Sens. Josh Hawley and Peter Welch are teaming up on bipartisan legislation aimed at lowering drug costs by barring drug companies in the U.S. from charging higher prices than the international average. While their bill is different from what the Trump administration is proposing to help finance the GOP’s megabill of tax cuts and extensions, […]
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The GOP’s tax cut megabill isn’t the only one of President Donald Trump’s priorities in jeopardy on Capitol Hill. Republicans have an unexpected crypto problem, too. Crypto turmoil is unfolding in the Senate after nine key Democrats led by Sen. Ruben Gallego (Ariz.) said this weekend that they would oppose GOP-led legislation that would carve […]
Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee are urging the Justice Department to abandon arguments that the government must refund thousands of dollars in restitution payments to members of the mob that attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. “We condemn the Justice Department’s position that the federal government should financially reward January 6 insurrectionists who […]
A letter signed by 20 hard-line House Republicans calling for deep cuts to Medicaid in the GOP’s domestic policy megabill appears to be written at least in part by a conservative think tank with ties to top Republican leaders. Rep. Chip Roy of Texas led the letter and promoted it publicly but digital metadata embedded […]
The House Republican working behind the scenes to rein in his party’s ambitions to cut Medicaid spending is a California dairy farmer who represents more Medicaid beneficiaries than any of his GOP colleagues. Rep. David Valadao, who runs the centrist-oriented Republican Governance Group, has spent the last several weeks in near-constant communication with his leadership, […]
The House side of the Capitol complex is getting a major overhaul of its restaurants, with vendor Sodexo out after a 10-year run. Beginning in August, Metz Culinary Management will take over, bringing a slew of new eateries with it, according to an email sent to staffers — with online ordering available at each location. […]
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and three other Democratic senators are urging the IRS’s watchdog to investigate whether the Trump administration is illegally pressuring the agency to strip Harvard of its tax exemption. The request from Schumer and Sens. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) was first reported by POLITICO less […]
Hill Republicans are delivering a flurry of rare rebukes of the Trump administration, in the latest sign that the president doesn’t have complete control over the GOP governing trifecta. First, Speaker Mike Johnson split with the White House over making steep Medicaid cuts to fund the GOP’s megabill. The speaker told POLITICO Thursday he’s “not […]
President Trump’s pick to be Washington’s top prosecutor appears to be in trouble with Senate Republicans. No GOP senator has said they will oppose Ed Martin to be U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, a spot he currently fills in an acting capacity. But several are publicly raising concerns or refusing to say if […]
Rep. Jasmine Crockett of Texas has started pitching fellow Democrats on a run for the party’s top Oversight Committee position, according to two people familiar with the situation. Crockett’s entreaties — playing out in phone calls, text messages and floor conversations — mark the beginning of a contested race to succeed Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) […]