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The Big Beautiful Bill is sitting in the House chamber right now, and the clock is burning. The Senate passed it on July 1 with a 51 to 50 vote. Vice President JD Vance broke the tie. That sent the bill back to the House for final approval. But the House isn’t rubber-stamping anything. If …
President Trump’s flagship legislation is now hanging by a thread. The “Big Beautiful Bill” cleared the Senate on July 1 after a 26-hour vote marathon, but it did so with a tie-breaking vote from Vice President JD Vance. That alone signals trouble. The bill now returns to the House, where the revised version is triggering …
Vice President JD Vance has arrived at the Capitol to potentially cast a tiebreaking vote to advance the GOP megabill. He was accompanied by Sen. Eric Schmitt of Missouri, who golfed earlier today with President Donald Trump. Four other GOP senators — Mike Lee of Utah, Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and …
Vought pitches reluctant senators on $9.4B in clawbacks to NPR, PBS, foreign aid Sen. Lindsey Graham, whose support was in question, told the White House budget director he will vote for it. White House budget director Russ Vought pressed senators on Wednesday to clear President Donald Trump’s request to scrap $9.4 billion, amid GOP resistance …
Solar stocks such as Sunrun (RUN), SolarEdge Technologies (SEDG) and First Solar (FSLR) plunged overnight after the newly released Senate budget bill would keep a full phase-out of solar and wind energy tax credits by 2028. The GOP-led Senate Finance Committee late Monday unveiled changes to the Trump budget bill that passed the House, but …
Watch live as U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine testify before the Senate Committee on Armed Services on the Trump administration’s first proposed defense budget. The questions from lawmakers may be dominated by the escalation of airstrikes between Iran and Israel that threaten a …
Congress is moving forward with a plan to open portions of federal land to the private market, aiming to ease the maintenance burden and raise funds amid a $36 trillion national debt load. The proposal is part of the Senate’s 2025 budget bill and could authorize sales covering over 3.2 million acres in the next …
The House of Representatives has taken decisive action, voting 266-148 to repeal Washington, D.C.’s law that allowed noncitizens to vote in local elections. The move, led by Rep. August Pfluger, aims to restore voting rights exclusively to American citizens, reversing a policy that had permitted green card holders and undocumented residents to cast ballots in …
In a surprise move, the Republican-led Senate quickly passed the “No Tax on Tips Act” on Tuesday, giving its official stamp of approval to an idea that has gained traction since President Donald Trump campaigned on it last year. The legislation would create a tax deduction worth up to $25,000 for tips, limited to cash …
A group of pro-crypto Senate Democrats said Saturday they would oppose GOP-led stablecoin legislation that some of them previously supported if it goes to the floor in its current form, a stunning twist that could jeopardize the bill’s path forward. A group of nine Democrats who have previously backed industry-friendly crypto legislation wrote in a …
Meet the Connecticut Senate Democrats… This is real. What stage of TDS is this? pic.twitter.com/np8E2trTC1 — Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) May 2, 2025
🇺🇸 FLORIDA SENATE VOTES TO BAN FLUORIDE FROM PUBLIC WATER—“WE’RE HERE TO HYDRATE, NOT MEDICATE” The Florida Senate passed a bill banning additives like fluoride in public water unless directly tied to “water quality.” Though not named, the ban targets fluoridation, long used… https://t.co/Plx8kPhXwK pic.twitter.com/j6qP8WnuBb — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) April 17, 2025 🇺🇸 ANOTHER FLORIDA …
Rand Paul leads Senate push to repeal Trump ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs https://t.co/przddClpEq — Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) April 9, 2025 Paul is joining Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) and five other Democrats to introduce a measure that ends the emergency declaration Trump used to levy a wave of tariffs as high as 50% on dozens of nations. …
The Trump administration is threatening to veto a bipartisan Senate bill to give Congress the ability to review new tariffs, protecting President Donald Trump’s claim of unfettered power in the early stages of a trade war that is sinking financial markets. Trump’s veto threat comes as a handful of Senate Republicans have signed onto a …
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis expressed his support for a bill banning what he called weather modification “nonsense” before it hits the Senate floor on Thursday. SB-56, dubbed the so-called “chemtrails bill” after its sponsor pointed to the conspiracy theory while defending the bill in committee, prohibits “the injection, release, or dispersion, …
The Republican-led Senate voted 52-48 on Thursday to begin debate on a budget blueprint for a multitrillion-dollar package to pass President Donald Trump’s agenda. https://t.co/r6YZJTH2g3 — NBC News (@NBCNews) April 4, 2025 The measure calls for a steep tax cut and a spending increase for immigration enforcement and a Pentagon expansion, alongside unspecified spending cuts …
Fifteen Senate Democrats backed a pair of resolutions from Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) to withhold billions of dollars in offensive weapons sales and other military aid to Israel. Why it matters: The votes split the party, revealing continued internal divisions over Democrats’ views on the war in Gaza and support for the Israeli government. The measures failed …
The Colorado legislature is close to final passage of Senate Bill 25-003, to impose one of the most restrictive licensing systems in the nation on many, but not all firearms. Legislators and the public should understand that the bill would apply to all semiautomatic centerfire handguns. The kinds of handguns that Coloradans typically choose—from companies …
🚨🇺🇸 BERNIE SANDERS STORMS OUT OF INTERVIEW AFTER AOC QUESTION Sen. Bernie Sanders left ABC’s Jonathan Karl stunned after abruptly ending a sit-down interview over a question about Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The 83-year-old Vermont senator exploded after being pressed on… https://t.co/KTYfDHMEoB pic.twitter.com/Qp5OuMpAk4 — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) March 23, 2025
Donald Trump and Elon Musk have offered the Congress a false choice between a government shutdown or a blank check that makes a devastating assault on the well-being of working families across America. Let’s be clear: neither is a good option for the American people. But this… — Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) March 14, 2025 …
WASHINGTON — Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., the longest-serving Senate leader in history, announced on his 83rd birthday Thursday that he won’t seek re-election next year, bringing an end to his four-decade career in the chamber. McConnell, elected in 1984, climbed his way up to the Senate Republican leader position in 2007 and remained there until …
Eleanor Terrett @EleanorTerrett NEW: Today @SenatorHagerty introduces his stablecoin bill in the Senate. The bill is called the GENIUS (Guiding and Establishing National Innovation in U.S. Stablecoins) Act and aims to provide clear regulations for stablecoins. Here are the highlights of the bill which is based off a discussion draft Hagerty rolled out in October. …
CONFIRMATION: The owner of the Los Angeles Times is calling on the Senate to confirm @RobertKennedyJr. pic.twitter.com/WUbZcy4JsP — @amuse (@amuse) January 29, 2025 I had not met Bobby Kennedy until a few months ago. The more I got to know him I truly believe he has the American public’s best interests at heart. I have …
As the Biden administration gears up for the confirmation hearings of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for the role of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary, a surprising development has occurred within the Senate. Despite considerable backlash from many in the Democratic Party due to Kennedy’s controversial views on vaccinations, a few Senate Democrats are reportedly …
,,, A lot of them are bought and paid for their own or their blackmailed over the years and you notice the group that voted for this rhino. It’s all the hackers that we trusted, but never did anything.these are the ones that called us, trolls and trash the Republican senators on… pic.twitter.com/aBEpLxFmqx — Tara …
The House passed a stopgap package Friday evening that pushes the government funding deadline to March, as Congress races to avoid a looming deadline that would shut down the government in six hours. The package passed 366-34, with the support of 196 Democrats and 170 Republicans. It now moves to the Senate, where leaders are …
