Tag: Congress

Energy and Environment

House votes to cancel Biden rules on gas water heaters

Maydeen Merino · February 27, 2025 11:04 am

Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., questions John Ratcliffe, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to be the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, appearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee for his confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025.

Tom Cotton launches Senate reelection bid amid growing influence in GOP

Ramsey Touchberry · February 27, 2025 11:00 am

Rep. Brittany Pettersen, D-Colo., and her three-year-old son Davis Silverii, attend the House Financial Services Committee hearing regarding the state of the international financial system at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades)

Dramatic House budget vote exposes attendance problems

Rachel Schilke · February 27, 2025 7:00 am

President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington.

Energy and Environment

Senate Democrats fail to end Trump’s energy emergency declaration

Maydeen Merino · February 26, 2025 6:58 pm

President Donald Trump talks to Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), left, and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), right, after he spoke to the National Prayer Breakfast at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025.

Senate draws new battle lines with House after surprise budget vote

Ramsey Touchberry, David Sivak · February 26, 2025 6:12 pm

GOP grows impatient with spending talks as Democrats demand Trump ‘poison pill’

David Sivak · February 26, 2025 6:00 am

What happens now after the House and Senate approved competing budget resolutions

Rachel Schilke, Lauren Green · February 26, 2025 6:00 am

Mike Johnson muscles Trump’s budget bill through the House in roller-coaster vote

Rachel Schilke · February 25, 2025 8:23 pm

Energy and Environment

Three Democratic senators vote with GOP to cancel Biden offshore drilling rule

Maydeen Merino · February 25, 2025 6:44 pm

Senate Majority Leader Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., speaks to reporters after a Senate policy luncheon, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025.

Senate Republicans want Trump Cabinet to take cost-cutting reins from Musk

Ramsey Touchberry · February 25, 2025 6:14 pm

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) praises President Donald Trump while continuing to criticize former President Joe Biden during a news conference at the Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025.

Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ clears first House vote, but final passage in doubt

Rachel Schilke · February 25, 2025 2:13 pm

Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, speaks at the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee confirmation hearing for South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be Secretary of Homeland Security, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025.

Bernie Moreno pushes bill to give tax cuts to auto industry that launched his career

Ramsey Touchberry · February 25, 2025 1:46 pm