Government Operations
Western Water Crisis: Reclamation's Critical Future
The Bureau of Reclamation — the federal agency that delivers water and power to tens of millions of people across the American West — is facing simultaneous...
Bipartisan Push to Address Mental Health Crisis Among Farmers
In a Senate where nearly every vote breaks along party lines, 21 senators, 11 Democrats and 10 Republicans, have quietly united behind a resolution to...
Senate Challenges $1.5T Defense Budget Over Iran War Strategy
Why it matters: The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense held a contentious hearing on May 12 to examine the administration's $1.5 trillion fiscal...
Committee Tackles Small Business Debt and Tariff Crisis
The House Small Business Committee is scheduled to hold a full committee markup Wednesday evening, and the stakes for America's small business owners are...
VA Budget Hearing: Fiscal Crisis Threatens Veterans Care
The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies convenes Thursday for a VA budget hearing that...
GOP Targets Environmental Nonprofits' Tax-Exempt Status
Republicans on the House Natural Resources Committee are turning their sights on the financial machinery of environmental nonprofits, convening a hearing...
Congress Rejected Trump's Proposed NASA Science Cuts
A new Congressional Research Service report on the NASA appropriations budget lays out, in stark numerical terms, the widening gap between what the Trump...
NRC Budget Hearing Reveals Rift Over Speed vs. Independence
Why it matters: The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee convened on May 13 to examine the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's proposed fiscal year...
Navy Faces July Funding Crisis Amid Budget Doubts
Why it matters: The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense's Navy budget hearing on May 12 exposed a stark funding crisis: the Navy will run out of...
Pentagon Cuts Hypersonic Budget Amid Rival Deployments
A new Congressional Research Service report on hypersonic boost-glide weapons lands at a moment of genuine strategic tension: the Pentagon's budget request...
Weapons Spending Surges While Nonproliferation Programs Cut
The National Nuclear Security Administration's FY2027 budget request is asking Congress to approve $32.80 billion for nuclear security funding in 2027, a 29...
Kate Dreyer Promoted to Scheduler in Rep. Mike Rogers' Office
Kate Dreyer has been promoted to scheduler in the office of Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL-3), a move that caps a steady rise through the Alabama congressman's...
Trump Administration Skirts Congress on Arms Sales
The United States has a formal process for selling weapons to foreign governments. Congress wrote the rules. But a new Congressional Research Service report...
Committee Defends Power Over Federal Funds For Water and Energy
The House Appropriations Committee is set to mark up two FY2027 spending bills on Wednesday that will determine federal funding levels for the Army Corps of...
Jack Siepmann Joins Rep. Correa's Office as Senior Legislative Assistant
Jack Siepmann is joining the office of Rep. J. Luis Correa (D-CA-46) as a Senior Legislative Assistant, the latest move in a career of Jack Siepmann...
Sen. Cassidy's Defeat Is a Win For RFK Jr
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) lost his Louisiana Senate primary 2026 race on May 16, finishing third in the Republican primary challenge, a defeat that...
Ian Cata Promoted to Legislative Aide in Rep. Schakowsky's Office
Ian Cata has been promoted to legislative aide in the office of Rep. Janice Schakowsky (D-IL-9), stepping up from a staff assistant and legislative...
Defense Money Fuels Rep. Mike Rogers' run for Alabama's 3rd
Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL-3) enters the Republican primary with a $2.6 million war chest, a Trump endorsement, and 22 years of incumbency. His two challengers,...