Committee Advances Public Lands Management Bills
The House Natural Resources Committee is moving forward with a legislative markup scheduled for Wednesday, July 22, 2026 that will consider eight bills...
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The House Natural Resources Committee is moving forward with a legislative markup scheduled for Wednesday, July 22, 2026 that will consider eight bills...
A new Congressional Research Service report documents a striking absence from Capitol Hill: Supreme Court justices congressional hearings have become...
The National Personnel Records Center maintains decades of military service records for millions of discharged and deceased servicemembers, but navigating...
Why it matters: Acting Director Russell Vought faced sharp criticism at a CFPB hearing July 2026 for freezing major consumer enforcement actions worth...
Congress faces an unusually long delay in passing the FY2027 National Defense Authorization Act, with both chambers deadlocked as of mid-July 2026. The...
The Drug Enforcement Administration's move to control 7-hydroxymitragynine as a Schedule I substance marks a significant shift in how the federal government...
Congress is attempting a deliberate recalibration of bank regulation. The House Committee on Financial Services advanced H.R. 6955, the Main Street Capital...
The House Education and Workforce Committee is advancing a slate of education bills that signal where Republicans intend to move policy in areas from K-12...
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee is moving forward with Kevin Lilly's nomination to be Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife at the...
The Senate Finance Committee held a Treasury nominees hearing on July 16, 2026, to consider four key Treasury Department positions as the Trump...
The Senate Commerce Committee advanced a contentious TSA Administrator nomination hearing on Thursday, July 16, 2026, for David Cummins, a Virginia...
The PGA Tour filed a lobbying disclosure for second quarter 2026 activity, registering FGS Global as a representative and spending $150,000 on lobbying...
The American Gaming Association is escalating its government affairs operations. The trade group's in-house lobbying spending more than tripled...
Why it matters: Keith Sonderling's confirmation hearing for Labor Secretary revealed a fundamental rift over worker protections. The Trump administration is...
The American College of Surgeons is ramping up its lobbying efforts on healthcare policy priorities, including physician compensation and emergency...
The utility company is lobbying on legislation that would streamline environmental reviews and modernize how the government coordinates on natural gas...
Parker Boggs has been promoted to Operations Director in the personal office of Rep. Katherine Cammack (R-FL-3), a position he has held since February 2026....
Novelis Inc. is maintaining steady engagement with Congress on aluminum industry issues, even as the specific legislative targets of its lobbying remain...
Why it matters: The Senate Armed Services Committee held a confirmation hearing on July 16, 2026, for Lieutenant General Douglas A. Schiess to become Chief...
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee held hearings on July 16, 2026 at 3:00 PM in room 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building to examine five pending...
The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa is convening a hearing on Abraham Accords expansion at a moment when the...
Senate Republicans suffered a setback in their push to dramatically expand defense spending, as a procedural vote on S. 4784 collapsed under partisan...
Money is flooding into Arizona's 4th Congressional District as incumbent Democrat Greg Stanton battles to hold his seat in a competitive environment....
The House approved a sweeping $49.8 billion national security and State Department spending bill on July 15, 2026, sending a signal about Congress's...
