Leadership of the Senate Judiciary Committee is sparring over ranking member Dick Durbin’s decision to block the swift confirmation of a U.S. attorney nominee — and his warning that he could do the same for others. The Illinois Democrat had announced earlier this week that he would put a hold on the U.S. attorney nominee […]
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White House budget director Russ Vought publicly denigrated the federal government’s top watchdog Friday, a day after it concluded the Trump administration violated the law by withholding federal cash. The Government Accountability Office issued an opinion Thursday that the administration made an illegal “impoundment” by refusing to spend appropriated funds on infrastructure that supports electric […]
Speaker Mike Johnson struck a series of delicate deals to get Republicans’ “big, beautiful bill” through the House. Now, Senate Republicans are threatening to tear them apart. Despite behind-the-scenes efforts to smooth versions of the bill between chambers and pleas from Johnson to avoid significant changes, the megabill could be in for a major rewrite […]
Speaker Mike Johnson bet it all on “one big, beautiful bill.” With a heavy assist from President Donald Trump in the final hours, he delivered. The bill’s House passage early Thursday morning was at least temporary vindication for a series of strategic decisions championed by the Louisiana Republican — chiefly, that packaging a massive suite […]
The former head of the U.S. Copyright Office has filed suit against the Trump administration, arguing her abrupt ouster from the position violated the Constitution’s separation of powers. Shira Perlmutter was fired by the White House in early May, just days after the administration dismissed the Librarian of Congress, Carla Hayden. Her suit, filed Thursday […]
House Republicans had high hopes of advancing a massive overhaul of federal regulations as they raced to pass their party-line megabill. As it turns out, they still have some work to do to avoid running up against the procedural landmines of the Senate that could doom this effort. GOP lawmakers included a version of the […]
Senate Republicans are vowing they will make changes to President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” after it passed the House early Thursday morning. While the end product is likely to contain sweeping areas of overlap with the proposal negotiated by Speaker Mike Johnson, GOP senators made clear Thursday that the House bill can’t pass without […]
House Oversight and Government Reform chair James Comer is demanding interviews with Joe Biden’s physician and former White House officials as part of his investigation into the former president’s mental decline. The requests, dated Thursday, were sent to Biden’s physician, Kevin O’Connor; former Domestic Policy Council director Neera Tanden; former senior adviser to the first […]
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries sketched out Democrats’ attacks on the Republican megabill before it passed early Thursday morning — and engaged in a brief testy exchange after he was admonished for his remarks. Jeffries, who as a party leader is allowed to speak for an unlimited amount of time during debate, spoke for roughly […]
It was the biggest vote of the 119th Congress so far — and they missed it. GOP Reps. Andrew Garbarino of New York and David Schweikert of Arizona were both recorded as not voting on the Republican domestic policy megabill that passed the House early Thursday morning. Both were surprising: They had each played key […]