Senate tables Schumer’s motion for a vote on Epstein files
Schumer, D-N.Y., had filed the cloture motion on his Epstein amendment to the fiscal 2026 NDAA.
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Redistricting poised to spread ahead of midterm elections
Greg Abbott signed a new map into law last week that targets five Democrat-held seats for the midterm elections in 2026, and California, Ohio and Utah appear to be headed to new maps as well.
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Starting gate Beehive boundaries: A Utah judge this week tossed the state’s congressional maps and directed its legislature to enact new lines for the 2026 midterm cycle that comply with the requirements
These states could redraw their House maps before the 2026 elections
Gavin Newsom has spoken openly about the prospects of redrawing his state’s congressional lines in an effort to blunt the effects of the new Texas maps on the 2026 landscape.
Lawmakers hope to modify crucial dates in reconciliation bill
A few of the package’s health provisions took immediate effect, but implementation of the bulk of them begins between 2026 and 2028.
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
CBO: GOP budget bill would take from the poor, give to the rich
The nonpartisan agency said it estimates that over the fiscal 2026 through 2034 period, after-tax income and federal benefits "would decrease for households toward the bottom of the income distribution
Senators spar over nationwide injunctions stopping Trump policies
Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, urged House appropriators to consider including language in fiscal 2026 funding bills that would "address the abusive use of nationwide
Both sides launch ad campaigns over budget vote as bill moves to Senate
Next stop: Senate The budget reconciliation bill now moves to the Senate, where a handful of Republican senators facing competitive reelection battles in 2026 will come under intense pressure to support
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.
House GOP drops some Medicaid cuts from reconciliation plan
The three Republicans are among the party’s most vulnerable in 2026; Bacon’s and Van Orden’s races are rated Tilt Republican by Inside Elections with Nathan L.
Duffy to lay out transportation funding plan amid cutback push
Republican lawmakers have called for a return to tradition when the current authorization expires in 2026.
As Democrats face leadership vacuum, Republicans look for new boogeymen
Musk is likely an appealing target for Democrats in the early days of the 2026 cycle because he is less popular than the president.
States want to move funds pulled from green projects to hard infrastructure
That bill, which expires in 2026, began as a typical surface transportation reauthorization bill but was greatly expanded by $550 billion in new spending.
Trump, GOP senators ‘rowing in the same direction’ despite some differences
With the 2026 midterm election cycle just around the corner, House and Senate Republicans have been eager to avoid offending those very voters.
House budget blueprint ready for close-up amid GOP ‘angst’
Details As currently drafted, the blueprint calls for raising the $36.1 trillion debt limit by $4 trillion, which could put off the next battle over the federal borrowing cap until after the 2026 midterms
House GOP preps all-in-one budget blueprint for committee vote
The Senate plan is to take up a separate fiscal 2026 budget resolution after the initial reconciliation package is signed into law that would lay the groundwork for the more complex tax bill.
CMS announces Medicare prices for first negotiated drugs
have resulted in $6 billion in savings for Medicare if they had been in effect in 2023, and will save $1.5 billion for Medicare recipients who pay out-of-pocket costs for their prescription drugs in 2026
IRS delays new online sellers’ tax reporting threshold
But under the latest IRS notice, the $600 threshold won’t be felt until the 2026 tax season, and Congress will likely address a slate of expiring tax provisions under Republicans’ 2017 tax law by the end
House GOP readying economic package with business tax breaks
Starting in 2023, companies can only take deductions upfront for 80 percent of those costs, and that percentage will continue phasing down through 2026.