Congress
House Passes Banking Reform to Ease Deposit Rules
The House passed the Community Bank Deposit Access Act on a 393-16 vote Wednesday, a striking display of bipartisan consensus in an otherwise fractured...
House Passes Bill Letting Community Banks Keep Deposits Local
Why it matters: The Keeping Deposits Local Act cleared the House floor vote with 405 votes in favor and zero against, a result that is genuinely rare in the...
House Passes Cashless Bail Reporting Act
The House passed the Cashless Bail Reporting Act on Friday, 308-116, directing the attorney general to publish a list of jurisdictions that permit cashless...
House To Vote on Veterans Gun Rights, Disability Benefits
The House has scheduled votes this week on a trio of measures that touch veterans' gun rights, disability pay, and a long-delayed cultural institution,...
Program Costs for Expired Federal Tax Credit Still Being Funded
A key federal hiring incentive for veterans, welfare recipients, and ex-felons has quietly expired, and Congress has yet to act.
Congress Seeks Sweeping Housing Deal Amid Key Disagreements
A new Congressional Research Service report released this week offers the clearest H.R. 6644 comparison yet of where the House and Senate agree, and where...
House Committee Advances Medicare Overhaul and Health Plans
The House Ways and Means Committee is moving a package of eight bills through markup on Thursday that would reshape Medicare reimbursement, expand coverage...
Committee Votes on Controversial Disability Wage Bill
Five bills spanning disability employment, civics education, retirement plan administration, and healthcare billing transparency are headed for a vote in...
Committee Moves to Prevent Transportation Funding Collapse
Federal highway, transit, and rail programs lose their authorization on September 30, 2026, when the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act expires. Without...
House Energy Committee Pushes 16 Bills Affecting Millions
The House Energy and Commerce Committee is scheduled to hold a Full Committee Markup hearing on Thursday, May 21, covering 16 bills — a significant...
Trump DOT Budget Slashes Multiyear Infrastructure Funding
The Trump Administration's DOT FY2027 funding request lands at a moment of maximum uncertainty for federal transportation policy. The Infrastructure...
Financial Data Transparency Act Stalls
Every year, thousands of banks, credit unions, investment advisers, and municipal finance offices file essentially the same financial data with multiple...
House Committee Confronts VA Amid Sweeping Restructuring
The House Veterans' Affairs Committee is set to take up one of the most sweeping VA reform packages in recent memory, with more than 20 bills and discussion...
House Passes Monitor Accountability Act and Imposes Term Limits on Federal Court Overseers
The House passed the Monitor Accountability Act on May 14, 2026, in a vote that broke entirely along party lines, sending legislation to the Senate that...
FEMA Review Council Recommends Sweeping Disaster Response Changes
The FEMA Review Council final report, approved at the Council's final meeting on May 7, 2026, lands at a moment when the future of federal disaster response...
House to Vote on $65 Billion Science Spending Bill Amid Dispute Over Policy Riders
Why it matters: The House floor votes this week include H.R. 8845, the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027, a $65...
Budget Committee Vote Determines $72 Billion Immigration Package
The Senate Budget Committee's business meeting on S.Con.Res.33 on May 20 is the procedural linchpin between a House-passed budget resolution and the...
House Rules Committee Debates Veterans' Rights, College Sports, Women's Museum
Four bills covering veterans' gun rights, disability benefits, college athlete compensation, and a long-stalled Smithsonian museum are heading to the House...