Heard On The Hill · 119th Congress
Photos of the week | January 9-15, 2026
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Heard On The Hill · 119th Congress
December brings reelection reflection — and safety fears
↵↵As filing deadlines for the 2026 elections approach in more and more states, it's not just current members who could be deterred but would-be candidates eyeing their first bids for office as well.
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
Policy · 119th Congress
Senate Agriculture plans Thursday vote on CFTC nominee
↵↵Congress hasn't yet agreed on fiscal 2026 appropriations for the agency.
Policy · 119th Congress
Worker shortage looms over new US nuclear power focus
The Trump administration wants at least three advanced modular reactors to reach criticality by July 4, 2026 — a goal industry insiders have called ambitious.Â
‘Liberation day’? House Oversight panel spars over DC’s future
Last week, appropriators approved on a party-line vote a fiscal 2026 Financial Services spending bill filled with policy riders to roll back D.C. policies related to everything from traffic laws to reproductive
Democrats seek to capitalize on climbing energy bills
Last week, the House passed the fiscal 2026 Energy-Water appropriations bill in a 214-213 vote.
Democrat Gabe Vasquez keeps it low key in a pivotal swing seat
Vasquez’s district is key to both parties’ hopes of winning the House majority in 2026.
NRCC names 26 House Democrats to initial target list for 2026
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has yet to release its list of targeted Republicans as part of its Red to Blue program for the 2026 cycle.Â
DCCC announces 26 vulnerable members for Frontline program in 2026
House Democrats on Thursday identified 26 incumbents considered most vulnerable in the 2026 midterm elections.
House budget, disapproval measures headline congressional schedule this week
The week also has an array of less contentious agenda items, one of which is a bill to authorize a congressional time capsule for the county’s semiquincentennial in 2026.
Former Interior Secretary Deb Haaland announces run for New Mexico governor
She is the first former Biden Cabinet secretary to formally announce a 2026 campaign, but at least two others are considering bids.
USTR pick Greer would open markets to offset tariff retaliation
The agreement is up for review in 2026, and Trump issued a memo on Jan. 20 ordering USTR to begin taking public comments on the agreement.
The smallest initial Senate battleground ever?
At this early stage of the 2026 cycle, Inside Elections rates just five senators as vulnerable, including three Democrats (Georgia’s Jon Ossoff, Michigan’s Gary Peters and New Hampshire’s Jeanne Shaheen
Campaigns · 118th Congress
At the Races: Making an Empire statement
Kirsten Gillibrand is seeking to helm the Senate Democrats’ campaign arm for the 2026 cycle, Axios reports. Gillibrand is up for reelection this year, and the committee’s current chair, Sen.
Campaigns · 118th Congress
At the Races: Meanwhile, on the House battlefield
They aren’t on the Young Guns list after the GOP-controlled legislature redrew the state’s map and incumbents Wiley Nickel and Jeff Jackson decided to run for Senate (in 2026) and attorney general instead
Campaigns · 118th Congress
At the Races: Commonwealth conundrum
Justin Sink of Bloomberg News was unopposed for an at-large seat, and he will be in line to be the 2026-27 president of the WHCA.
Policy · 118th Congress
Colorado River states attempt to reach water-use plan — again
In October, California’s water districts committed to conserving an additional 400,000 acre-feet of water in Lake Mead each year from 2023 to 2026.
Congress · 117th Congress
Tensions rise over drought-stricken Colorado River water use
Last month, California’s water districts committed to conserving an additional 400,000 acre-feet of water in Lake Mead each year from 2023 to 2026, and according to the Colorado River Board of California
Policy · 117th Congress
Western drought funding pushes feds and states to cooperate
The money must be spent or locked into specific grants, contracts or financial agreements by Interior’s Bureau of Reclamation by Sept. 30, 2026.