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The House voted 233–185 to pass H.R. 2189, the Law-Enforcement Innovate to De-Escalate Act, a policing technology legislation measure that would carve...
In a pivotal moment for financial technology regulation, the Senate Agriculture Committee pushed forward the Digital Commodity Intermediaries Act on January...
The House Natural Resources Committee's oversight hearing on America250 public-private partnerships, held February 10, 2026, was supposed to showcase how...
The Senate Judiciary Committee's Constitution Subcommittee held a high-stakes hearing on birthright citizenship on March 10, 2026 — just three weeks before...
Why it matters: The House Rules Committee convened a pivotal hearing on February 9, 2026, examining three consequential pieces of legislation that could...
The Senate voted 47–53 on March 4, 2026, to reject a motion to discharge S.J.Res. 104, a joint resolution that would have directed the removal of U.S....
The Senate failed to advance H.R. 7147 on February 12, 2026, when a cloture vote on the motion to proceed fell 10 votes short of the 60 needed. The 50-45...
The House delivered one of its most lopsided votes of the 119th Congress, passing H.R. 6329, the Information Quality Assurance Act of 2025, with 362 members...
The House voted down a Democratic motion to recommit H.R. 7744 — the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026 — on a near-perfect party-line...
- Boeing is moving its defense headquarters to St. Louis, drawing bipartisan praise from Missouri's delegation and a visit from Defense Secretary Pete...
The U.S. military's posture in space is evolving faster than Congress can oversee it — and the House Armed Services Committee's Strategic Forces...
The partial Department of Homeland Security shutdown that began on February 14, 2026, has left TSA agents working without pay — for the third time in six...
The House Oversight Committee is expanding its investigation into Jeffrey Epstein's network, issuing new subpoenas targeting key associates who may have...
The House Veterans' Affairs Committee delivered a scathing assessment of the Digital G.I. Bill's implementation, exposing a $2.3 billion technology...
The House Appropriations subcommittee that controls the federal education purse held its first hearing of the year on February 10, 2026, tackling a question...
The House squeezed H.R. 261 — the Undersea Cable Protection Act of 2025 through on a 218–212 vote, sending a bill to the Senate that would strip NOAA of its...
The House Appropriations Committee's Legislative Branch Subcommittee held a budget hearing on March 6, 2026, to review fiscal year 2027 funding requests for...
Witnesses from international free speech organizations argued that emerging European regulations could create extraterritorial constraints on digital...
The federal government is sitting on a $50 billion deferred maintenance crisis across its building portfolio — and the fund Congress created to address it...
A majority of the House voted yes. It still wasn't enough. The ROTOR Act vote on February 24, 2026, stands as a case study in how Washington kills...
The Senate voted down a motion to discharge S.J.Res. 118, a joint resolution that would have directed the removal of US Armed Forces from hostilities...
A routine House Natural Resources Committee hearing on six public lands bills turned into a proxy war over the Trump administration's influence on museums...
The Senate Indian Affairs Committee advanced critical Indian Health Care Legislation on February 4, 2026, proposing sweeping changes to healthcare delivery...
The Senate Armed Services Committee's military readiness hearing on March 4, 2026, was no routine oversight exercise. It took place on the fifth day of an...
