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Protect Our Care launches Medicaid campaign

Liberal group Protect Our Care is running a digital ad campaign targeting 11 House Republicans for backing the GOP reconciliation package.

Democratic group targets House GOP on Medicaid in new ads

The Medicaid ad wars continue on Long Island

GOP leaders clash over Medicaid

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The House GOP’s Medicaid crunch

With the Memorial Day recess just 15 days away, the battle over huge cuts to Medicaid is pitting the GOP against each other.

AAN launches $7M Medicaid ad buy

The American Action Network is launching a $7 million ad buy to combat Democratic attacks over potentially huge cuts to Medicaid.

Guthrie to meet with Medicaid-wary Republicans

GOP moderates concerned about Medicaid cuts will meet with House Energy and Commerce Chair Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.) this week.

Mental health organization launches ad campaign urging against Medicaid cuts

Inseparable, a national mental health organization, is launching a $250,000 ad campaign calling on vulnerable House Republicans to protect mental health initiatives and reject Medicaid cuts.

GOP gets pummeled on Medicaid ads

A group of organizations are running ads pressuring lawmakers to protect Medicaid against funding cuts in reconciliation.

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Hearings

“Innovation Nation: Leveraging Technology to Secure Cyberspace and Streamline Compliance”

05/28/2025

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Legislation

H.Res.436 - Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1) to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.

05/22/2025

H.Res.435 - Expressing the profound sorrow of the House of Representatives on the death of the Honorable Gerald E. Connolly.

05/22/2025

H.Res.439 - Providing for the expulsion of Representative LaMonica McIver from the United States House of Representatives.

05/21/2025

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Google is ‘getting to yes’

This past week, a top policy official at Google’s YouTube testified at a Senate hearing on a bill the company supports to extend voice and likeness rights in the age of artificial intelligence.

Get ready. It’s the Senate’s turn

The Senate wants to put its “imprint” on the House-passed budget reconciliation package, in the words of Senate Majority Leader John Thune.

Tech’s tax wins

Tech scored a number of tax wins in the Republican reconciliation bill that passed the House this past week.

What’s next on spectrum, AI state moratorium

there are big problems in the Senate for spectrum and the decade-long moratorium on state artificial intelligence laws.