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House GOP gets a win on budget plan, but what's next?
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Hern talks reconciliation challenges, tax priorities
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Jeffries raises ‘concerns’ about Adams-Trump relationship
Jeffries said that his constituents are “deeply alarmed” over the relationship Adams is cultivating with the Trump White House.
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House GOP budget blueprint set to advance, Senate lays down a tax marker
GOP leaders and tax writers are vowing to oppose a tax package that fails to make the Trump tax cuts permanent.
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Shutdown watch: 29 days out and House GOP feels unencumbered by the FRA
With 29 days until the government runs out of spending authority, House Republicans no longer seem bound by the Fiscal Responsibility Act, the 2023 spending deal between then-President Joe Biden and former Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
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Tensions persist after Nadler’s Judiciary ouster
Two months after Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) took over as ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee from Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.), there’s still some bad blood between top Democrats on the panel.
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The risks and opportunities for Republicans on the budget resolution
After lots of fits and starts, the House Budget Committee is going to begin marking up its spending blueprint today.
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NEW DATA: Oxford Economics finds Durbin-Marshall Credit Card Mandates would hurt local economies, costing $227 billion and 156,000 jobs across the country.
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Bilirakis isn’t giving up on KOSA
Leading Bilirakis' list is his Kids Online Safety Act, a bill that would regulate social media platforms’ design features when dealing with minors.
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DOGE launches on a tame note. For now.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene made her highly-anticipated debut leading the DOGE subcommittee this morning, but the overall mood was pretty tame.
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DOGE on the rampage but cracks start to emerge
It’s safe to say that DOGE and Elon Musk are dominating much of the discussion in official Washington right now.
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Slater says she’ll weigh costs of Big Tech antitrust cases
Trump made clear when he selected Slater that he wanted her to continue the push against Big Tech and protect smaller companies.
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