While Congress waits for President Donald Trump’s unveiling of new tariffs today at the White House, the Senate is in session and the House has already left for the week. President Trump is expected to detail sweeping new levies on goods imported into the United States at a Rose Garden event at 4 P.M. ET. … Read More
Senate Republicans are preparing to move forward with a budget plan that will enable them to implement President Donald J. Trump’s agenda, eyeing a vote later this week. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-South Dakota) said late last week that the budget resolution is “in the process of being drafted” after he and House Speaker… Read More
The Senate convened at 10:00 A.M. and is expected the wrap up the week with passage of S.J.Res.18, disapproving the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to “Overdraft Lending: Very Large Financial Institutions.” Following that, the Senate will vote on Confirmation of Executive Calendar #43, Paul Lawrence, to be Deputy Secretary… Read More
Congressional GOP leaders are coalescing behind President Donald J. Trump’s demand that their massive, party-line bill include a debt limit increase. But it’s unclear if Senate Republicans will have the votes to make it happen. The plans were largely cemented during a White House meeting Tuesday with the two most senior Republicans in both chambers,… Read More
Both the House and Senate are back from recess this week to begin a busy three-week period before Easter that’s expected to focus on Republicans’ budget reconciliation agenda, including extending and expanding tax cuts and tightening immigration policy. The top items on the House agenda this week will include more measures to overturn Biden administration… Read More
Senate Democrats are still not committing to helping Republicans pass a seven-month funding stopgap, edging the country closer to a government shutdown as they attempt to force a vote on a shorter funding patch. After two days of lengthy closed-door caucus talks, with another planned for today, Democrats emerged with an attempted strategy Wednesday afternoon:… Read More
The Republican-led House voted Tuesday to pass a six-month funding bill that would prevent a government shutdown at the end of the week, overcoming fierce Democratic objections. The vote was 217-213, with all Republicans but Thomas Massie, of Kentucky, supporting the legislation. One Democrat, Jared Golden, of Maine, voted for it. The bill, known as… Read More
The House is expected to vote Tuesday on a stopgap measure to keep the government funded through September, as Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) works to muster GOP support for the measure days ahead of a possible government shutdown. House Republican leadership unveiled the legislation (TEXT, SECTION by SECTION) on Saturday. It would increase defense spending,… Read More
Democrats are rejecting House Republicans’ plan to pass a stopgap spending bill through the end of September, raising the specter of a government shutdown in President Donald Trump’s first 100 days and setting up a test of how far Democrats are willing to go to counter his administration. Top Democrats in the House and Senate… Read More
President Donald J. Trump, in a joint address to Congress on Tuesday night, is expected to lay out his efforts to rapidly slash the size of the federal government in ways critics warn overstep his authority and threaten lasting damage. Tuesday’s speech — President Trump’s first address to Congress of his second term — gives… Read More
