This week: Congress debates war and reconciliation
"We will have all members of the Senate have to declare whether or not the U.S. should be at war with Iran," Kaine said on Fox News Sunday.
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Longest-serving woman in Congress says she’s not stopping anytime soon
She’s hoping to extend that streak in 2026. "I’m a happy person. God’s given me good health, and I know this is what I was meant to do," she said in an interview.
Major insurers pledge to improve preauthorization
The agreed-upon framework states that participating insurers should enhance transparency in prior authorization decisions and that medical professionals would review all coverage denials.
House subcommittee advances Legislative Branch spending bill
The cut is part of the GOP’s fiscal 2026 Legislative Branch appropriations bill, which the subcommittee reported favorably on a party-line, 6-4 vote.
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
Justice Department says Trump can undo monument designations
President can declare that his predecessor was wrong regarding the value of preserving one such object on a given parcel, there is nothing preventing him from declaring that his predecessor was wrong about all
Walz and Johnson make misleading claims about bill’s impact on SNAP
The federal government currently funds all of the benefit costs, and states cover half of the administrative costs of the program.
Campaigns · 119th Congress
At the races: Democrats get a reprieve
state Senate seat, an abundance of experienced candidates and a remark by a Republican incumbent that drew widespread scorn: Those are some of the factors fueling optimism among Iowa Democrats about the 2026
Hegseth gets bipartisan pushback for defense spending strategy
Senate appropriators from both parties denounced Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth Wednesday for relying on Republicans’ partisan budget reconciliation bill to meet his spending objectives in fiscal 2026.
Iowa Democrats see signs of optimism for 2026 despite state’s hard-right turn
"Well, we’re all going to die," the senator responded, "so for heaven’s sake."
Bessent, House Democrats spar over budget package’s debt boost
Bessent appeared before the committee Wednesday to justify the administration’s fiscal 2026 budget request, spending much of his time praising and defending the budget reconciliation bill the House passed
Democrats clash with Hegseth over Guard deployment, shipbuilding
Thus far, the planned fiscal 2026 spending picture on shipbuilding is unclear.
White House seeks to diminish Office on Violence Against Women
The White House, in the fine print of its fiscal 2026 budget request appendix released last week, proposed a 29 percent cut to appropriated OVW program funding, writing that it and other department grantmaking
‘Eerie similarities’: Dems tea partied in 2010 say today’s GOP faces own reckoning
"Well, we all are going to die," Ernst replied, eliciting groans from the crowd. Ernst later doubled down, releasing a sarcastic video on social media.
Campaigns · 119th Congress
At the races: Big, beautiful bickering
The former two-time congressional candidate said he was motivated by the senator’s recent comment that “we’re all going to die” in response to a constituent’s concerns about potential Medicaid cuts.
Trump-Musk alliance ends with personal attacks, threats to end federal contracts
it would do, if signed into law. ’Truth will come out’ The world’s richest man on Thursday showed no signs of going down without a rhetorical fight, appearing to take aim at Republicans ahead of the 2026
Biden alums could boost their House ranks in midterm elections
Several of the candidates seeking seats in 2026 said they were partly motivated to run after growing increasingly distressed watching Trump dismantle Biden’s legacy.
Time and voters will determine who is right in current Medicaid fight
Ron Johnson of Wisconsin and Rand Paul of Kentucky all agree that the bill would add to the federal deficit.
CBO sees lower deficits from tariffs, but with big caveats
"The projections described here reflect the assumption that the tariffs will be collected on all affected imports, with no exemptions beyond those currently specified."
TRIO cuts emerge as Education budget sticking point
Senators from both parties challenged Education Secretary Linda McMahon about her agency’s detailed fiscal 2026 budget proposal Tuesday, with a focus on cuts to the bipartisan federal TRIO programs.