Thune outlines three pieces of possible health care deal

Majority Leader John Thune laid out Tuesday the three components any bipartisan health deal would have to address in order for it to pass the Senate. That includes instituting minimum premium payments and other new restrictions, providing “a bridge to HSAs” including an expansion of the health savings accounts and dealing with the “Hyde issue” […]

Greenland war powers vote could be heading to Senate floor

Democratic Sen. Ruben Gallego wants Congress to forestall a U.S. takeover of Greenland, requiring President Donald Trump to get lawmakers’ approval for any such action after this weekend’s military incursion into Venezuela. Gallego said he will introduce a war powers resolution focused on Greenland, an semiautonomous territory of Denmark that Trump has repeatedly suggested should […]

Kemp sets date for special election to fill Greene’s seat

The race to replace Marjorie Taylor Greene in Congress is on. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp authorized a special election to select a candidate to fill the remainder of the former MAGA acolyte’s term following her official resignation from the House late Monday night. Kemp’s office posted the signed writ of election to his office’s website, […]

GOP lawmaker Doug LaMalfa dies at 65

Rep. Doug LaMalfa, a California Republican known for his expertise on water and forestry issues, has died at 65, according to statements from GOP officials. LaMalfa, a fourth-generation rice farmer and former state legislator, was serving his seventh term. He sat on the Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Transportation and Infrastructure committees. “Doug was a loving […]

Capitol agenda: Trump huddles with House GOP

House Republicans will hear directly from President Donald Trump on Tuesday for the first time since the administration’s extraordinary capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro. A wider group of lawmakers who want answers on the operation will have to wait till Wednesday, when all House and Senate members are expected to get briefed by administration […]

‘Don’t expect troops on the ground,’ Johnson says after Venezuela briefing

U.S. troops will have a limited role in Venezuela, Speaker Mike Johnson said Monday, after top deputies to President Donald Trump briefed senior congressional leaders on the weekend operation that removed leader Nicolas Maduro from power. “We don’t expect troops on the ground,” Johnson told reporters after the two-hour evening briefing on Capitol Hill. “We […]