A proposal to create a new $20 fee on most passenger cars to help pay for Trump administration priorities may already be in danger thanks to Republicans loathe to create a new fee. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chair Sam Graves (R-Mo.) released the details Tuesday of his committee’s contribution to the larger GOP megabill […]
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The House Armed Services Committee advanced its $150 billion portion of Republicans’ megabill on Tuesday with the support of several Democrats, even as most lambasted it as a “blank check” for a Pentagon in chaos and a defense chief who can’t be trusted. The 35-21 committee vote came after Republicans thwarted more than 20 Democrat […]
House Education and Workforce Committee Republicans advanced draft legislation Tuesday to slash billions of dollars to student aid programs to help offset the cost of legislation to enact President Donald Trump’s domestic agenda. Chair Tim Walberg’s plan, which advanced in a 21-14 party-line vote, would make major changes to federal student aid programs under the […]
Key Republicans on the Senate Armed Services Committee say there’s been headway in recent weeks on reaching an agreement to auction off wireless spectrum, expressing renewed hopes for attaching a telecom deal to the party’s massive bill to enact swaths of President Donald Trump’s domestic agenda. “There’s progress, we’re almost there,” Senate Armed Services Chair […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson and other members of House GOP leadership are pushing the House Ways and Means Committee to vote on its tax legislation next week. “On schedule, it’ll be next week,” Johnson told reporters Tuesday, when asked when he’d like to see the tax writing committee vote on its portion of the GOP […]
Sen. Brian Schatz inched forward Tuesday in his bid to succeed retiring Sen. Dick Durbin as the No. 2 Senate Democrat — even as some Democratic senators said it’s too early to even talk about a leadership contest more than a year away. Schatz’s latest round of supporters includes Sens. Mazie Hirono (Hawaii), John Fetterman […]
President Donald Trump’s top trade adviser attempted to soothe Senate Republicans alarmed by the president’s aggressive trade policies ahead of a potential vote to reject the executive branch’s sweeping power to enact tariffs. U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer attended the Senate GOP lunch on Capitol Hill on Tuesday after lawmakers spent two weeks back in […]
The Senate confirmed former Georgia Sen. David Perdue as the new U.S. ambassador to China on Tuesday. Perdue received 67 Senate votes in support of his confirmation, while 29 lawmakers voted against him. His confirmation — which had been widely expected — will put him at the forefront of administration efforts to navigate a U.S.-China […]
Republicans are hitting a major roadblock in drafting their “big, beautiful” megabill: Divisions over how deeply to cut Medicaid are threatening to upend the timeline for advancing President Donald Trump’s tax agenda. Energy and Commerce Republicans emerged Monday night from a lengthy closed-door meeting largely tight-lipped as the committee figures out the Medicaid problem. Chair […]
Rep. Stephen Lynch said he will seek to become the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee after ranking member Gerry Connolly suddenly announced Monday he would step aside. The Massachusetts Democrat said in an interview Connolly promised he would endorse Lynch’s bid for the committee’s leadership position and encouraged him to pursue it. Connolly […]