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Political fallout of ‘big, beautiful bill’

CQ Budget, Episode No. 357

By David Lerman and Daniela Altimari
Posted July 7, 2025 at 2:09pm

Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, takes a selfie Thursday with Rep. Juan Ciscomani, R-Ariz., ahead of the enrollment ceremony for the mammoth tax and spending measure that House Republicans had just cleared. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Campaigns

DCCC targets 35 House Republicans over budget law’s impact on rural hospitals

By Daniela Altimari
Posted July 7, 2025 at 7:00am
Activists opposing funding for Planned Parenthood demonstrate in front of the Supreme Court on April 2.

Policy

Planned Parenthood challenges GOP reconciliation law

By Sandhya Raman
Posted July 7, 2025 at 2:43pm
President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump and Republican lawmakers celebrate the signing of legislation known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act during a military family picnic on the South Lawn of the White House on Friday.

White House

Trump signs ‘big beautiful bill’ at July Fourth ceremony at White House

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 4, 2025 at 6:41pm
Speaker Mike Johnson and his House Republican colleagues flash thumbs-up signs Thursday during the enrollment ceremony after passage of the GOP's sweeping tax and spending package.

Campaigns

Sweeping tax and spending bill hands both parties a midterm message

By Daniela Altimari
Posted July 3, 2025 at 6:17pm
Attorney General Pamela Bondi testifies during a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing last month.

Law enforcement groups oppose proposed anti-drug program cuts

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted July 3, 2025 at 5:17pm
President Donald Trump talks on the phone in April as he waits onboard Marine One to depart the Leesburg Executive Airport after visiting his Northern Virginia golf club.

Trump worked phones on ‘big beautiful bill’ — but left some arm-twisting to others

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 3, 2025 at 5:14pm

Transcripts of presidential remarks and congressional hearings within 60 minutes

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted June 13, 2025 at 3:33pm

At the Races: OBBB vs. OBUB

By Daniela Altimari and Andrew Menezes
Posted July 3, 2025 at 4:00pm
Speaker Mike Johnson holds up the final vote total on passing President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful" budget reconciliation bill on Thursday.

Mammoth budget bill heads to Trump’s desk in time for July Fourth

By David Lerman, Lia DeGroot and Sandhya Raman
Posted July 3, 2025 at 2:50pm, Updated at 3:11pm

Capitol Lens | Bringing Fourth

By Bill Clark
Posted July 3, 2025 at 1:06pm

Track and shape policy faster than ever.

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted January 15, 2025 at 11:59am
Activists for and against trans rights protest outside the Supreme Court in December before the start oral arguments over a Tennessee law banning gender-affirming care for minors.

Supreme Court to decide legality of transgender sports bans

By Michael Macagnone
Posted July 3, 2025 at 11:25am
An Architect of the Capitol worker wheels a bin full of empty pizza boxes from Speaker Mike Johnson’s office as the House prepares for a long night on Wednesday.

House nears passage of sweeping GOP budget bill

By David Lerman, Lia DeGroot and Sandhya Raman
Posted July 3, 2025 at 12:24am, Updated at 3:55am
Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., right, and Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., do TV interviews in the Capitol on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Vibe shift in House as Trump, GOP leaders begin to flip votes

By David Lerman, Sandhya Raman, Olivia M. Bridges, David Jordan and Lia DeGroot
Posted July 2, 2025 at 7:30pm

Read the latest issue

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted March 23, 2020 at 11:36am
The United States monitors the Juarez-El Paso border with armored vehicles last month in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.

Judge orders halt to Trump push to shut down border crossings

By Michael Macagnone
Posted July 2, 2025 at 5:34pm
An adult female and a 16-year-old male were also injured in the shooting, which occurred in Northwest D.C.

Intern for Rep. Ron Estes killed in Northwest D.C. shooting

By Justin Papp
Posted July 2, 2025 at 5:29pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., talks with reporters before heading to the House chamber for a procedural vote on Wednesday.

