In Congress
Keeping up with legislation, congressional investigations, member actions and the general goings-on in the halls of Congress.
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Thom Tillis Announces Retirement Hours After Trump Threatened To Field Primary Challenger
Republican North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis will not seek reelection, according to a statement released by his office Sunday afternoon.…
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Jamaal Bowman Claims ‘Socialism Has Been Weaponized As Some Kind Of Anti-American Thing’ While Praising Mamdani
Former Democrat New York Rep. Jamaal Bowman said Friday on MSNBC’s The Beat with Ari Melber that the term socialism…
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Two GOP Senators Vote ‘No’ As Trump’s Megabill Clears Critical Hurdle
President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful” bill cleared a critical hurdle Saturday night after the Senate voted largely along party lines…
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Trump’s Big, Beautiful, Bill Scores Victory in Senate – Still Hard Road Ahead
The U.S. Senate voted to advance President Trump’s “Big, Beautiful, Bill” to debate, clearing an immediate hurdle, but the legislation…
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Unelected Official Targets Gun Owners, Private Schools In Latest Rejection of Trump Policies
Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough continues to rummage through the Senate’s version of President Donald Trump’s “one big, beautiful” bill and…
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Leading House Conservative Calls Senate’s Bluff On Trump’s ‘Beautiful’ Bill
House Freedom Caucus (HFC) chair Andy Harris is warning that Senate GOP leadership is making a losing bet if they…
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Chuck Schumer Hospitalized
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer was taken to the hospital and treated for dehydration on Wednesday out of “an abundance…
Read More » Lisa Murkowski Says She Has Considered Caucusing With Dems
Republican Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski toyed with the idea of caucusing with Democrats on Monday, saying it would be based…
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Ron Johnson Seeks To Postpone Vote On Trump’s Megabill With Release Of ‘Dire’ Report
Republican Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson is sounding the alarm about the deficit impact of President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,”…
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Unlikely Allies Move To Block Trump From Striking Iran
Republican Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie introduced a resolution Tuesday afternoon to block President Donald Trump from joining with Israel to…
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Chip Roy Says Senate Changes To Trump’s Megabill are Dead On Arrival In House
Republican Texas Rep. Chip Roy said the initial Senate draft of President Donald Trump’s “one big, beautiful bill” is dead…
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Thune Says Senate GOP Has Plan To Fight Back Against Activist Judges
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Senate Republicans are mulling legislation to address the historic number of federal rulings blocking…
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Hawley Breaks With GOP As Senate Backs Bailout For Crypto Investors
Republican Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley broke with his party Thursday to oppose the GENIUS Act, a cryptocurrency bill that would…
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Dems Screech About GOP ‘Gutting Medicaid’ While Ignoring Inconvenient Fact
Congressional Democrats have torched GOP lawmakers for working to “devastate Medicaid” in President Donald Trump’s “one big, beautiful bill,” ignoring…
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‘Nonpartisan’ Congressional Budget Office Is Not So Nonpartisan After All, New Report Shows
The supposedly “nonpartisan” Congressional Budget Office (CBO), which provides Congress with cost estimates for its policy proposals, may not be…
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