Tag: Congress

Why neither party is willing to run the Senate parliamentarian out of town

Ramsey Touchberry · June 28, 2025 7:00 am

War powers resolution to limit Trump’s military authority fails on Senate floor

Samantha-Jo Roth · June 27, 2025 7:06 pm

Republicans seize on Zohran Mamdani as new leftist bogeyman at evangelical summit

Samantha-Jo Roth · June 27, 2025 6:02 pm

FILE - South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley

South Dakota attorney general sets sights on sole House seat held by Dusty Johnson

Rachel Schilke · June 27, 2025 5:02 pm

Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, a member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, listens as the Republican plan to advance President Donald Trump's top domestic priorities on spending reductions and tax breaks is prepared in the House Rules Committee for a floor vote, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. The deficit hawk has blasted the GOP plan drawing the ire of both Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House Republicans face reality of missing ‘artificial’ July 4 reconciliation deadline

Rachel Schilke · June 27, 2025 3:54 pm

The Supreme Court is seen in Washington, Nov. 2, 2024.

Supreme Court to rehear arguments next term in Louisiana racial redistricting case

Kaelan Deese, Jack Birle · June 27, 2025 11:57 am

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent talks to reporters about his lunch meeting with Republican senators and the schedule for getting the Republican megabill to President Donald Trump's desk by July 4, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 24, 2025.

White House breaks SALT logjam — but still no deal with the Senate

David Sivak, Rachel Schilke · June 27, 2025 11:23 am

Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., speaks at a news conference to address the proposed continuing resolution and its impacts, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, March 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Eleanor Holmes Norton sees disconnect with staff over reelection plans

Rachel Schilke, Lauren Green · June 27, 2025 6:00 am

A pumpjack operates in the foreground while a wind turbine at the Buckeye Wind Energy wind farm rises in the distance, Monday, Sept. 30, 2024, near Hays, Kansas.

Faith, Freedom, and Self-Reliance

To restore energy stability, Congress must assert federal authority

George David Banks · June 27, 2025 6:00 am

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), center, joined at left by Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY), the GOP whip, speaks to reporters after Republican senators met with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and worked on President Donald Trump's tax and immigration megabill so it can be on his desk by July 4, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 24, 2025.

Trump tax bill vote risks sliding into weekend as Thune battles Senate holdouts

Ramsey Touchberry, David Sivak · June 26, 2025 6:52 pm

Senate Budget Committee member Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) makes an opening statement as the panel works on the markup of the Fiscal 2025 Budget Resolution, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025.

‘Free trader’ Ron Johnson floats permanent tariffs to shrink federal deficit

David Sivak · June 26, 2025 6:28 pm

Ogles asks DOJ to look into whether Mamdani should be stripped of citizenship

Rachel Schilke · June 26, 2025 5:15 pm