Congress · 119th Congress
Little sign of spending progress as top appropriators meet
But so far, the two chambers and the two parties remain on different paths when it comes to fiscal 2026 spending bills.
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Congress · 119th Congress
Senate releases its 2026 calendar
Congress' schedule for next year is set after the Senate rolled out its 2026 calendar Wednesday, a day after the House unveiled its own version.Â
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‘Too expensive’: Trump team struggles on affordability as Democrats pounce
The White House has been vacillating on the affordability issue since stubbornly high prices fueled sweeping Republican electoral losses earlier this month and Democrats sense a winning theme for the 2026
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Top four appropriators set to meet on spending package
The top four leaders of the Senate and House Appropriations committees plan to huddle Thursday to make headway on the next package of fiscal 2026 spending bills, sources familiar with the meeting said
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Senate appears polarized as health care subsidy cliff nears
↵↵Douglas Holtz-Eakin, president of the American Action Forum, was skeptical that much could be done for plan year 2026.
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House unveils 2026 calendar as election year nears
The House calendar for 2026 sets up a potential reprise of the chamber's extended departure during the recent partial government shutdown.
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Slashed refugee cap adds to uncertainty about admissions to US
The Trump administration announced a drastic reduction in refugee admissions for fiscal 2026 as part of a tough-on-immigration approach, but a mixture of prior policies, a court challenge and the recent
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Defense contractors fight back against NDAA repair language
↵↵The issue is among the last unresolved matters facing House and Senate negotiators who aim to reconcile before December the House and Senate fiscal 2026 NDAAs.Â
Campaigns · 119th Congress
Special election runoff in Texas’ 18th District set for Jan. 31
The filing deadline to compete in the 2026 primary is Dec. 8, while early voting in the runoff will be held from Jan. 21-27.
Congress · 119th Congress
Biofuels standards put farm, oil state members on opposite sides
↵↵So far, the EPA's proposal for the 2026 and 2027 RFS mandates has drawn the support of farm-state lawmakers — who often find themselves at odds with the Trump administration over issues such as trade
Congress · 119th Congress
This week: House votes on Epstein files while Senate seeks spending deal
Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., is hoping to get the gears turning this week on a package of up to five fiscal 2026 appropriation bills, using the Defense spending measure as the vehicle for a larger
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Major spending package planned for Senate floor faces doubts
A Senate plan to take up a major fiscal 2026 appropriations package on the floor next week is looking increasingly like a long shot.
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After shutdown delay, hearing set on congressional stock trading
Jayapal said the idea that members are lining their pockets while in office is only reinforced by provisions like the one senators slipped into the fiscal 2026 Legislative Branch appropriations bill earlier
Congress · 119th Congress
Trump signs spending bill to end longest government shutdown
↵↵The package buys Congress 11 more weeks to ramp up funding negotiations to complete work on fiscal 2026 spending bills.
Campaigns · 119th Congress
Former Rep. Elaine Luria makes comeback bid in Virginia
↵↵Kiggans, who defeated Democrat Missy Cotter Smasal by 4 points last year, is a top target for Democrats in the 2026 midterm elections. Inside Elections with Nathan L.
Campaigns · 119th Congress
Trump-Greene spat exposes friction on right over his second-term priorities
If you speak out, he'll hand you your pink slip in 2026. Take Don Bacon from Nebraska. One of the only Republicans talking honestly about inflation. Now he's done. Not running for re-election.
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Senate payouts unnerve some in House GOP ahead of shutdown vote
↵↵A provision in the fiscal 2026 Legislative Branch spending bill, which is part of the package, would allow senators to sue for at least $500,000 each when federal investigators search their phone records
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GAO, Library of Congress avoid cuts in Legislative Branch bill
Senate appropriators Sunday unveiled a roughly $7.3 billion draft fiscal 2026 Legislative Branch appropriations bill, part of a three-bill package that could be paired with a stopgap spending measure in
Congress · 119th Congress
This week: Shutdown could end as Senate spending deal prompts House to return
Under the deal, the legislation would combine three full-year spending bills for fiscal 2026 with a continuing resolution to fund the rest of the government through Jan. 30.
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Deal to end government shutdown advances in Senate
↵↵The final fiscal 2026 Military Construction-VA bill takes care of that toxic exposure fund through Sept. 30, with about $50 billion added for that purpose, but does not fund fiscal 2027 benefits.