GOP leaders work to convince House holdouts on budget package

By David Lerman, Lia DeGroot, David Jordan and Sandhya Raman
Posted July 2, 2025 at 4:32pm
Rep. Earl L. "Buddy" Carter, R-Ga., arrives for a meeting of House Republicans in the Capitol Visitor Center on May 15. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Rep. Carter, seeking Georgia Senate seat, surrenders Health gavel

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted July 2, 2025 at 2:38pm
President Donald Trump arrives at the South Lawn of the White House on June 9.

Trump meets with Freedom Caucus members and moderates, pushing ‘growth’ from ‘big, beautiful bill’

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 2, 2025 at 12:26pm
Former Rep. Colin Allred, D-Texas, is running for Senate again. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Former Rep. Colin Allred makes another bid for Senate in Texas

By Daniela Altimari
Posted July 2, 2025 at 11:30am
Jackie Kucinich, center, now the Washington bureau chief for the Boston Globe, stands next to fellow Roll Call alumni John Stanton, who went on to edit The Gambit, at the Congressional Women's Softball game in 2013.

Defection to ‘enemy’ publication leads to memorable career move

By Jackie Kucinich
Posted July 2, 2025 at 7:00am

Capitol Ink | Liftoff!

By R.J. Matson
Posted July 2, 2025 at 7:00am
Chairman Tim Scott gavels in a Senate Banking confirmation hearing on Feb. 27.

In the Spotlight: Tim Scott

By Nick Eskow
Posted July 2, 2025 at 6:00am
North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis, left, and Nebraska Rep. Don Bacon are the latest Republicans to announce their retirements. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Exits by Tillis and Bacon demonstrate Trump’s enduring grip on modern GOP

By Daniela Altimari
Posted July 1, 2025 at 6:30pm
FBI Director Kash Patel arrives for a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing in May.

FBI announces selection of DC location for next headquarters

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted July 1, 2025 at 5:48pm
President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis walk through a medical facility during a visit to the "Alligator Alcatraz" detention center in Ochopee, Fla., on Tuesday. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is seen behind Trump.

‘Only way out is deportation’: Trump talks tough at Everglades detention site

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 1, 2025 at 3:38pm
People wait in line for seating in the Supreme Court in Washington on the first day of the term in October 2024.

Supreme Court pushes right in term stocked with Trump cases

By Michael Macagnone
Posted July 1, 2025 at 3:36pm

Capitol Lens | Fourth-coming

By Bill Clark
Posted July 1, 2025 at 2:31pm
New York Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani, center, celebrates at an election night gathering in Queens on Tuesday. He is flanked by his wife, Rama Duwaji, second from right, and his parents, filmmaker Mira Nair and Columbia professor Mahmood Mamdani.

No, I’m not running for mayor of NYC

By Stuart Rothenberg
Posted July 1, 2025 at 1:31pm
North Carolina's Thom Tillis is the latest senator to decide against a reelection run next year.

Seven and counting? Tally of open Senate seats continues to climb

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted July 1, 2025 at 1:22pm
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, flanked by Sens. John Barrasso and Michael D. Crapo, speaks to reporters after the Senate passed the reconciliation package on Tuesday.

‘Big, beautiful’ budget reconciliation package passes Senate

By David Lerman and Caitlin Reilly
Posted July 1, 2025 at 12:13pm, Updated at 12:49pm
President Donald Trump and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte during the NATO Summit in The Hague on June 25.

Debt, taxes or cuts: NATO’s 5 percent solution

By Bruce Stokes
Posted July 1, 2025 at 6:00am
The March for Life proceeds down Constitution Avenue after their rally on the National Mall in Washington on Jan. 24.

Senate abortion provider defunding language OK’d by parliamentarian

By Sandhya Raman
Posted June 30, 2025 at 6:20pm
Rep. Dwight Evans, D-Pa., participates in the House Ways and Means Committee organizing meeting on Jan. 31, 2023.

Ways and Means member Evans says he will not seek reelection

By Jackie Wang
Posted June 30, 2025 at 4:26pm
South Dakota Rep. Dusty Johnson is running for governor.

Rep. Dusty Johnson launches bid for governor in South Dakota

By Daniela Altimari and Andrew Menezes
Posted June 30, 2025 at 4:02pm

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