House Passes Broadband Bill With Overwhelming Bipartisan Support, Cutting Years From Federal Permitting Delays
The H.R. 1681 floor vote wasn't close — and that's the point.
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The H.R. 1681 floor vote wasn't close — and that's the point.
The Pentagon's missile defense portfolio — covering everything from ground-based interceptors to next-generation hypersonic countermeasures — is about to...
A partial government shutdown that has now stretched across half of fiscal year 2026 is leaving TSA officers unpaid, CISA cybersecurity operations...
The Senate Judiciary Committee convenes Tuesday afternoon for the second in a series of hearings examining "Arctic Frost" — what Republican members are...
The FY27 Budget Request For Nuclear Forces And Atomic Energy Defense Activities hearing arrives at a moment when the nuclear weapons budget request is...
The satellite industry has spent years — and millions of dollars — pressing Congress to overhaul a licensing system that companies say is too slow, too...
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee's Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy has scheduled a hearing on U.S. counterterrorism strategy in Africa...
A package of ten public health bills — covering everything from ALS research to school-based health clinics to tick-borne disease — lands before the House...
Pharmacy benefit managers — the largely invisible intermediaries that negotiate drug prices between manufacturers, insurers, and pharmacies — are facing a...
The House Appropriations Committee is deep into building the federal government's Fiscal Year 2027 spending blueprint — and today's Member Day hearing at...
Congress's three core institutional watchdogs — the Congressional Budget Office, the Government Accountability Office, and the Government Publishing Office...
The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence will convene a closed Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on April 22, at 219 Hart Senate Office Building —...
Five pieces of legislation — touching broadband access, federal building energy standards, geothermal energy, Endangered Species Act reform, and rural...
The Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on maritime unmanned surface vessels, scheduled for April 21, 2026, arrives as defense companies have spent...
The White House is asking Congress to cut $1.3 billion — 12.2 percent — from the Department of Commerce budget, and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick will...
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission sits at the center of one of Washington's most consequential energy debates: whether the federal government can move fast...
The Senate Armed Services Committee is set to examine the readiness and posture of two of America's most strategically consequential military commands —...
The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health is set to examine the FY 2027 HHS Budget on April 21 — a hearing that arrives as Congress wrestles with...
Four financial sector bills are headed to a markup vote before the House Financial Services Committee on April 21, 2026 — a move that would roll back small...
The House Armed Services Committee's Military Readiness for Fiscal Year 2027 hearing lands at a moment when Congress must decide how much to invest — and...
The Senate Banking Committee's confirmation hearing for Kevin Warsh — scheduled for April 21 at 538 Dirksen Senate Office Building — puts the future...
The House Appropriations Committee's Interior Department budget hearing scheduled for April 20 puts Interior Secretary Doug Burgum directly in front of...
The Senate Armed Services Committee's subcommittee on Strategic Forces is set to scrutinize two of the federal government's most consequential and expensive...
The House Appropriations Committee's full-committee markup of the FY2027 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Financial Services and General...