A group of GOP senators are working on legislation to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies — but with policy changes to win over conservatives, according to four people, granted anonymity to disclose private discussions. This group, two of the people added, has gotten “technical assistance” from the Senate Finance Committee, which has jurisdiction over the […]
The Senate’s top Republican leader said on Monday he wants the chamber to vote on a stopgap funding bill before lawmakers leave town for a scheduled weeklong recess. “I’d like to get it — if we can get it from the House — get it done this week before we leave,” Majority Leader John Thune […]
Two House Republicans say they will oppose Speaker Mike Johnson’s plan to pass a “clean” stopgap spending bill this week that would punt a possible government shutdown into November, threatening GOP leaders’ plan to jam Senate Democrats ahead of the Sept. 30 funding deadline. Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), who regularly opposes leadership-backed spending bills, said […]
Republicans are getting ready to reveal a short-term bill to fund the government through Nov. 20, despite Democrats’ demands for buy-in in any legislation to avert a shutdown. Text of the continuing resolution is expected to be released as early as Monday morning, according to three Republicans. Here’s the latest: The timeline: House Republicans want to […]
Among all the troublemaking members House Republican leaders have to deal with, Rep. Jen Kiggans isn’t on their list of problem children. That might be changing. A former Navy helicopter pilot, nurse practitioner and mother of four, the 54-year-old Virginian is seen in the Republican Conference as something of a model member, hailing from one […]
Saying he was seeking “a new challenge,” Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) said Sunday he won’t run for reelection in 2026. Speaking on ABC’s “This Week,” McCaul told host Martha Raddatz: “I’m going to serve the remainder of my term. But I’m looking for a new challenge in the same space that would be national security, […]
Republicans claim the GOP megabill, coupled with President Donald Trump’s tariff and immigration policies, will “unleash economic growth.” Congress’ nonpartisan scorekeeper says not so much. The Congressional Budget Office’s new economic estimates released Friday predict that over the next three years, policies implemented this year by Trump and the Republican-led Congress will have little effect […]
Liberal activists are ratcheting up pressure behind the scenes on congressional Democrats to play hardball with Republicans over a looming government shutdown — and party leaders appear to be heeding their call for now. The progressive group MoveOn urged Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries in a private letter that […]
President Donald Trump dismissed congressional Democrats’ demands ahead of a looming shutdown deadline in a Fox News interview Friday, casting doubt on whether a deal to keep the government open is even possible. “There is something wrong with them,” Trump said about Democrats in a rare in-studio “Fox and Friends” interview. “If you gave them […]
Hakeem Jeffries is presenting himself as a hard-charging leader of his party, pushing a crash blue-state redistricting program to counter President Donald Trump’s moves to add Republican seats in Texas, Missouri and elsewhere. But behind the scenes, the House minority leader is encountering the limits of his power — and the credibility of Democrats’ counterattack. […]