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During the confirmation process, Cekada also criticized the latest Republican-led spending cut to the agency, saying the $40 million cut in its funding in fiscal 2026 — a 2.5 percent decrease — would
“What this means for the 2026 elections is uncertain. In many states, primaries are over or nearly so.
The rule would also allow GOP leaders to, if needed, bring up a Senate-passed fiscal 2026 Homeland Security spending bill under a procedure whereby the House can suspend the rules and pass the measure
ANALYSIS — The 2026 election cycle has reached an important stage: the biennial fight about TV ad buys.
Redistricting has reshaped the House midterm battleground for 2026 after President Donald Trump pushed Republican-led states to redraw their congressional lines to help the party maintain its razor-thin
the Border Patrol, through the end of Trump’s term in a narrow reconciliation bill and then fund the rest of the Department of Homeland Security through a Senate-passed appropriations bill for fiscal 2026
It’s seen as a key to unlocking the regular fiscal 2026 appropriations for the remainder of the Department of Homeland Security, which remains unfunded.
Another new member of Congress was sworn in, budget hearings dominated the Hill and a big redistricting referendum vote passed in Virginia this week. Here are images captured by CQ Roll Call photojournalists.
Congress has rejected these requests, including the current Republican majority, which funded the program at $4.13 billion, a $20 million increase, for fiscal 2026.
Redistricting has already thrown a long shadow over the 2026 midterm elections, and we’re not done yet.
The fiscal 2026 budget resolution calls on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and the Judiciary Committee to write reconciliation legislation by May 15 that would provide
The fiscal 2026 budget resolution calls on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and the Senate Judiciary Committee to write reconciliation legislation by May 15 that would
But it also puts both parties near parity in the monthslong arms race over redrawing congressional lines that has been a defining storyline of the 2026 campaign.
Will 2026 be a “blue wave” election for Democrats? To listen to the media and more and more Democrats, the answer is yes. But hold on.
Throughout the 2026 primary season, watch for these updates from the CQ Roll Call campaign team on what you need to know for election day. Know someone who’d like to get this newsletter?
The 2026 farm bill is on its way to the House floor as soon as next week with a subtle change to the sweeping legislation’s greyhound racing ban after an outcry from hunting advocates.
Republicans began the push for mid-decade redistricting after President Donald Trump urged GOP-led states to redraw congressional lines in an effort to help the party retain its House majority in 2026.
The draft fiscal 2026 budget resolution calls on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and the Senate Judiciary Committee to write reconciliation legislation by May 15 that
fund, which theoretically could give the administration flexibility to address emerging issues quickly, is the same attribute that lawmakers balked at previously as they debated the department’s fiscal 2026
Virginia’s map referendum, Days of Remembrance ceremony, Melania Trump and a Nick Offerman appearance highlighted the week in Congress. Here are images captured by CQ Roll Call photojournalists.