Tag: Congress

Energy and Environment

Democrats make last-bid effort to soften attacks on wind and solar in GOP megabill

Callie Patteson · July 1, 2025 10:22 am

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) strides from the chamber as Republicans begin a final push to advance President Donald Trump's tax breaks and spending cuts package, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, June 30, 2025.

Senate GOP hopeful they can finally get ‘big, beautiful bill’ over the line with Vance tiebreaker

Zach Halaschak · July 1, 2025 10:05 am

Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) waves before former President Donald Trump, Republican presidential nominee, arrives at a campaign rally at the Resch Center, Oct. 30, 2024, in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Higher calling: Ambitious House members eye promotions in the 2026 midterm elections

Lauren Green · July 1, 2025 8:27 am

GOP takes aim at Roy Cooper, Democrats’ ideal recruit for North Carolina Senate seat

Ramsey Touchberry · June 30, 2025 6:38 pm

Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD), chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, joins a group of conservative Republicans to speak about the interim spending bill being crafted to avoid a shutdown of federal agencies, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024.

Freedom Caucus demands Senate make ‘major changes’ to tax bill

Rachel Schilke · June 30, 2025 3:19 pm

Kevin Hassett, chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, pauses as he talks to media outside of the White House in Washington, Monday, March 4, 2019.

Kevin Hassett refutes allegations ‘big, beautiful bill’ is ‘fiscally irresponsible’

Jenny Goldsberry · June 30, 2025 2:33 pm

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) checks his notes before entering the chamber as Republicans begin a final push to advance President Donald Trump's tax breaks and spending cuts package, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, June 30, 2025.

Energy and Environment

GOP preserves clean fuel credit, but advocates say it’s not enough

Maydeen Merino · June 30, 2025 2:05 pm

Tammy Baldwin pushes carried interest tax change to align with Trump in ‘big, beautiful bill’

Ramsey Touchberry, Zach Halaschak · June 30, 2025 1:53 pm

FILE - Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., questions witnesses during a hearing on Capitol Hill, Feb. 28, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Dusty Johnson running for South Dakota governor

Rachel Schilke · June 30, 2025 1:06 pm

Pennsylvania Democrat Dwight Evans won’t seek reelection in 2026

Rachel Schilke · June 30, 2025 12:06 pm

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) waves during the Republican National Convention Monday, July 15, 2024, in Milwaukee.

Ron Johnson implies North Carolina is among ‘biggest abusers’ of Medicaid

Jenny Goldsberry · June 30, 2025 11:41 am

GOP braces for Democratic ‘vote-a-rama’ blitz as Senate nears final vote on ‘big, beautiful bill’

Ramsey Touchberry · June 30, 2025 9:35 am