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Why does it matter for the 2026 midterm elections? If Trump remains unpopular or has a poor job approval rating, Republicans’ majorities in Congress would be more at risk.
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Community health centers vital to keeping Americans healthy, productive
Earlier this year, I led 287 of my colleagues in a bipartisan letter to the House Appropriations Committee urging robust funding for health centers in the fiscal 2026 budget.
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
The 14 House districts that didn’t budge from 2022 to 2024
Post-2026, the Baseline scores could shift dramatically if Republicans are able to buck the midterm trend and avoid losing a big bunch of seats.
Nomination rules, defense policy headline the week in Congress
The Senate’s goal is to finish up its version of the fiscal 2026 defense authorization bill by the end of the week.
Back from recess, Senate turns to defense while House looks to get back to business
Senators start Tuesday afternoon with a procedural vote to limit debate on taking up the fiscal 2026 defense authorization bill, one of the pieces of must-pass legislation on the fall agenda.
Are prices up or down? Parsing misleading claims by Trump and Democrats
average price of electricity, which Trump has singled out as a priority, has risen about 6 percent between January and June and is projected to continue increasing faster than the rate of inflation through 2026
Republicans, appropriators dominate House earmarks
ANALYSIS — House Republicans have sprinkled their fiscal 2026 appropriations bills with more home-district projects than they did last year though with slightly fewer funds allocated to earmarks overall
Three Toss-up races headline new Senate ratings for 2026
ANALYSIS – The 2026 election cycle began in November with a historically small universe of competitive Senate races.
Deadly Texas flooding puts Trump’s past talk of eliminating FEMA to the test
The devastation in Texas could cause lawmakers, even some Republicans, to question the administration’s proposed cuts to FEMA spending in the administration’s fiscal 2026 budget. Â
In the Spotlight: Roger Wicker
The Mississippi Republican called the bill "a start," but rejected the notion that the administration’s proposed $1 trillion fiscal 2026 defense budget — a plan that hinges the bulk of its Defense Department
Republican senators question Trump’s plans to change FEMA
Noem sought to defend a decrease of $646 million non-disaster grant programs for the FEMA that the White House put in its initial budget proposal for fiscal 2026.
Senate Democrats need to break some streaks to win the majority
This cycle, Republicans are at risk of losing their hold on Congress if Trump’s job approval rating doesn’t rebound, but the overall natural partisanship of states with Senate races on the 2026 ballot
Defense budget increase hinges on reconciliation success
Epic spending proposal Trump heralded the $1 trillion defense budget for fiscal 2026 last month.
Trump’s false claims about gas, egg prices
We can’t fact-check such speculation, but the government’s nonpartisan EIA projects the national price of regular gasoline will continue to average about $3.10 per gallon for 2025 and 2026.
Bombshell report finds evidence Gaetz had sex with minor, paid for sex and took drugs while in Congress
Gaetz, who on Sunday teased a potential Senate run from Florida in 2026, is expected to join the One America News network next month as an anchor.Â
Republicans question EPA ‘good neighbor’ rule
The agency estimated that the plan will reduce ozone-forming nitrous oxide emissions by approximately 70,000 tons during the 2026 ozone season.
Congress · 117th Congress
Bipartisan Senate group presses leadership for R&D tax break
Democrats included a delay of the switch to a less generous break to fiscal 2026 in their $2.2 trillion social safety net and climate package.
Politics · 115th Congress
CBO Estimate of Revised House Health Care Bill Changes Little
And it would cause the number of Americans lacking medical insurance to rise by 23 million by 2026, which is 1 million less than under previous iterations of the measure, the Congressional Budget Office
Vulnerable Senate Democrats Stand Firm in Opposing GOP Health Care Plan
The Democrats point to a Congressional Budget Office report that showed 24 million more people would lose health care coverage by 2026 if the bill becomes law.