Arctic Hearing Exposes U.S. Capability Gap in the High North
Why it matters: The House Homeland Security Committee's Transportation and Maritime Security Subcommittee convened an Arctic security hearing on March 26,...
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Why it matters: The House Homeland Security Committee's Transportation and Maritime Security Subcommittee convened an Arctic security hearing on March 26,...
Why it matters: The House Financial Services Committee's Digital Assets, Financial Technology and Artificial Intelligence Subcommittee convened a technology...
Why it matters: The House Budget Committee held a hearing on March 26, 2026, to examine whether a 3% deficit-to-GDP ratio could serve as a binding fiscal...
The House Veterans' Affairs Economic Opportunity Subcommittee held a VA home loan hearing on March 26, 2026, focused on lowering costs for veteran families...
Why it matters: The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies held a child welfare permanency...
Why it matters: The House Natural Resources Committee's Federal Lands Subcommittee convened March 26, 2026, to examine four public lands bills — and the...
Why it matters: The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government convened a hearing March 26 on the Federal Buildings Fund...
Why it matters: The House Foreign Affairs Committee convened a wide-ranging markup session on March 26, 2026, advancing more than 19 bills touching on China...
The House Natural Resources Committee's Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee convened a congressional hearing roundup on March 26, 2026, taking up...
Why it matters: The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies held a Member Day...
Why it matters: The Senate Armed Services Committee held a congressional hearing roundup on March 26, 2026, examining the posture of U.S. Space Command and...
The H.R. 5103 floor vote landed exactly where Republicans wanted it — and Democrats wanted to stop it. The House defeated a Democratic motion to recommit...
James Whittaker, House Financial Services Committee's new Chief Counsel, brings a fast-moving Hill career to one of Congress's most active panels.
A routine congressional staff movement in the office of Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA-18) has placed Adrien E. Villanueva in a new role as Staff Assistant, working...
In a Congress defined by gridlock and partisan warfare, a bill protecting the benefits of military surviving spouses has quietly assembled one of the most...
More than a year after a midair collision between American Airlines Flight 5342 and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter killed 67 people near Reagan National...
The H.R. 7084 floor vote on the Defending American Property Abroad Act cleared the House 247–164, with Republicans holding perfect unity and 41 Democrats...
Why it Matters Thirty lawmakers — 17 Republicans and 13 Democrats — have lined up behind the Chip Security Act, a piece of semiconductor security...
Why it matters: The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee convened a business meeting on March 27, 2026, at the Russell Senate Office...
With roughly 50,000 U.S. service members already deployed across the Middle East and Operation Epic Fury entering its fourth week, the Senate Armed Services...
The big picture: Congress is juggling three fronts in transportation legislation simultaneously — aviation airspace safety is moving through committee, a...
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer used a marquee appearance at the League of Conservation Voters Capital Dinner in Washington on March 25 to roll out...
Funding Lapse and Security Gaps: Assessing the Harmful Impacts of the DHS Shutdown on Americans
House Panel Grills OPM's Kupor on Workforce Cuts, Civil Service Overhaul