.