The US Congress
The US Congress
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Next Meeting - 08/11/25, 7 PM, Ozark-Dale Library
Focus on US Congress (Post 2024 Election):
Senate GOP quietly urges House to shift approach on shutdown talk
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5421217-house-senate-republicans-shutdown/
The New Republic: Independent Senator Calls for Ending Aid to Israel as It Starves Kids
https://newrepublic.com/post/198520/independent-senator-angus-king-end-aid-israel
Comment: "A staunch Senate moderate on Monday issued a remarkable statement regarding the hunger crisis in Gaza, saying he will not back U.S. support for Israel so long as its campaign of starvation continues."
"The centrist Senator Angus King, an independent of Maine, stated, 'I cannot defend the indefensible. Israel’s actions in the conduct of the war in Gaza, especially its failure to address the unimaginable humanitarian crisis now unfolding, is an affront to human decency.' ”
Scoop: Sherrod Brown met with Schumer in Ohio amid 2026 Senate push
https://www.axios.com/2025/07/28/schumer-sherrod-brown-ohio-senate-meeting-2026
Comment: "Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and former Sen. Sherrod Brown met in Ohio this weekend, as Brown weighs a possible comeback bid to flip a GOP Senate seat in the state, Axios has learned."
"Why it matters: Schumer has lobbied Brown for months to run. Fresh off a major recruiting victory in North Carolina, he wants to expand that luck to Ohio."
Comment: "The big picture: Schumer has limited pickup opportunities in the Senate next year. Hitting recruitment home runs could help him expand that map."
Comment: "Zoom in: While party insiders see Ohio as a stretch target for Democrats, Brown's entrance would instantly shift those dynamics."
Politico: Roy Cooper officially launches North Carolina Senate bid
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/28/roy-cooper-north-carolina-senate-campaign-00479710
Comment: Winning the North Carolina Senate seat is critical if Democrats have any hope of winning control of the U.S. Senate.
The Daily Beast: MAGA Lawmaker Misspells Name of State in Senate Campaign Launch
https://www.thedailybeast.com/maga-lawmaker-misspells-name-of-state-in-senate-campaign-launch/
Comment: Do you think that will help him win in Georgia (or is it "Georiga"?)
Axios: How Texas Republicans could overplay their hand in drawing new congressional districts
https://www.axios.com/local/san-antonio/2025/07/28/texas-redistricting-abbott-republicans-risk
Comment: "Redistricting is usually done after the census, next scheduled for 2030."
Project 2025 architect to challenge Lindsey Graham for Senate in South Carolina
Comment: "Paul Dans, the architect of Project 2025, is launching a Senate bid in South Carolina to oust Lindsey Graham."
"Dans is set to announce his Republican primary bid with a formal launch Wednesday in Charleston. Graham is a close Trump ally but has for years faced skepticism from his MAGA allies. He is already facing a challenge from former Lt. Gov. André Bauer. President Donald Trump earlier this year offered Graham his 'Complete and Total Endorsement.' "
Comment: Isn't Graham right-wing enough for South Carolina Republicans? Are the MAGA folks turning on themselves?
'A Deal Is A Deal': Patty Murray Pressures Colleagues Not To Let Committee Work Be Undone By Trump
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Be9dVmvr6A
Comment: More discussion on rescissions.
Video: Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen says "Rescissions is just a Washington name for double-cross" - July 27, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=te3Sp1bHlys
Comment: Includes response to OMB Russell Vought's call for more rescissions and other discussions.
Vought won't rule out more rescissions funding cut before September.
Comment: "Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought said his office is considering more options to claw back funding approved by Congress and isn't ruling out sending more bills to lawmakers with further cuts before September."
Comment: "Vought's use of rescissions measures to amend government spending is seen by Democrats and some Republicans as a backdoor method of infringing on Congress' constitutional power of the purse."
" 'Rescissions is just a Washington name for double cross,' Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, also on 'Face the Nation,' said after Vought's interview on the program. 'They support one thing one day — the president even signs off — and then they come back and say they change their mind.' "
Video: Watch "One-on-one with Democratic Senator Mark Kelly" on YouTube - July 27, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=us4Q6uYiRZQ
AP News: How redistricting in Texas and other states could change the game for US House elections
Comment: "Redistricting usually happens after the once-a-decade population count by the U.S. Census Bureau or in response to a court ruling. Now, Texas Republicans want to break that tradition — and other states could follow suit."
