While the House is now in recess until Tuesday, September 2nd, the Senate will wrap up its week by taking up Confirmation of Executive Calendar #131 Matthew Lohmeier, of Arizona, to be Under Secretary of the Air Force, Confirmation Executive Calendar #87 Richard Topping, of Ohio, to be Chief Financial Officer- Department of Veterans Affairs…
Read More Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) is sending lawmakers home early for their summer recess today to avoid dragging out a fight within the GOP over the Jeffrey Epstein saga. The move came after the GOP-led Rules Committee — which was working on advancing a slate of unrelated bills — came to a halt Monday…
Read More The Senate has approved the Trump administration’s $9 billion rescission package aimed at clawing back money already allocated for public radio and television — a major step toward winding down nearly six decades of federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). CPB stands to lose $1.1 billion dollars meant to fund it through…
Read More Senate Republican leadership say they have the votes to pass a package of $9 billion in spending cuts, which would give President Donald J. Trump another huge legislative victory in less than a month, after GOP leaders quelled a revolt from members of the Senate Appropriations Committee. Senate GOP leaders agreed to an amendment to…
Read More Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-South Dakota) says the Senate is on track to vote Tuesday evening on a package clawing back approximately $9.4 billion in congressionally approved spending, making the announcement shortly after locking down Senator Mike Rounds (R-South Dakota), a key vote. The Senate will vote on both the motion to discharge the…
Read More Senate Republicans this week will be focused on the Republican crafted bill to rescind $9.4 billion in federal funding, which has emerged as a central priority for President Donald J. Trump. Consideration of the legislation comes as GOP lawmakers are staring down a Friday deadline to get the measure, known as a rescissions package, to…
Read More 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. …
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