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Why it matters: Senate Republicans on May 13 blocked S.J.Res. 132, a joint resolution that would have reversed the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection's...
A new Congressional Research Service report on Farm Bill horticulture programs lands at a pivotal moment: the 2018 Farm Bill has been extended three times,...
The House voted 214-208 on Thursday to advance a procedural rule clearing the path for floor debate on five separate pieces of legislation, including two...
Why it matters: The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law held a hearing on May 13, 2026 examining two landmark jury verdicts...
The House voted 419-0 on the H.Res. 1251 floor vote Thursday, passing a resolution calling on elected officials and civil society leaders to counter...
The Senate Armed Services Committee is set to examine a Department of the Navy budget request that would represent one of the most significant expansions of...
Medicare pays physicians through a formula that has delivered years of effective pay cuts, eroding access to care for tens of millions of seniors. The House...
A cascade of Supreme Court rulings on redistricting and voting rights has reignited Democratic calls to expand the Court, and House Republicans are pushing...
A nearly $72 billion immigration and border security package is headed toward a formal Senate committee vote, and a $1 billion provision tied to White House...
The House voted 210-208 Wednesday to advance H.Res. 1275, a procedural rule clearing the path for floor consideration of a five-bill legislative package...
Why it matters: The House passed H.Con.Res. 96, a non-binding concurrent resolution expressing support for law enforcement officers, 243-173 on May 13,...
Pete Buttigieg endorsed Iowa state Rep. Josh Turek in the state's Democratic U.S. Senate primary, according to a Politico report published Wednesday by Alex...
A sprawling package of public lands legislation comes before the House Natural Resources Committee on May 19, with seven bills that together represent a...
State and local governments are under siege from cybercriminals and nation-state actors, and Congress is now examining whether the federal government is...
Four bills touching the lives of Native Americans — from unsolved murders to bison herds to emergency medical care — come before the House Natural Resources...
Three environmental bills are headed to a subcommittee markup Thursday, putting Congress on record on recycling infrastructure and brownfields cleanup at a...
The House voted 211-206 on Wednesday to advance a procedural resolution that clears a critical obstacle in the path of President Trump's signature...
The Senate passed cloture on S.Res. 526, a congressional pay resolution that would withhold senators' salaries during government shutdowns, on a 99-0 vote...
The House passed the Combating Organized Retail Crime Act on May 12, 2026, in an HR 2853 floor vote that drew 348 yes votes to 60 no votes, clearing the...
The Trump Administration's State Department FY2026 budget request was, by any measure, a document of radical ambition. It proposed cutting U.S....