Comment: "President Trump has asked the Texas Legislature to create districts, in time for next year’s midterm elections, that will send five more Republicans to Washington and make it harder for Democrats to regain the majority and blunt his agenda. The state has 38 seats in the House. Republicans now hold 25 and Democrats 12, with one seat vacant after the death of a Democrat."
Comment: Does this sound like unethical Gerrymandering to win, to you?
Video: Lisa Murkowski: I Never Want To See Another Rescissions Package Ever Again - July 25, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20hbPuXNbww
Comment: At least one GOP Senator is starting to speak out.
White House mulling a rare tool to block spending without Congress: What to know
https://thehill.com/business/budget/5419482-pocket-rescissions-white-house/
Comment: "Trump administration officials are weighing a controversial maneuver aimed at allowing them to block federal funding previously authorized by Congress without lawmakers’ approval."
"White House budget chief Russell Vought Russell Vought said earlier this month that the gambit, known as 'pocket rescissions,' is one of the options on the table for the administration as it continues its quest to reduce federal spending."
Comment: What happened to constitutional checks and balances and Congress' power of the purse? Will Republican cowards in the Congress surrender all their authority and responsibility to Trump and the executive branch?
NPR: Lawmakers seek to ban federal agents from wearing masks
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/25/nx-s1-5480219/lawmakers-ban-federal-immigration-agents-masked
Comment: "Since President Trump's return to office, images of masked federal agents carrying out immigration arrests have become a familiar — and for many Americans, deeply disturbing — sight. The Department of Homeland Security has endorsed the agents' right to wear masks, but some Democrats want to make it illegal."
"In Congress, Democrats have introduced several bills, including the No Secret Police Act, which would bar federal agents from concealing their faces with 'home-made, non-tactical masks.' "
"As long as Republicans are in the majority, Congressional action is unlikely. At the state level, though, legislation is advancing."
Politico: 14 Republican senators urge White House to release delayed NIH funds
Comment: "Sen. Katie Britt (R-Ala.) is leading the letter making the ask of OMB director Russ Vought."
Comment: It's a lot more important to Britt when UAB is adversely impacted.
The Hill: Senate Democrats demand answers on rural health fund
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5421354-senate-democrats-demand-answers-on-rural-health-fund/
Comment: "A group of 16 Democratic senators led by Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) accused Republicans of using the $50 billion rural health program to buy votes for President Trump’s sweeping tax and spending package."
Comment: " 'We are alarmed by reports suggesting these taxpayer funds are already promised to Republican members of Congress in exchange for their votes in support of the Big, Ugly Betrayal,' the letter reads. 'In addition, the vague legislative language creating this fund will seemingly function as your personal fund to be distributed according to your political whims.'
"The fund will not make direct payments to rural hospitals. Instead, $25 billion will go to all states after they file “rural health transformation plans” which then must be approved by CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz."
"Such bulls**t": Not every Democrat wants to talk about Epstein
https://www.axios.com/2025/07/24/jeffrey-epstein-hakeem-jeffries-house-democrats
Comment: "House Democrats are at odds over whether to use Republican' blowup over the Jeffrey Epstein files as a talking point while they are in their districts for the five-week summer recess."
"Why it matters: Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries' (D-N.Y.) leadership team has encouraged its members to maintain the drumbeat on Epstein, but some Democrats say they are sick of talking about it."
Comment: "Driving the news: Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-N.Y.), the co-chair of the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus, told Axios he is 'not really focused' on Epstein."
Comment: "The other side: Other Democrats argued that going after Republicans on policy and slamming them on Epstein aren't mutually exclusive. 'I think all these issues are linked together,' Rep. Greg Casar (D-Texas) told Axios."
Comment: "State of play: Jeffries has surprised some of his members by bear-hugging rank-and-file efforts to force the release of the Epstein files despite his usual reluctance to engage on salacious issues."
Comment: "What he's saying: Asked at a Wednesday press conference if he is concerned the Epstein issue would overshadow Democrats' attacks on Trump's 'big, beautiful bill,' Jeffries said, 'The reality is that it's all connected.' "
Comment: "Between the lines: 'Do I think this is going to win us the election? No. But ... this is a great opportunity for [Republicans] to kill each other,' a third House Democrat who spoke on the condition of anonymity told Axios."
