Serious legislating hits a low point
ground on the Medicaid cuts and voted no, only to undercut his own message by caving to President Donald Trump’s threats of a primary challenge and declaring he wouldn’t be running for reelection in 2026
Search Roll Call
Search the Roll Call archive by keyword, date, Congress, section, or tags.
634 results for "2026-2026"
DCCC targets 35 House Republicans over budget law’s impact on rural hospitals
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s first national online ad buy of the 2026 cycle will focus on the impact of Republicans’ newly enacted tax and spending package on rural hospitals.
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.
Law enforcement groups oppose proposed anti-drug program cuts
The Trump administration’s fiscal 2026 budget request proposes to move the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas program from the Office of National Drug Control Policy to the Justice Department, while
Trump worked phones on ‘big beautiful bill’ — but left some arm-twisting to others
"With the bill easily portrayed as benefiting the rich, they have also created a likely problem for themselves in 2026 and, more likely, 2028 elections," according to Giles Alston, an analyst for the private
Rep. Carter, seeking Georgia Senate seat, surrenders Health gavel
Jon Ossoff for Senate in 2026, made the announcement via a press release Wednesday as House Republicans prepared to take up the Senate-passed budget reconciliation bill.
‘Only way out is deportation’: Trump talks tough at Everglades detention site
are not about deporting a violent criminal or violent felon that was found guilty in a court of law, as they should be deported," Espaillat said at a June 24 House Appropriations markup of the fiscal 2026
Rep. Don Bacon announces retirement, opening up purple Nebraska district
Last month, Bacon featured on CQ Roll Call’s initial list of the most vulnerable House members of the 2026 cycle. The main super PAC backing House Democrats cheered Bacon’s impending departure.Â
Vulnerable North Carolina GOP Sen. Thom Tillis will not seek reelection
"Even Tillis admits the GOP plan to slash Medicaid and spike costs for families is toxic — and in 2026, Democrats will flip North Carolina’s Senate seat," Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee spokesperson
Senators express wariness of proposed mergers within DOJ
Attorney General Pamela Bondi this week defended the fiscal 2026 budget request at House and Senate appropriations hearings, including proposals to fold the work of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms
House appropriators approve Legislative Branch bill with GAO cuts
The House Appropriations Committee advanced a draft fiscal 2026 Legislative Branch spending bill on Thursday that would slash the budget for the Government Accountability Office by nearly half and take
Scott Brown makes another Senate bid in New Hampshire
But the GOP is optimistic about competing in the state, which could be the party’s third-best pickup option in 2026, behind Georgia and Michigan.Â
Senators air concerns about DOJ budget proposal
The House and Senate have not released their fiscal 2026 spending bills that includes DOJ funding, although the House is expected to do so in early July.
Fresh off Trump firings, Library of Congress stares down a proposed budget cut
According to a Republican summary of the proposal, the Library of Congress would receive $767.6 million in funding in fiscal 2026, $84.5 million below current levels of funding.
Longest-serving woman in Congress says she’s not stopping anytime soon
She’s hoping to extend that streak in 2026. "I’m a happy person. God’s given me good health, and I know this is what I was meant to do," she said in an interview.
This week: Congress debates war and reconciliation
Appropriations in House The House, meanwhile, returns from a Juneteenth recess poised to begin floor debate on fiscal 2026 appropriations, while waiting for the Senate to amend and send back the budget
House subcommittee advances Legislative Branch spending bill
The cut is part of the GOP’s fiscal 2026 Legislative Branch appropriations bill, which the subcommittee reported favorably on a party-line, 6-4 vote.
Medicaid work requirements pose huge challenges for states
State Medicaid directors, including those representing red states, have privately told drafters of the legislation that a Dec. 31, 2026, effective date in both versions would be too soon to implement work
Iowa Democrat launches third challenge to vulnerable GOP Rep. Miller-Meeks
House Republicans — Zach Nunn in the Des Moines-centered 3rd District and Ashley Hinson in northeast Iowa’s 2nd District — are on the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s initial target list for 2026
Justice Department says Trump can undo monument designations
two days following the release of the Justice Department opinion, testifying before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources and House Natural Resources committees on the department’s proposed fiscal 2026