The tax portion of Republicans’ wide-ranging bill full of President Donald J. Trump’s domestic priorities would cost $3.7 trillion over the next decade, the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) just released. That fits within the parameters laid out in the budget blueprint Congress adopted earlier this year, which allowed the House Ways and Means Committee… Read More
The House Ways and Means Committee, which has jurisdiction over taxes, on Friday evening released partial text for its portion of President Donald J. Trump’s “big beautiful bill” and scheduled a meeting to debate and advance the legislation for Tuesday at 2 P.M. The proposal had been highly anticipated, but the text released Friday appears… Read More
The Senate will not convene until 2:30 P.M. today as Senate Republicans will meet at the Library of Congress to discuss where things stand with President Donald J. Trump’s “one, big beautiful bill.” The Senate GOP conference is set to hold the 4-hour policy retreat across the street from the Capitol building as Conservatives are… Read More
As Republicans work behind closed doors to negotiate the big beautiful bill, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and VA Secretary Doug Collins are hitting the Hill today to testify on their portions of President Donald Trump’s fiscal 2026 budget request. As part of that testimony, Treasury Secretary Bessent… Read More
This week, House Republicans are on the hunt for deals on Medicaid cuts, the state and local tax (SALT) deduction cap and other contentious topics, as the conference looks to advance its package full of President Donald J. Trump’s legislative priorities to try to meet Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-Louisiana) goal of finishing work on the… Read More
The House and Senate are wrapping up work for the week this morning. The Senate is expected to finish the week with passage of H.J.Res.75, Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial Refrigerators, Freezers, and Refrigerator-Freezers CRA as well as passage of S.J.Res.31, Major Sources CRA. The Senate will then take up a motion to invoke cloture… Read More
Four House committees began markup of their portions of the reconciliation mega-bill today — Financial Services, Oversight and Transportation & Infrastructure at 10 A.M. and Judiciary at 2 P.M. As the markups play out, House Republicans are set to dive into discussions over the state and local tax (SALT) deduction cap today, officially kicking off… Read More
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) said on Monday that he believes the House can still pass President Donald J. Trump’s tax agenda by Memorial Day as House committees begin to mark up their respective portions of the budget. With Medicaid being the most contentious issue, House Republicans discussed a new, controversial proposal to cut federal spending… Read More
Both the House and Senate are back in session today and House Republicans are slated to dive into the details of their sprawling bill full of President Donald J. Trump’s domestic policy priorities this week, as leaders eye an ambitious timeline for moving the package through the lower chamber before Memorial Day. At least five… Read More
House Republicans on Thursday adopted the Senate’s budget framework that will be used to enact key parts of President Donald J. Trump’s legislative agenda, getting the blueprint over the finish line after a last-minute scramble to win over conservatives who had spent days railing against the measure. The largely party line 216-214 vote marks a… Read More
