Why it matters: The House Appropriations Committee held its first full committee markup of Fiscal Year 2027 on Tuesday, April 21, 2026, advancing two...
The Senate confirmed Andrew B. Davis to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas on April 17, 2026, on a 47-45 vote that broke almost...
A House subcommittee is preparing to scrutinize the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, a federal law that has protected access to reproductive...
The S.Con.Res. 33 floor vote passed 52-46, with zero crossovers, setting up a reconciliation push to fund Trump's border agenda.
Why it matters: The House Ethics Committee sanctions hearing scheduled for Tuesday, April 21, 2026 never happened. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL)...
Two bills heading to markup before the House Judiciary Committee on April 22 would expand federal criminal history record access to state law enforcement...
Medicare fraud costs the federal government tens of billions of dollars annually — money that flows out of a program serving more than 65 million Americans....
Bank capital rules, long debated in regulatory circles, are moving to Capitol Hill. The House Financial Services Committee is scheduled to hold a hearing on...
The House Education and Workforce Committee's Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education is set to hold a House Education hearing...
The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence is set to hold a closed FBI budget hearing on April 28, examining the FBI's Fiscal Year 2027 funding...
The H.R. 5200 floor vote on April 20, 2026 produced one of the more lopsided tallies of the 119th Congress — 386 to 7 — a margin that speaks to just how...
Federal funding for the Indian Health Service sits at the center of a long-standing debate over whether the U.S. government is meeting its trust and treaty...
The Trump administration's proposed fiscal year 2027 budget puts billions of dollars in workforce and employment programs on the chopping block, and the...
Kraken, the cryptocurrency exchange, filed a registration amendment on April 20, 2026, updating its in-house lobbying operation as Congress continues to...
The House Ways and Means Committee is bringing health system CEOs to Capitol Hill at a moment when Congress is actively reshaping the federal budget, with...
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has spent years operating under congressional restrictions that gun rights advocates say protect...
Three bills moving through the Senate Judiciary Committee — covering carjacking prosecutions, AI chatbot age verification, and nondisclosure agreements in...
The House Administration Committee is meeting today for a full committee markup, and the stakes are straightforward: legislation that could reshape how...
American dependence on foreign-controlled critical minerals — lithium, cobalt, rare earth elements — has moved from a niche policy concern to a front-burner...
The House passed the Kari's Law Reporting Act on Wednesday in a 405-5 vote, sending a clear bipartisan signal that Congress wants accountability on whether...
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee is set to examine the White House's fiscal year 2027 budget request for the Environmental Protection...
Why it matters: The House Small Business Committee convened a hearing on April 21, 2026, to examine whether the gig economy empowers entrepreneurs or traps...
The House Ways and Means Committee is set to put U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer in the hot seat on April 22, as the Trump administration's...
