Sen. Rand Paul says he and his family have been uninvited from the White House picnic for members of Congress, accusing the administration of targeting him over his opposition to some of President Donald Trump’s policies. “I think I’m the first senator in the history of the United States to be uninvited to the White […]
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Landmark Senate cryptocurrency legislation cleared another procedural hurdle on Wednesday, inching the upper chamber closer to a vote on final passage following weeks of delays and hiccups. The upper chamber voted 68-30 to move forward on a substitute amendment that includes an array of changes to the original bill Republicans agreed to last month in […]
Republicans’ ambitious July 4 target for their sweeping domestic policy legislation is facing new doubts this week as GOP leaders in the House and Senate push and pull over changes to the complex megabill. Speaker Mike Johnson said in an interview Wednesday that while he believed Republicans were “on track” for final passage by the […]
President Donald Trump and former ally Elon Musk appear ready to mend fences after Musk’s offensive against the president’s “big beautiful bill” spilled over into a blowout battle between the two men on social media. Trump said he had “no hard feelings” for his onetime pal in an interview with the New York Post’s “Pod […]
House Republicans will vote to make difficult changes to the GOP megabill Wednesday in an attempt to keep the bill on track in the Senate. The House Rules Committee teed up a provision Tuesday night that would scrub the House-passed bill of problems the Senate parliamentarian flagged as threats to the measure’s filibuster-skirting power. The […]
Frustrated by Democrats’ seniority system, Kweisi Mfume fled the House three decades ago, saying he could do more to advance civil rights from the outside. Now he’s back and trying to reap the benefits of seniority at a moment when many in his party are starting to openly question it. The Baltimore native last month […]
President Donald Trump is celebrating the Army’s 250th anniversary — and his own 79th birthday — with a massive, multimillion-dollar military parade Saturday in Washington. But one group of otherwise devoted Trump allies largely won’t be there to celebrate: congressional Republicans. Among the 50 GOP lawmakers surveyed by POLITICO, only six said they planned to […]
Senate Republicans are finalizing a scaled-down plan to force some federal food aid costs to states as a way to pay for President Donald Trump’s megabill, according to five people with direct knowledge of the matter. The move to downsize the controversial House GOP plan comes after intense pushback from Republican senators. That includes some […]
At least one senior congressional appropriator isn’t interested in White House budget chief Russ Vought’s enthusiasm for so-called “pocket rescissions,” which would allow the Trump administration to make permanent cuts to federal spending without congressional approval. “I think it’s a bad idea,” Rep. Mike Simpson (R-Idaho), chair of the Interior-Environment subcommittee, told reporters Tuesday. “It […]
Eleanor Holmes Norton, D.C.’s nonvoting House delegate, told reporters Tuesday she intends to seek re-election amid mounting questions about her ability to serve in Congress. “Yeah, sure,” she said when asked about running for re-election. Asked how she would respond to critics who have questioned her abilities at age 87, replied, “I’m going to run. […]