Capitol Police Get Retirement Age Extension to Ease Staffing Crisis
Why it matters: The House Administration Committee voted unanimously Wednesday to advance legislation extending the mandatory retirement age waiver for U.S....
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Why it matters: The House Administration Committee voted unanimously Wednesday to advance legislation extending the mandatory retirement age waiver for U.S....
Congress is preparing to weigh in on one of the most charged debates in American higher education: whether universities are protecting or suppressing free...
Why it matters: Senate Republicans advanced a $140 billion budget resolution early Thursday morning designed to fund President Trump's immigration...
The House Armed Services Committee is set to examine a Pentagon budget request that, at $1.5 trillion, would nearly double last year's defense spending —...
The Senate Veterans Affairs Committee is set to take up more than two dozen bills on April 29 that collectively touch nearly every corner of how the federal...
Space is no longer a sanctuary. As China and Russia accelerate efforts to field anti-satellite weapons, jamming capabilities, and dual-use orbital...
The United States contributes more to the United Nations than any other member state, yet Washington's ability to demand accountability for how those funds...
The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Cyber, Information Technologies, and Innovation convened on April 21 for a congressional hearing roundup on the...
Why it matters: The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, Education, and Related Agencies convened Tuesday, April 21, for an HHS FY2027 budget...
Why it matters: The House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology held a hearing on April 21, 2026, examining legislation that would impose mandatory...
The House cleared the FIRE Act floor vote on April 22, 2026, sending H.R. 6387 to the Senate after a 220–198 tally that broke almost entirely along party...
The House passed the Reliable Federal Infrastructure Act on April 22, 2026, in a near party-line H.R. 4690 floor vote of 215-202, stripping federal...
The House passed the Reliable Federal Infrastructure Act (H.R. 4690) on April 22, 2026, repealing federal building energy efficiency requirements and...
The House voted along strict party lines Tuesday to advance a sweeping package of energy deregulation and environmental policy bills, setting up floor...
The H.Res. 1182 floor vote was never going to reshape federal law. As a simple House resolution, it carries no binding authority. But its passage Thursday...
The House Science, Space, and Technology Committee held its NASA FY2027 budget hearing on April 22, with NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman on the witness...
Why it matters: The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet held a hearing on April 21 that...
Why it matters: The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution held a hearing on Tuesday, April 21, examining what Republicans call a coordinated...
Why it matters: The House Natural Resources Committee advanced eight bills on Tuesday, covering domestic mining, critical minerals, illegal fishing, and...
Why it matters: The House Appropriations Committee held its first full committee markup of Fiscal Year 2027 on Tuesday, April 21, 2026, advancing two...
The Trump administration's proposed Fiscal Year 2027 budget for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration arrives at a moment of acute tension...
The S. 1020 floor vote drew one of the more unusual sights in the 119th Congress: a measure that sailed through with zero Democratic opposition and only a...
The House Appropriations Committee's Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies is set to hold an EPA budget hearing on April 28, putting...
Bank capital rules, long debated in regulatory circles, are moving to Capitol Hill. The House Financial Services Committee is scheduled to hold a hearing on...