Comment: "The bottom line: 'Everybody's got to do what they're comfortable with,' the senior House Democrat told Axios."
Video: Hakeem Jeffries holds presser amid Speaker Johnson’s House shutdown amid Epstein drama - July 23, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibg7KRtnjns
Axios: Senate Democrats buoyed by Cooper's decision to run
https://www.axios.com/2025/07/23/roy-cooper-senate-democrats-2026-map
Comment: "Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) landed his top 2026 recruit in former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, giving Democrats some midsummer hope they can steal a GOP Senate seat next year."
Politico: Thune’s plans for the fall shutdown fight
Axios: House flees Washington amid turmoil over Epstein fallout
https://www.axios.com/2025/07/22/house-bails-early-amid-epstein-file-uproar
Comment: GOP leadership in Congress skirts responsibility and takes the cowards way out?
Capitol agenda: House GOP eyes an early exit over Epstein meltdown - Live Updates - POLITICO
Comment: "Summer break might come early for the House, as Speaker Mike Johnson faces a Jeffrey Epstein problem that just won’t quit."
"Republican leaders are considering sending the House home as early as Wednesday, after a bipartisan clash over the so-called Epstein files broke the Rules Committee on Monday night. Rules recessed after Democrats threatened to force a vote on Epstein — a move that is now derailing floor action planned for this week."
Comment: So with a potential government shutdown looming in September, the Republicans are planning to start their August recess early, so they can avoid dealing with the Epstein fallout. Does this should like a good idea to you?
GOP megabill’s final score: $3.4T in red ink and 10 million kicked off health insurance, CBO says - POLITICO
Comment: "Congress’ nonpartisan scorekeeper released its final prediction Monday for how President Donald Trump’s signature legislative achievement will grow the national debt and affect U.S. households."
"Over the next decade, the megabill Trump signed on July 4 would increase the federal deficit by $3.4 trillion and cause 10 million people to lose health insurance, the Congressional Budget Office forecasts. While the newly enacted legislation would save more than $1 trillion by cutting federal spending on health care — with the majority coming from Medicaid — CBO predicts that the package’s costs will far outweigh its savings."
Democrats seek shutdown strategy as White House plots to strip their power
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/21/democrats-wrestle-with-shutdown-strategy-00464233
Comment: "Facing another funding cliff in 10 weeks, Democratic leaders are moderating their threats."
Republicans fear Washington headed for shutdown after bruising spending fights
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5409351-gop-lawmakers-fear-government-shutdown/
Comment: "Republican lawmakers fear Washington may be headed for a government shutdown later this year after two bruising fights over President Trump’s One Big, Beautiful Bill Act and a $9 billion rescissions package created bad blood on Capitol Hill."
"White House budget director Russell Vought says the administration plans to send up another wave of spending rescissions to Congress, and GOP leaders are already waving the caution flag on that as some Republicans privately warn it may not have the votes to pass."
"After six months of bitter partisan fighting since Trump’s inauguration, Republicans will now need cooperation from Democrats to keep the government funded, and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) is warning GOP colleagues not to expect 'business as usual.' "
"One senior Republican on the Senate Appropriations Committee put the chances of a shutdown in the fall at 'a real square 50-50.' ”
Comment: "The senator acknowledged Democrats are furious after getting steamrolled on the One Big, Beautiful Bill Act and the rescissions package."
Bipartisan government funding is at risk of dying in Trump's Washington
Comment: "Eschewing a long standing practice, Trump's budget director is calling for a more partisan path to funding the government ahead of a Sept. 30 shutdown deadline"
Comment: "Just after the Senate overcame objections in both parties to approve the $9 billion spending-cut bill requested by Trump, a comment from White House budget director Russell Vought dropped like a bomb on Capitol Hill."
" 'The appropriations process has to be less bipartisan,' Vought told reporters at a Christian Science Monitor breakfast Thursday. 'It’s not going to keep me up at night, and I think will lead to better results, by having the appropriations process be a little bit partisan.' "
"He added that more rescission packages would be coming."
"The backlash was fierce. Senate Republicans responsible for crafting the government funding bills were taken aback by his candor."
Comment: "The series of clashes escalates tensions leading up to the fall deadline, with top Democrats warning ahead of the vote that they would have little incentive to provide the 60 votes to cut a deal."
