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.
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House rejects rule that would block floor votes to end tariffs
was nearly rejected on the floor, only surviving when three GOP dissenters flipped their votes at the last minute after Johnson shortened the duration of the ban to Dec. 31, 2025, instead of March 31, 2026
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This week: House GOP tries to end partial government shutdown
↵↵The House Rules Committee meets Monday afternoon to work on a rule for floor consideration of the package of five fiscal 2026 spending bills, in addition to a two-week extension of Department of Homeland
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As threats climb, political violence debate roils Congress again
↵↵Appropriators included $30 million in the fiscal 2026 Legislative Branch measure for the Capitol Police to continue and expand its mutual aid program, which is used to reimburse local law enforcement
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These House votes were once routine. Now they’re nail-biters
↵↵One rule vote last year, which set up consideration for the fiscal 2026 defense authorization bill, was almost rejected because it lacked a cryptocurrency provision that some conservative members supported
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No-shows and holdouts define Johnson’s shaky majority
↵↵So far in 2026, attendance has mostly been in Johnson's favor.
Heard On The Hill · 119th Congress
Photos of the week | November 14-20, 2025
(Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., speaks about the 2026 Congressional calendar during a news conference with House Republican leadership in the Capitol Visitor Center
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White House isn’t giving up on AI regulations ban
↵↵But support for including a moratorium in the fiscal 2026 NDAA appeared scarce Thursday, especially without a national AI standard in place, and experts questioned the constitutionality of parts of a
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House unveils 2026 calendar as election year nears
The House calendar for 2026 sets up a potential reprise of the chamber's extended departure during the recent partial government shutdown.
DHS taps ‘big beautiful bill’ funding for Coast Guard paychecks
Those accounts make funding available for two fiscal years, which in this case would extend through Sept. 30, 2026.Â
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
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.
House adopts rule for crypto, Defense bills
The House on Wednesday finally mustered the votes to adopt a rule governing floor debate on cryptocurrency bills and the fiscal 2026 Defense spending bill, overcoming a two-day impasse that had halted
Kentucky Rep. Andy Barr enters race to succeed Mitch McConnell
House Democrats, however, have the seat on their initial list of 2026 targets, calling it a district "in play." Democratic Rep.
House budget, disapproval measures headline congressional schedule this week
The week also has an array of less contentious agenda items, one of which is a bill to authorize a congressional time capsule for the county’s semiquincentennial in 2026.
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.
Cantwell says she’ll cut path for privacy bill despite opposition
"Researchers project that if current trends continue, companies training large language models may run out of new publicly available high-quality data to train AI systems as early as 2026," Cantwell said