Opinion · 119th Congress
Connecting the dots on the economy
</p> In the fourth quarter of 2025 alone, the job losses were at 116,000.
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</p> In the fourth quarter of 2025 alone, the job losses were at 116,000.
Bill Huizenga, R-Mich, sponsored another bill that would allow automatic electronic delivery of certain regulatory documents, such as prospectuses and account statements.
Instead, it largely operated in the background as attention turned to larger fights over the government shutdown, the confirmation of Trump Cabinet nominees and the GOP's reconciliation bill.
Scott P. Brown (R)↵↵Brown won a 2010 special election in deep-blue Massachusetts to succeed the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy but lost reelection two years later to Democrat Elizabeth Warren.
↵↵Several other incumbents — including Republicans John Cornyn of Texas and Bill Cassidy of Louisiana and Democrat Edward J. Markey of Massachusetts — also make our list.
</p> #LASEN: Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy landed another primary challenger in Louisiana this week, with St. Tammany Parish Council member Kathy Seiden joining the race.
Then, it was Republicans angry over Barack Obama’s health care overhaul; today, it’s Democrats outraged by Donald Trump’s recently enacted domestic policy bill.
“one big, beautiful bill” as it moves through the Senate as well as Trump’s move to deploy the California National Guard and U.S.
</p> Democrats believe the public has already soured on the budget reconciliation bill.
</p> Getting closer: The GOP budget reconciliation bill proposes allocating $5 billion a year to provide a tax break for private and religious school vouchers, bringing conservatives closer to their long-standing
</p> </p> The deaths of two House Democrats early in the 119th Congress, combined with the Senate holding out on confirming Republican Rep.
</p> “If you want to eliminate the Department of Education, then put your name on a bill to do that,” the Connecticut Democrat told her GOP colleagues. “Let your constituents see it.
</p> But adopting a budget resolution, which would unlock the reconciliation process that would allow Senate Republicans to pass a bill with 51 votes and bypass the filibuster, is just the first step.
Footnotes in the releases say the money "[p]rovides for anticipated reimbursements from agencies in support of Software Modernization Initiative."
The Senate on Tuesday approved Sean P. Duffy’s nomination to lead the Transportation Department in a 77-22 vote, marking an end to an easy confirmation process for the former Wisconsin lawmaker.
</p> Congress’ first bill of the year could foreshadow how much political reality may affect the thinking of Senate Democrats.
Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins, Joni Ernst, Bill Cassidy, Thom Tillis and Todd Young and Sen.-elect John Curtis.