" 'It is absurd to expect Democrats to play along with funding the government if Republicans are just going to renege on a bipartisan agreement by concocting rescissions packages behind closed doors that can pass with only their votes,' Schumer warned in a recent speech."
Politico: US senators visit Canada to build bridges as trade deadline looms
Comment: "With the clock ticking to an Aug. 1 deadline to strike a new Canada-U.S. trade and security deal, four U.S. senators met Prime Minister Mark Carney in search of common ground on some of the thorniest cross-border trade irritants: lumber, digital services taxes and metals tariffs."
"This marked the second congressional delegation to visit Carney in the past three months. He’s now welcomed nearly 10 percent of the U.S. Senate into his office this year — five senators in May, four more on Monday."
"Wyden, the ranking member of the Senate Finance committee who also leads on international trade issues, was joined by Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.)."
Comment: Could this be the reason that the U.S. Constitution normally gives Congress the authority to impose tariffs, not the President?
Rep. Mark Green leaves Congress early, reducing House GOP majority | Fox News
The Hill: Himes: White House warning of ‘massive market reaction’ if Trump fires Powell
https://thehill.com/business/5411006-himes-warning-trump-fires-powell/
Comment: "Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.) said Sunday that a White House insider is warning President Trump of a 'massive market reaction' if he fires Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell."
Comment: " 'Well, interestingly, inside the White House — and I don’t know who it is — my guess is, it’s maybe the Treasury secretary — is saying — and this is a very difficult thing to say to a person like Donald Trump — that, if you fire the Fed chair, either illegally, which they’re happy to do, or because you trump up some baloney-like charge associated with a renovation of the headquarters, there is going to be a massive market reaction, because you cannot lie to the capital markets,' Himes responded."
Comment: "Senate Republicans have recently warned Trump that it would be a large mistake to go forward on his threat to fire Powell, saying it would probably send a 'shock wave' through the financial markets and rattle the larger economy."
"Republican senators, including those who are strong supporters of the president, have warned that any action to oust Powell would jeopardize the Fed’s independence, which could erode investors’ confidence in American monetary policy and creditworthiness."
Trump is chiseling away at the power of a compliant Congress | AP News
Comment: "But the imagery also underscored a symbolic transfer of political power, from Capitol Hill to the White House as a compliant Congress is ceding more and more of its prerogative to the presidency."
Comment: "Since Trump's return to the White House in January, and particularly in the past few weeks, Republicans in control of the House and Senate have shown an unusual willingness to give the president of their party what he wants, regardless of the potential risk to themselves, their constituents and Congress itself."
GOP’s Bacon calls Hegseth’s base name changes ‘stupid as hell’
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5408964-don-bacon-criticizes-pentagon-renaming/
Comment: "Bacon, who announced last month he will not run for reelection next year, was one of two Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee who voted this week to block the Pentagon from using federal funds to rename military installations in honor of Confederate figures."
Comment: Have you noticed that Republican members of Congress are more likely to speak their mind once they have decided to retire from Congress?
NBC News: Republicans keep voting for bills they say they don't like
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/republicans-keep-voting-bills-say-dont-like-rcna219353
Comment: "The move represents a trend in Congress during President Donald Trump's second term. Republican lawmakers across the ideological spectrum keep casting votes in favor of bills even while warning that they’re deeply flawed and may require fixing down the road. In some cases, lawmakers explicitly threaten to vote 'no' on bills before eventually folding and voting 'yes.' "
"It isn’t unusual for lawmakers to back legislation they call imperfect. But this year, that contrast has become more stark. It comes as Trump has solidified his grasp over the GOP base, resulting in lawmakers growing increasingly leery of crossing him and risking their political futures."
Video: House passes $9B in spending cuts, including cuts to public broadcasting and USAID - July 18, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZ0gvJXMdCU
Axios: House sends cuts to foreign aid, PBS and NPR to Trump's desk
https://www.axios.com/2025/07/18/house-rescissions-foreign-aid-pbs-npr
Comment: "The House voted early Friday to approve President Trump's requested clawback of $9 billion in federal funding for PBS, NPR and foreign aid programs."
"Why it matters: Democrats fear the victory for the White House — following on DOGE's massive cuts — opens the door for more rescissions packages negating bipartisan spending deals."
Axios: Congress votes to strip more than $1 billion in funding for NPR, PBS
https://www.axios.com/2025/07/18/npr-pbs-funding-senate
Comment: "Congress on Friday voted to cut nearly $1.1 billion in federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, marking a devastating blow for PBS and NPR."
