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↵↵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
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↵↵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.
Congressional earmarks returned with a vengeance in fiscal 2026, with familiar faces topping the rankings in each chamber.
Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkin is the latest Democrat to join the crowded all-party primary for the open governor's race.
All eyes will be on the House this week as the Republican majority seeks to bring a quick end to the partial government shutdown that began on Friday.
When asked how he would describe Thursday's mid-vote negotiations, he said he "committed to members, as I do all the time, openly, on the floor, in front of everybody."
↵↵By requiring the Fish and Wildlife Service to reissue the rule from the first Trump administration, Boebert said her bill would allow all states to set their own management policies.
Marc Veasey, who made a surprise last-minute entry last week into the race for Tarrant County judge, said Monday that he wouldn't run for the position after all and will retire at the end of his current
A Senate plan to take up a major fiscal 2026 appropriations package on the floor next week is looking increasingly like a long shot.
resolution said that "preserving American dominance in AI will allow the United States to hold an advantage in military capabilities, economic might, scientific achievement, and geopolitical influence, all
Nine of the 12 fiscal 2026 appropriations bills never got a vote on the House floor.
So there’s all kinds of things being floated around, but I don’t have any idea exactly what we’re thinking about," Boozman said. The USDA could use its Section 32 authority to fund SNAP, he said.
For years, despite all of the partisan fighting, I’ve been very dismissive of the idea that our country would become entangled in another civil war.
"Republicans, for the health and safety of the USA, DO YOUR JOB, and confirm All Nominees. They should NOT BE FORCED TO WAIT," Trump posted Thursday on Truth Social.
The Senate passed its first package of fiscal 2026 spending bills Friday, making up for lost time in the long-delayed appropriations process before preparing to head out of town for a monthlong August
Contrary to Trump’s claim, not all prices are "down" and inflation isn’t "dead."
Rogers and Fleischmann are among seven House Republican appropriators in the top 10 for total earmarked funds in the fiscal 2026 bills.Â