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Looking ahead to 2026 The struggle to overperform could be a warning sign for some senators up for reelection in 2026.Â
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Looking ahead to 2026 The struggle to overperform could be a warning sign for some senators up for reelection in 2026.Â
is the beginning of a new president’s term, the release of Trump’s budget request is almost certain to be delayed, but the first Monday in February remains a marker for the budget process for fiscal 2026
ANALYSIS — Watching popular governors flame out in Senate races cycle after cycle might cause Democrat Roy Cooper to pause before entertaining a Senate run in North Carolina in 2026.Â
Trump has said he wants his new agency, nicknamed DOGE, to complete its work by July 4, 2026, after examining all federal departments and agencies and recommending ways to cut costs.
Looking to 2026 While the dust is still settling on the 2024 elections, the baseline for the 2026 midterm elections has been set.
CMS announced the price list for the first 10 drugs, with the reduced sticker prices due to take effect on Jan. 1, 2026.
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
The 2021 infrastructure law provided $22.4 billion in total from fiscal 2022 to 2026 to the Northeast Corridor Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail Grant Program.
which historically fed the fund, brought in about $36 billion, but Congress still had to transfer $118 billion to the fund under the 2021 infrastructure law (PL 117-169) to stabilize the account through 2026
The bill introduced Thursday would set a binding plebiscite vote for November 2025, with a runoff set for March 2026 if no majority is reached.
She said waiting for 2026 might be a better option, especially in states like Pennsylvania, Michigan or Arizona where Trump narrowly won in 2016 but lost in 2020.
That project, the Mountain Valley Pipeline, is more than 90 percent complete, but the company building it asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for permission to take until 2026 to finish
grants over five years for semiconductor manufacturing and research, along with 5G wireless deployment; a tax credit covering 25 percent of spending on new semiconductor manufacturing plants through 2026
Taxes would climb more widely in 2026, when the individual cuts from the 2017 GOP tax law are set to expire and the SALT cap would be extended under Democrats’ plan.
Under the proposal circulating on Capitol Hill, the current $10,000 limit on SALT deductions would be repealed for the 2021 through 2025 tax years, then reinstated from 2026 through 2030 in Democrats
with party leaders on a potential five-year suspension of the $10,000 cap on state and local tax deductions, though that break would be paid for by extending the current law cap five years beyond its 2026
The committee earlier this year unanimously approved legislation that would spend more than $35 billion through fiscal 2026 on drinking water systems and wastewater projects.
Waters’ draft bill would increase the number of vouchers incrementally for five years and then guarantee subsidies for all who qualify starting in 2026.
With her current term running through 2026, the 68-year-old would have at least four years in the role.Â
The agreement California reached with the four automakers in July would set a fuel-efficiency standard of 51 miles per gallon, on average, for passenger vehicles by 2026, a slightly less stringent