Elon Musk paid a visit to Capitol Hill Wednesday afternoon to chat with senators about energy issues, artificial intelligence and enhancing competitiveness against the Chinese government. The ally of President Donald Trump and head of the Department of Government Efficiency initiative was seen entering a meeting room on the Senate side of the Capitol complex […]
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House GOP leaders and the White House are pushing for a final passage vote today on a roughly 1,100-page bill that hasn’t even been fully written — and one Republican lawmaker is taking notice in a very public way. Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, fresh from being called out by President Donald Trump the day […]
Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins thinks Congress needs to take charge in naming the heads of major legislative branch agencies, including the Library of Congress and Government Accountability Office. “I think what we’re going to have to do with some of these organizations — like the Library of Congress, GAO — is have Congress appoint […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson, with backing from the White House, is making plans to muscle through the GOP’s domestic-policy megabill Wednesday, with top Republicans seeking to quickly quash a last-minute rebellion from conservative hard-liners. The plans for a quick vote were described by three senior Republicans involved in the closely held negotiations who were granted […]
Speaker Mike Johnson and House Freedom Caucus members will head to the White House for a 3 p.m. meeting today, according to three Republicans with direct knowledge of the matter. The high-stakes gathering will come after talks with hard-liners blew up overnight over the fate of the “one big, beautiful bill” House Republican leaders still […]
Tax cuts in House Republicans’ megabill would lead to increased assets for the richest Americans, while reducing them for the lowest-income households through cuts to federal spending on Medicaid and food aid, according to a new preliminary analysis from the Congressional Budget Office. The analysis, requested by top Democrats, gives fuel to Democrats’ attacks on […]
Gerry Connolly, a longtime Democratic member of Congress from Northern Virginia known for his advocacy of the federal workforce, died Wednesday. He was 75 years old. The longtime lawmaker’s death was announced by his family via a statement from his congressional office. “We were fortunate to share Gerry with Northern Virginia for nearly 40 years […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson is facing a last-minute rebellion from conservatives on Republicans’ megabill, with a deal on a key tax deduction with blue-state Republicans and a lack of progress on settling other key provisions frustrating hard-liners. “I think actually we’re further away from a deal because that SALT cap increase, I think, upset a […]
The pieces could finally be falling into place for Speaker Mike Johnson to pass his “big, beautiful bill” as soon as Wednesday. Johnson and a group of blue-state Republicans struck a tentative deal late Tuesday to boost the cap on state-and-local-tax deductions to $40,000, according to three Republicans with direct knowledge — a huge breakthrough […]
Senate Democrats are vowing that Republicans will face consequences over their decision to hold a vote to nix California’s emission standard waivers — even after receiving non-binding guidance from the chamber’s parliamentarian that those waivers didn’t qualify for reversal under the Congressional Review Act process. The rhetorical warning shots come after Majority Leader John Thune […]