House Panel Advances Lifeguard Bill Amid Budget Cuts
The House Natural Resources Committee advanced eight bills on July 22, 2026, in a bipartisan markup session that underscores competing priorities within the...
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The House Natural Resources Committee advanced eight bills on July 22, 2026, in a bipartisan markup session that underscores competing priorities within the...
Why it matters: The Trump administration is using the Abraham Accords as a centerpiece of Middle East policy, tying a new Saudi nuclear deal to Israeli...
Why it matters: The hearing, held on July 22, 2026, exposed tension between the administration's confrontational strategy and concerns from Democrats about...
Why it matters: The House Rules Committee advanced a package of bills Monday that pairs congressional stock trading restrictions with new voter...
The House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology held a legislative hearing on July 22, 2026, examining six bills designed to address vulnerabilities...
Why it matters: The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee advanced a bipartisan healthcare package on July 22, 2026, signaling rare...
Why it matters: The House Natural Resources Committee's Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries examined four bills addressing whale ship strikes,...
Why it matters: The Trump administration is using federal oversight to reshape how American history gets told at taxpayer-funded institutions. The House...
Anthony Fauci will face questioning from the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Wednesday, July 29, 2026, in what amounts to a...
The hearing, held July 22, 2026, at 2:15 PM, highlighted fundamental tensions over marketplace safeguards. Industry witnesses countered that new mandates...
Why it matters: The Senate Appropriations Committee examined President Trump's supplemental funding request on July 21, 2026, as the administration defended...
Why it matters: The Trump administration defended its sweeping trade agenda before the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday, July 22, 2026, even as legal...
Why it matters: The House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology advanced earthquake hazard reduction legislation on July 21, 2026, signaling...
Why it matters: The Trump administration faces a credibility crisis over Haiti. On one hand, it's deploying military resources and spending $117 million...
Why it matters: The House Energy and Commerce Committee advanced 29 pieces of legislation on July 21, 2026, marking a sweeping effort to reshape policy on...
Why it matters: The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee voted on July 22, 2026 to advance 17 presidential nominees to the full...
The House passed H.R. 8884 by a vote of 232 to 207, advancing legislation that would extend the Social Security Administration's authority to test new...
The Roll Call Vote 280 in the 119th Congress, 2nd session showed support across party lines, though not without reservations from some members who...
Why it matters: The House Financial Services Committee's Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance held an oversight hearing on the Federal Home Loan Bank...
Why it matters: The House Agriculture Committee's commodity markets subcommittee held a hearing on Tuesday to examine how federal regulators oversee...
The House passed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 with a narrow 216-212 vote, delivering a defense spending blueprint that...
Dominic Hastings has joined the Diana DeGette staff as Press Secretary and Digital Director, marking another shift in the Colorado congressional office's...
Campaign for Sustainable Drug Pricing terminated its lobbying relationship with Whitmer & Worrall LLC on June 4, 2026, according to a filing disclosed July 21.
The Fiber Broadband Association is maintaining steady lobbying pressure as Congress debates the future of broadband deployment. Federal broadband policy is...
