In news that’s not surprising, Senate Republicans hit a major setback in their race to pass a massive tax and spending package on Thursday, as a chamber official ruled against a key Medicaid provision, putting in doubt plans for a vote by the end of the week. The nonpartisan Senate parliamentarian, who plays a key… Read More
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-South Dakota) expects to start voting Friday on President Donald J. Trump’s “one big, beautiful bill.” This would have Senators voting into the weekend and next week, and it would upend the House’s recess next week, but Leader Thune is confident Congress will meet its self-imposed July 4th deadline to… Read More
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-South Dakota) said Monday that lawmakers in his chamber will remain in Washington, DC, until they pass President Donald J. Trump’s one big, beautiful bill saying “Senators return to Washington today and we will remain here until this bill is passed.” The comments are a sign of the increasing pressure… Read More
While the House is in recess this week, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-South Dakota) is facing strong pushback from members of the GOP conference over the Finance Committee’s piece of President Donald Trump’s tax and spending bill, which largely ignores Republican senators’ concerns about Medicaid cuts and the quick phaseout of clean-energy tax credits. … Read More
Former Congressman Billy Long (R-Missouri) was confirmed earlier today to lead the Internal Revenue Service, giving the beleaguered agency he once sought to abolish a permanent commissioner after months of acting leaders and massive staffing cuts that have threatened to derail next year’s tax filing season. The Senate confirmed Long on a 53-44 vote despite… Read More
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-South Dakota) has set the stage for a key procedural vote Wednesday on the GENIUS Act, a landmark piece of legislation aimed at regulating stablecoins. Leader Thune filed cloture on Monday on the underlying bill — the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act — and the bipartisan… Read More
Senate Republicans now have less than three weeks to meet their leadership’s goal of passing the massive party-line big beautiful reconciliation bill before the July 4th recess scheduled to begin on June 28th. For that to stay on track, GOP senators would need to have the Finance Committee’s legislative text in hand by next Monday… Read More
As the Senate and House reconvene for the week, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-South Dakota) is looking for a reset and to build momentum on President Donald J. Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” after it struggled through a tough week on Capitol Hill last week. President Trump’s July 4th deadline for signing the bill is… Read More
The sprawling legislation to enact President Donald J. Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” agenda is losing momentum in the Senate in the face of blistering attacks from Elon Musk and outspoken opposition from conservatives as the Congressional Budget Office projected Wednesday that the 1,116-page bill passed by the House will add $2.4 trillion to the deficit… Read More
President Donald J. Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” would add $2.4 trillion to the nation’s deficit over roughly the next decade, a new cost estimate from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released today shows. The agency estimated the proposed tax cuts in the plan — which seek to lock in expiring provisions in President Trump’s signature… Read More
