Campaigns · 119th Congress
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Congress · 119th Congress
Trading startups for statutes: Why technologists are choosing a year on the Hill
↵↵Sixteen more TechCongress fellows, the class of 2026, just completed their orientation in January and began their journey working in Congress.
Congress · 119th Congress
Kennedy’s push to find cause of autism divides Hill Republicans
↵↵For the first time ever, the 2026 Senate Labor-HHS appropriations report directed the NIH to ensure autism research includes profound autism.
Congress · 119th Congress
Special election winners on starting in the middle
↵↵Grijalva plans to attend the future orientation that will be offered to the class elected in 2026. In the meantime, she has been learning on the job.Â
Congress · 119th Congress
Chip export bill advances in House Foreign Affairs
↵↵The moves come after a provision to require chip companies to prioritize sales to U.S. firms before selling chips overseas was removed from the fiscal 2026 defense authorization law, known as the NDAA
Campaigns · 119th Congress
Twins in Congress: Nehls brothers and a potentially history-making transition
The three-term Trump loyalist was quick to endorse Trever after announcing in late November that he would not be running for reelection in 2026.
Campaigns · 119th Congress
DCCC adds more House seats to its 2026 target list
↵↵State legislators in California, North Carolina and Texas have redrawn their congressional maps ahead of the 2026 midterms, and the Republican-led legislature in Florida could do so early next year.
Heard On The Hill · 119th Congress
Photos of the week | November 14-20, 2025
(Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., speaks about the 2026 Congressional calendar during a news conference with House Republican leadership in the Capitol Visitor Center
Congress · 119th Congress
Addiction, mental health agency eviscerated under Trump
That's after Congress rejected such a plan as committees put together fiscal 2026 spending bills that have yet to become law.
Life after Congress: Roemer’s focus turns to preserving democracy
One of the group’s top issues is redistricting, especially now that some states are moving to redraw congressional lines before the next census in hopes of providing partisan advantages in the 2026 midterms
In DC, candidates line up for a job with little power
Jamie Raskin, D-Md., told The Washington Post last week that "it’s become obvious that the great Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton can’t run in 2026 and everybody should give her some space to figure out
Former Colorado Rep. Yadira Caraveo ends bid to regain battleground seat
Evans is among the 35 House Republicans on the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s initial target list for 2026.
For Congress, security fears are a haunting part of the job
Manger had a vision of setting up field offices around the country to coordinate with local authorities and speed response times, but a fiscal 2026 spending bill report cites "insufficient return on investment
As Trump continues show of force, DC takes the fight to Congress
And House appropriators on Wednesday approved on party lines a fiscal 2026 Financial Services and General Government spending bill packed with policy riders to roll back D.C. policies related to everything
Rep. Chip Roy announces bid for Texas attorney general
On Wednesday, the Republican-led state Legislature, under pressure from Trump, voted to advance redistricting plans that could give the GOP five more House seats in 2026.
Budget maneuvers expected to reduce NIH funding opportunities
The National Institutes of Health will be able to fund fewer research grants in fiscal 2026, even if Congress provides increased funding for the agency, due to Trump administration budget maneuvers.
Jared Golden’s first job on the Hill? Working for Susan Collins
Though his name has been floated in recent years as a potential contender for statewide office, including as a challenger to Collins, he once again reaffirmed he would be running for his House seat in 2026
CBO finds health agency cuts would result in fewer new drugs
The analysis, requested by Senate and House Democrats, will likely become a main talking point for them during the fiscal 2026 appropriations process.
Lawmakers mull a pricey air traffic control ‘wish list’
House appropriators are scheduled Monday to mark up the fiscal 2026 Transportation Department spending bill, which will include funding for the FAA’s facilities and equipment.
They wanted to ‘fix Congress.’ They still do, modernizers say
But in the fiscal 2026 Legislative Branch bill that advanced out of the House Appropriations Committee last month, the account would receive just $4 million, down from a height of $10 million.