Campaigns · 119th Congress
At the Races: Make Tuesday nights political again
Coming up↵↵It's all about the kickoff of the 2026 primary season, with Tuesday's contests in Arkansas, North Carolina and Texas.
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Congress · 119th Congress
ATF pick decries GOP-led budget cuts
↵↵But Cekada also showed no support for the latest Republican-led cut to ATF's budget, as outlined in the fiscal 2026 Justice Department spending bill passed by Congress earlier this year.
Congress · 119th Congress
Labor-HHS-Education earmarks are back in House, with limits
But the Senate has maintained the bill's earmark eligibility, and the fiscal 2026 Labor-HHS-Education law includes just under $1.4 billion within those accounts, all from the Senate.Â
Congress · 119th Congress
Trading startups for statutes: Why technologists are choosing a year on the Hill
↵↵Sixteen more TechCongress fellows, the class of 2026, just completed their orientation in January and began their journey working in Congress.
Congress · 119th Congress
Lawmakers seek to boost CFTC budget to take on crypto oversight
↵↵Congress appropriated $365 million to the CFTC for fiscal 2026. But Senate Agriculture Chairman John Boozman, R-Ark., wants to increase the agency's budget beyond that level.
Congress · 119th Congress
The State of Division
↵↵One of the most audible reactions in the room wasn't related to Trump or his agenda at all, but rather an appearance of the U.S. men's hockey team, which won a gold medal in Italy at the 2026 Olympics
Congress · 119th Congress
Vote Studies 2025: Republicans power Trump to record success
↵↵His four defeats were on a series of amendments to the fiscal 2026 Energy-Water appropriations bill, where his proposed cuts to four regional federal-state partnerships that fund infrastructure projects
Congress · 119th Congress
This week: Snow delays congressional business before State of the Union
↵↵Republicans have sought to blame Democrats for the current partial shutdown because of their refusal to back DHS funding as part of the broader fiscal 2026 appropriations law.
Congress · 119th Congress
Court ruling puts federal revenue forecast on shaky ground
↵↵A recent analysis from the Budget Lab, a nonpartisan policy group at Yale University, estimates that the recent ruling would erase more than half of projected revenue increases from fiscal 2026 to fiscal
Congress · 119th Congress
Panels unveil aviation safety text as House sets vote on Senate bill
The draft bill would also repeal a provision of the fiscal 2026 National Defense Authorization Act that provided exemptions from the use of that technology for some military aircraft, according to a summary
Congress · 119th Congress
Lawmakers try to halt ICE plans for new detention centers
↵↵ICE has a $38.3 billion plan to acquire "non-traditional facilities" such as warehouses, to increase bed capacity to 92,600 by the end of fiscal 2026, according to another ICE memo released by Ayotte
Policy · 119th Congress
State politics color reception to Trump’s AI ‘framework’ order
↵↵Dunmoyer said Texas lawmakers are balancing the needs of state residents with the "political realities" on AI, all while the state's legislature is out of session in 2026.
Congress · 119th Congress
EPA’s end to endangerment finding eases rules for carmakers
↵↵The administration's repeal releases auto manufacturers from federal regulations that were designed to bring about a nearly 50 percent reduction in fleet-wide emissions by 2032 compared with 2026.
Congress · 119th Congress
Kennedy’s push to find cause of autism divides Hill Republicans
↵↵For the first time ever, the 2026 Senate Labor-HHS appropriations report directed the NIH to ensure autism research includes profound autism.
Congress · 119th Congress
Earmarks flood spending bills after a year’s hiatus
Congressional earmarks returned with a vengeance in fiscal 2026, with familiar faces topping the rankings in each chamber.
Heard On The Hill · 119th Congress
Capitol Lens | Jesse Jackson, 1941–2026
Jackson marched with Martin Luther King Jr. and sought the Democratic presidential nomination in 1984 and 1988.
Heard On The Hill · 119th Congress
Photos of the week | February 6-12, 2026
A hearing on the Epstein files, ICE oversight, the attorney general's testimony and Buddhist monks highlighted the week in Congress.
Policy · 119th Congress
After stalled health deal, voters want Congress to deliver
↵↵Lawmakers included a slate of restrictions on pharmacy benefit managers in the fiscal 2026 appropriations law enacted late last month.
Congress · 119th Congress
House farm bill would set hemp testing, pesticide label authority
↵↵The fiscal 2026 Agriculture spending law set that 0.3 percent limit on total THC content, effectively a ban on intoxicating hemp products that kicked off an effort from lawmakers in hemp-growing states
Congress · 119th Congress
White House proposes new taxes to boost US shipbuilding
After a deal struck between the U.S. and China last October, the fees were suspended for at least a year, until Nov. 10, 2026.