"Why it matters: The cuts will have a significant impact on local station groups that rely on federal funding to survive. Many are expected to shutter without it."
Schumer calls for Vought to be canned - Live Updates - POLITICO
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/07/17/congress/schumer-vought-omb-appropriations-00460426
Comment: "Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Thursday that President Donald Trump should dismiss Russ Vought after the White House budget director called for the government funding process to be 'less bipartisan.' ”
Politico: Russ Vought: Appropriations process ‘has to be less bipartisan’
Comment: "The OMB director said more rescissions packages could soon be headed to the Hill."
Comment: "Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought isn’t interested in giving assurances to lawmakers on Capitol Hill that the White House will abide by any bipartisan spending agreements made this year."
" 'The appropriations process has to be less bipartisan,' Vought told reporters at a Christian Science Monitor breakfast Thursday."
"With Republicans in full control of government, he said now is the time for reining in spending, even without input from Democrats on Capitol Hill. He did not lay out a legislative path for partisan spending bills to clear the Senate, where 60 votes are required to pass legislation."
‘I don’t think anybody takes them seriously’: The House Freedom caucus is developing a reputation for folding
https://www.yahoo.com/news/don-t-think-anybody-takes-080042729.html
Comment: "House Freedom Caucus members argue their objections to – and eventual reversals on – Trump’s sweeping tax and spending cuts bill were just part of the process: they push legislation to comport with their ultra-conservative worldview, compromising on some points but not others as they look to what lies ahead."
"But their strategy of going public with concerns, only to set them aside under pressure, has affected how some in the party say they’ll approach negotiations with the group in the future. Their power as a voting bloc, some members say, is waning as Republicans attempt to navigate their razor-thin majorities through a government funding fight and push to slash more federal spending."
Video: Nominations for Bove and Pirro advance after Maurene Comey fired - July 17, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RW8wIdizBmA
Video: 'This is wrong!' Dems WALK OUT of Judiciary meeting on Trump official Emil Bove - July 17, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGu4geNXPzQ&t=73s
Video: Senate Democrats walk out of confirmation hearing for Emil Bove to become federal judge - July 17, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W142IG6gnOk
GOP senators push back on Trump's education funding freeze
https://www.axios.com/2025/07/17/trump-education-funding-freeze-senate-republican
Comment: "Ten Republican senators asked the Trump administration on Wednesday to release $6 billion in congressionally approved funding for K-12 educational programs."
Comment: "The Trump administration froze the money on June 30, the day before the funds are traditionally disbursed."
Comment: "The Department of Education previously told states that the funding is being reevaluated 'given the change in administrations.' "
Video: Watch "Murkowski pushes back on Trump's proposed DOGE cuts" on YouTube - July 16, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUdsG3401-0
Fort Who? Republicans join House Dems to bar Hegseth's military base name changes
Comment: "The House Armed Services Committee passed an amendment to its annual defense policy bill barring the Pentagon from using any of the funds from next year's defense budget to rename Defense Department installations in honor of Confederate figures."
Comment: What does this mean for Fort Rucker (Fort Novosel?)?
Military.com: Senators Demand Answers After Case Dropped Against Navy Federal for Charging Troops Overdraft Fees
Comment: "A group of senators says they have 'profound alarm' and are demanding answers over the unprecedented decision by the government's consumer watchdog to drop its case against Navy Federal Credit Union for charging its members -- almost exclusively service members, veterans and their families -- millions in illegal overdraft fees."
Republicans renew a bid to remove noncitizens from the census tally behind voting maps
Comment: "Ratified after the Civil War, the 14th Amendment says the 'whole number of persons in each state' must be included in what are called apportionment counts, the population numbers based on census results that determine each state's share of House seats and Electoral College votes for a decade."
"But GOP lawmakers have now released three bills this year that would use the 2030 census to tally residents without U.S. citizenship, and then subtract some or all of them from the apportionment counts. Republicans on the House Appropriations Committee unveiled the latest bill Monday."
"Any attempt to carry out the unprecedented exclusion of millions of noncitizens from the apportionment counts of the 2030 census is likely to undermine the head count's accuracy and face legal challenges, as the first Trump administration did in its failed push for similar changes for the 2020 census."
Comment: Can't congressional Republicans read the US Constitution, or do they just don't care what it says?
