Congress · 119th Congress
No-shows and holdouts define Johnson’s shaky majority
↵↵So far in 2026, attendance has mostly been in Johnson's favor.
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Congress · 119th Congress
Health care fight returns in January with affordability at center
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., has acknowledged the difficulty, calling health care "a very complicated issue" while adding that there is "much more to come … to bring down the cost of health care" in early 2026
Campaigns · 119th Congress
Elise Stefanik ends campaign for New York governor, will retire in 2026
Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik is ending her campaign for New York governor and will retire from the House at the end of her current term.Â
Congress · 119th Congress
Automatic draft registration, recruiting tweaks included in NDAA
Young men are set to be automatically registered for the draft under the compromise version of the fiscal 2026 National Defense Authorization Act unveiled Sunday night.
Congress · 119th Congress
Firefighting plan that tripped up spending package back on track
A dispute over a Trump administration plan to consolidate federal firefighting operations may be close to resolution, in a sign of modest progress toward Senate passage of a major fiscal 2026 spending
Campaigns · 119th Congress
Democrats see Tennessee special election as sign of expanding 2026 map
↵↵The outcome has encouraged Democrats, who argue it's a sign that the 2026 battleground is expanding.Â
Health · 119th Congress
Senate panel sees opening, however slight, for health care deal
"I'm hoping that we can find a bill that can get 60 votes that can fix the problem with these changes for Jan. 1, 2026."
Campaigns · 119th Congress
This week: Defense policy bill on the move as Capitol Christmas tree arrives
↵↵Leaders of the Armed Services committees are reported to have finished their work on a compromise fiscal 2026 defense policy bill, and bill text is likely to be unveiled this week.
Congress · 119th Congress
Senate appropriators aim to unveil unreleased spending bills
At least one of the Senate's yet-to-be-unveiled fiscal 2026 appropriations bills could be released next week, even though lawmakers will be in their districts for the Thanksgiving recess.
Congress · 119th Congress
White House isn’t giving up on AI regulations ban
↵↵But support for including a moratorium in the fiscal 2026 NDAA appeared scarce Thursday, especially without a national AI standard in place, and experts questioned the constitutionality of parts of a
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.
Congress · 119th Congress
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
Congress · 119th Congress
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.
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
Congress · 119th Congress
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.
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.
Congress · 119th Congress
Republicans denounce new Democratic offer to end shutdown
↵↵The top four leaders of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees met Friday to try to put the finishing touches on a package of three fiscal 2026 bills that have been in the works for weeks: the
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
Democratic Rep. Mikie Sherrill wins governor’s race in New Jersey
A Ciattarelli win could have been a harbinger of trouble for Democrats nationally in 2026, but he ultimately ran significantly behind his margins against Murphy in 2021.
Democrat Abigail Spanberger elected Virginia governor
Laura Kelly, the chair of the Democratic Governors Association, called the Virginia result "a resounding rejection of Donald Trump’s chaos and a warning sign to all Republican politicians running in 2026