GOP Sen. Rand Paul is throwing his support behind a home-state judicial pick that he stalled three years ago as part of a feud with his fellow Kentuckian Mitch McConnell. Trump said this week he will nominate Chad Meredith to serve as a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky; […]
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Police arrested an Ohio man in their investigation into a Thursday road rage incident in which Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) said he was “run off the road” by a person with a Palestinian flag. Rocky River, Ohio, police said on Friday that Westlake, Ohio, resident Feras S. Hamdan, 36, voluntarily turned himself in after the […]
The Senate parliamentarian ruled Thursday that several key provisions in Banking Chair Tim Scott’s proposed contribution to the GOP’s “big beautiful bill” violate the upper chamber’s rules for the budget reconciliation process, according to Budget Committee ranking member Jeff Merkley’s office. Scott’s proposals to zero out funding for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, slash some […]
Sen. Rand Paul is a frequent thorn in GOP leadership’s side. But his recent break over border security funding in President Donald Trump’s “big beautiful bill” has top Republicans pushing the bounds of institutional norms to rein him in. Senior Republicans have sidelined the Kentucky Republican, who chairs the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs […]
Sen. Josh Hawley is urging GOP leaders to strike Senate Finance Committee language altering a key Medicaid financing provision, warning he’s already hearing from House Republicans that it can’t clear their chamber. “I don’t know why we would pass something that the House can’t pass and will force us into [a] conference,” the Missouri Republican […]
Russ Vought’s relationship with Republican appropriators was already strained. Then he started talking about pursuing the ultimate end-run around their funding power heading into the fall. The White House budget director has been persistently touting the virtues of “pocket rescissions,” a tactic he has floated as a way to codify the spending cuts Elon Musk […]
As chair of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Sen. Rand Paul technically has jurisdiction over a central plank of President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.” But the Kentucky Republican’s desire to aggressively cut the administration’s request for border security spending has sidelined him in negotiations. In an interview this week, Senate Budget […]
Rep. Robert Garcia wants to usher in a new era for Democrats on the House Oversight Committee. But don’t ask the 47-year-old Californian if he’s seeking “generational change.” Garcia has instead fashioned his candidacy for his party’s top leadership post on the panel around his experience as a big-city mayor and contributions on the Oversight […]
President Donald Trump called on House Republicans late Wednesday to move “LIGHTNING FAST” to send Senate-passed cryptocurrency legislation to his desk, dialing up pressure on GOP lawmakers in the lower chamber to adopt the measure without any changes. Trump wrote on social media site Truth Social Wednesday evening that the House should pass a “clean” […]
Senate Republicans are fielding mounting warnings from economists that their signature legislation would add trillions of dollars to the deficit. It appears to be the last thing on their minds. As Senate Majority Leader John Thune prepares to jam through the GOP’s sprawling border, energy and tax package to President Donald Trump’s desk, fellow Republicans […]