Congress · 119th Congress
Armed Services members in the dark on details of war costs
That includes $1 trillion appropriated for national defense in fiscal 2026 in regular appropriations and reconciliation funds.
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Congress · 119th Congress
Vote studies: Participation up in 2025 despite notable absences
The campaign trail remained a key factor and some of last year’s most notable absences were among those running for other office, either in special elections or in preparation for early 2026 primaries.
Campaigns · 119th Congress
Filibuster becomes flashpoint in Texas Senate primary
Capitol’s Statuary Hall before President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026.
Campaigns · 119th Congress
At the Races: Georgia on my mind
Throughout the 2026 primary season, watch for these updates from the CQ Roll Call campaign team on what you need to know for election day. Know someone who’d like to get this newsletter?
Congress · 119th Congress
Democrats float tax relief plans to home in on affordability
It’s part of a broader Democratic effort to make affordability the top issue of both the 2026 midterms and the 2028 presidential election.
Congress · 119th Congress
Senators clash over sanctuary policies amid DHS shutdown
DHS funding The hearing comes as DHS remains the sole portion of the U.S. government that has not received funding for the rest of fiscal 2026 through the regular appropriations process.
Congress · 119th Congress
Rising pump prices draw calls to action from Democrats
The bill, which he is calling “The Gas Prices Relief Act of 2026,” would suspend the federal gas tax through Oct. 1, according to details provided by Kelly’s office.
Heard On The Hill · 119th Congress
Photos of the week | February 27-March 5, 2026
This week saw the outbreak of war in Iran, and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem testified before Senate and House committees before President Donald Trump ousted her and announced that Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., would take her place. Here are images captured by CQ Roll Call photojournalists this week.
Campaigns · 119th Congress
House members vying for Senate face conundrum with Iran votes
For example, while a few decades-old AUMFs were repealed last year through the fiscal 2026 National Defense Authorization Act, the 2001 AUMF that laid the foundation for U.S. counterterrorism operations
Congress · 119th Congress
ATF nominee advanced by Senate Judiciary Committee
That $40 million decrease, a 2.5 percent cut, in a fiscal 2026 law (PL 119-74) would continue a "compounded reduction in operational funding," Cekada said in a written response to lawmakers.
Congress · 119th Congress
Vote studies: 2025 sets new mark for partisanship on Capitol Hill
↵↵More than the usual amount of arm-twisting was sometimes required for the year's significant legislation, including on votes setting up floor consideration of the fiscal 2026 defense authorization and
Campaigns · 119th Congress
8 takeaways from the Texas, North Carolina, Arkansas primaries
Voters in Texas, Arkansas and North Carolina went to the polls on Tuesday, officially kicking off the 2026 midterm elections.
Congress · 119th Congress
House Democrats grill IRS chief over data-sharing concerns
↵↵The testimony comes just over a month into the 2026 tax filing season, which has been marked by the Trump administration's efforts to shrink the IRS workforce despite all the new tax code changes from
Congress · 119th Congress
Utah Republican Burgess Owens announces retirement
Utah in recent years has been caught up in a redistricting fight in federal court – and as Republicans have looked to redistricting in a number of states in hopes of keeping control of the House in the 2026
Campaigns · 119th Congress
Texas GOP Senate primary heads for a May runoff as Democrats back Talarico
↵↵But the 2026 contest is his first campaign following the passage of a bipartisan update to the nation's gun laws, which Cornyn negotiated with Sen. Christopher S. Murphy, D-Conn.
Campaigns · 119th Congress
At the Races: Time for Texas
Throughout the 2026 primary season, watch for these updates from the CQ Roll Call campaign team on what you need to know for election day. Know someone who'd like to get this newsletter?
White House · 119th Congress
What to watch from Trump’s national AI standard
Advocates of state preemption, including Senate Commerce Chair Ted Cruz, R-Texas, fell short last year on attaching preemption to the GOP budget reconciliation law or the fiscal 2026 defense policy law
Congress · 119th Congress
Democrats offer farm bill amendments to roll back SNAP changes
Counties, and National Conference of State Legislatures, sent a letter in January to House and Senate leaders urging Congress to exclude October and November 2025 payment error rates from the fiscal 2026
Congress · 119th Congress
Iran war triggers talk of supplemental defense funding
The funding was made available to spend through fiscal 2029, but the Pentagon said in a summary of its plans last month that it would work to "accelerate execution into FY 2026 if that can be done without