Politico: Thune explores rescissions amendment deal
Comment: "Thune will need 51 votes to take up the White House effort to claw back public media and global health funding. Several GOP senators huddled Monday night to discuss potential changes or clarifications they want, and White House budget director Russ Vought is coming to the Capitol on Tuesday to talk with GOP senators."
Video: Senate considers billions of dollars in cuts to public broadcasting, aid programs - July 14, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-zCDSH7Sf4
Axios: New Medicaid work rules put states in a bind
https://www.axios.com/2025/07/14/medicaid-work-rules-states-requirements
Comment: "The new Medicaid work rules in President Trump's tax-and-spending law put states on a tight timetable for setting up systems to notify millions of recipients about the requirements — and to track if they're complying. "
"Why it matters: Previous efforts to set work rules in Georgia and Arkansas showed it could be a messy and expensive process that generally relies on outside vendors to set up the necessary infrastructure."
"Georgia spent nearly $100 million to implement its rules, $55 million of which went toward building a verification system, but in two years only enrolled a fraction of those eligible. It spent $13,000 per enrollee just to sign them up."
Comment: Do you think Alabama's GOP congressional delegation thought about the added expense to Alabama's state government when they voted for these new Medicaid rules?
The Bulwark: Unfit to Serve: Jeanine Pirro Made Excuses for Jan. 6th
Comment: "Senators weighing her nomination for U.S. attorney should revisit her remarks denigrating prosecutors and calling defendants 'hostages.' "
Republican senators to watch on PBS, NPR, foreign aid funding cuts
https://www.axios.com/2025/07/15/senators-republicans-pbs-npr-foreign-aid
Comment: "Senate leadership is setting up votes, kicking off Tuesday, to claw back billions of dollars of appropriated federal funds. But first, there are GOP senators who need to be appeased."
CNN: GOP infighting over Trump’s DOGE cuts to take center stage as deadline looms
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/14/politics/trump-doge-cuts-rescissions-congress-deadline
Comment: "Congressional Republicans are launching into their next big legislative fight — this time over DOGE spending cuts for foreign aid and public broadcasting — that risks the wrath of President Donald Trump if they fail."
"With just days to go before a critical deadline, Trump himself is applying pressure to his party, even dangling the threat of withholding his endorsement to those on the fence about supporting what would be another major win for the White House over Democrats in Congress."
Comment: Does this sound like another extortion attempt from the wannabe strongman over GOP cowards in the Congress?
Axios: A House Democrat is floating a radical new solution to Congress' age problem
https://www.axios.com/2025/07/14/congress-age-mental-marie-gluesenkamp-perez
Comment: "Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez is proposing something unprecedented: Having Congress' ethics office effectively adjudicate whether lawmakers are too cognitively impaired to do their jobs."
GOP senators question Pete Hegseth's leadership after Ukraine weapons ‘goof-up’
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5395620-republican-senators-question-hegseth/
Comment: "Some GOP sources on Capitol Hill warn that if Hegseth or senior members of his team acted to deliberately circumvent the commander in chief, it would pose a serious problem that would need to be addressed."
"Senate Republicans are 'alarmed' by reporting that Hegseth may have paused weapons shipments to Ukraine multiple times without their knowledge and they want details for who at the Pentagon was involved in freezing shipments."
Video: “Craven cowardice of the Republican party” on display: GOP strategist - July 10, 2025
https://www.yahoo.com/news/craven-cowardice-republican-party-display-005618598.html
Thom Tillis Reveals Infuriating Reason RFK Jr. Was Confirmed
https://www.yahoo.com/news/thom-tillis-reveals-infuriating-reason-133620132.html
Comment: Does anyone else think these "revelations" might have been more appropriate during the Senate confirmation process?
GOP Sen. Thom Tillis scorches Pete Hegseth: 'Out of his depth'
https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/thom-tillis-hegseth-trump-pentagon-rcna218020
Comment: "GOP Sen. Thom Tillis expressed skepticism over Pete Hegseth’s leadership at the Pentagon, telling CNN on Wednesday that the defense secretary appeared 'out of his depth as a manager of a large, complex organization.' "
"The North Carolina Republican said he voted for Hegseth during his confirmation process, despite the allegations of alcohol abuse and sexual misconduct against the former Fox News host, because there was 'never an example of an eyewitness-corroborated account.' (Hegseth has repeatedly denied the allegations.)"
Comment: Do you ever wonder why these Republicans, who are responsible for approving Trump administration officials, are only critical of the Trump administration after they announce their retirement from Congress?
Politico: Joni Ernst is the next GOP senator on retirement watch
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/10/joni-ernst-retirement-watch-iowa-senate-seat-00447670
Comment: "But three people granted anonymity to disclose private discussions said there is rising concern among fellow Senate Republicans that Ernst will retire rather than run for reelection, giving Republicans another seat to defend next fall."
GOP senators start turning against Powell
https://www.axios.com/2025/07/10/powell-fed-senate-bernie-moreno-interest-rates
Comment: "Sen. Bernie Moreno is recruiting more GOP senators for his pressure campaign to force Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to resign."
"Why it matters: Powell has resisted calls from President Trump to leave his post early, enduring mockery and meanness from the very president who appointed him in 2017."
Politico: Senators consider new security funding for lawmakers
Comment: Do you think the congressional security funding should be conditional upon Congress passing laws to unmask ICE and make it, at least, as accountable as other federal law enforcement agencies? That way, the public on the street can feel a bit more secure also.
US rights advocates, Democrats condemn lawmaker Randy Fine's comments as racist
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-rights-advocates-democrats-condemn-011408374.html
Randy Fine's comments on Muslims, Ilhan Omar draw backlash from Democrats
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5393291-democrats-condemn-andy-fine-islamaphobic-attack/
Comment: "Democratic leaders on Wednesday condemned comments made by Rep. Randy Fine (R-Fla.) describing fellow lawmakers in Congress, including Rep. IIhan Omar (D-Minn.), as 'terrorists' while mocking their Muslim faith."
" 'The unhinged, racist and Islamophobic comments made by Randy Fine about Rep. Ilhan Omar are bigoted and disgusting. We are just weeks removed from heinous acts of political violence targeting elected officials in Minnesota for assassination,' House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.), Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-Mass.) and House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar (Calif.) said in a Wednesday release."
Trump's push to claw back funding ignites a fight that threatens a government shutdown
Comment: "President Donald Trump’s push for Republicans to bypass Democrats and claw back $9.4 billion in approved spending has ignited a new fight in Congress that could upend the normally bipartisan government funding process."
Comment: " 'If Republicans cave to Donald Trump and gut these investments agreed to by both parties, that would be an affront — a huge affront — to the bipartisan appropriations process,' Schumer said. 'It is absurd to expect Democrats to play along with funding the government if Republicans are just going to renege on a bipartisan agreement by concocting rescissions packages behind closed doors that can pass with only their votes, not the customary 60 votes required in the appropriation process.' "
Video: Sen. Josh Hawley says he’ll make sure Medicaid cuts in Trump bill he voted for ‘never take effect’ - July 9, 2025
https://youtu.be/wgvB2Ra6NJY?si=OVyEs-PrfmUCZKXI
After voting for Trump's megabill, GOP Sen. Josh Hawley wants to prevent a key Medicaid cut from taking effect
https://www.yahoo.com/news/voting-trumps-megabill-gop-sen-191041808.html
Comment: " Four days after President Donald Trump signed his 'big, beautiful bill' into law, one of the Republicans who voted for it wasn’t interested in touting the measure’s high-profile tax, immigration or health care provisions."
Comment: "And when asked about the steep Medicaid cuts in the bill, Hawley continued to criticize them. Hawley said his 'goal' is to ensure the provider tax changes, which will limit state reimbursement for Medicaid, don't go into effect in Missouri in 2030 — even as he helped to pass a piece of legislation that will do just that."
Comment: Do you think it may be political cowardice to vote for a bill, when you don't agree with some of its major provisions?
Video: Senate GOP not happy with Trump beatdown of Tillis - July 08, 2025
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5388826-thom-tillis-retirement-trump-senate/amp/
CNN: White House’s DOGE cuts package faces uncertain path in Senate as clock ticks
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/08/politics/senate-vote-white-house-doge-cuts
Comment: "Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins on Tuesday expressed uncertainty over whether the bill to codify sweeping federal government cuts could pass in the Senate by next Friday’s deadline."
" 'I don’t know,' the Maine Republican told reporters when asked if she thought a House passed package to claw back $9.4 billion in spending can clear the Senate even with changes."
Senate GOP plots how to move Trump’s $9.4B clawbacks request - POLITICO
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/08/senate-gop-trump-clawbacks-request-00443248
Comment: "Some Republican senators are interested in trimming the package of cuts to public broadcasting and global health programs."
Comment: Please note that it's called a "clawback," because these are funds that were already allocated by earlier acts of Congress, including funding for public broadcasting (NPR, PBS).
Senate Democrats’ campaign arm rolls out ad campaign hitting Republicans over megabill’s Medicaid cuts
GOP faces ‘big, beautiful’ blowback risk on ObamaCare subsidies cuts
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5390885-republicans-obamacare-subsidies-expiration/
Comment: "Medicaid cuts have received the lion’s share of attention from critics of Republicans’ sweeping tax cuts legislation, but the GOP’s decision not to extend enhanced ObamaCare subsidies could have a much more immediate impact ahead of next year’s midterms."
"Extra subsidies put in place during the coronavirus pandemic are set to expire at the end of the year, and there are few signs Republicans are interested in tackling the issue at all."
Comment: "The absence of an extension in the 'big, beautiful bill' was especially notable given the sweeping changes the legislation makes to the health care system, and it gives Democrats an easy message: If Republicans in Congress let the subsidies expire at the end of the year, premiums will spike, and millions of people across the country could lose health insurance."
The Hill: Senate Democrats press ICE on uniform, mask protocol
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5390939-democrats-question-ice-officer-operations/
Axios: Bill would force ICE agents to ID themselves, ban them from wearing masks
https://www.axios.com/2025/07/08/ice-agents-masks-democrats-id-bill
Comment: "Federal immigration agents would be banned from wearing most face coverings but be required to wear visible ID during public enforcement operations, according to a proposal from Democratic U.S. Sens. Alex Padilla (D-CA) and Cory Booker (D-NJ)."
"Why it matters: The long-shot proposal comes following images of masked, heavily armed immigration agents snatching people off the streets and taking them away in unmarked cars have shocked many Americans."
Trump bill's health effects won't be felt until after midterms
https://www.axios.com/2025/07/07/medicaid-impacts-tax-bill-delayed
Comment: "President Trump's tax and spending bill sets in motion nearly $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid and other health policy changes that could loom over the midterm elections."
Comment: " '"Republicans backloaded a lot of the Medicaid and ACA cuts,' said Larry Levitt, executive vice president at KFF. 'There will be few tangible effects in health care from this bill before the midterms.' "
Comment: Do you think Republicans know this bill will be terrible for the health care of average Americans and are trying to hide the impacts until after their next Congressional election?
Trump got $170 billion for immigration. Now he has to enact it. - POLITICO
https://share.google/dybi1lSB5KRZTxTBV
Comment: "The megabill, which the president signed into law Friday, offers an unprecedented infusion of cash into the country’s immigration enforcement apparatus, but even Trump border czar Tom Homan acknowledges the administration has a great deal of work ahead, especially when it comes to fulfilling Trump’s pledge to hire 10,000 new Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents."
Comment: $170 billion? They can't even spend that much money effectively. 10,000 new ICE agents? And taxpayers are paying for it.
GOP megabill littered with special tax breaks
https://share.newsbreak.com/dwsfpvvn
Comment: "Many are the sort of narrowly targeted breaks Republicans have long complained are unfair, reward influential special interests and unnecessarily complicate the tax code."
The Atlantic: The Most Perverse Part of the ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/07/congress-electricity-tax-cuts/683416/
Comment: "Of all the elements of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, perhaps none is as obviously self-defeating as getting rid of tax credits for clean energy. That decision will not simply set back the fight against climate change. Congressional Republicans could also be setting America up for the worst energy-affordability crisis since the 1970s. Unlike then, this time we’ll have imposed it on ourselves."
When would Trump's tax and spending bill go into effect?
Comment: "Different provisions of the GOP tax and spending bill will kick in over the next year or so. Many are set to expire just before Trump leaves office."
Comment: "Nationwide Medicaid work requirements take effect Jan. 1, 2027, shortly after the mid-term elections decide which party controls Congress." [emphasis added]
Comment: "The bill permanently extends the tax cuts introduced in the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which were set to expire this year." [emphasis added]
Comment: "Workers will be able to deduct up to $25,000 in tips and up to $25,000 in overtime, but the tax law change is temporary and ends Dec. 31, 2028, right before he leaves office." [emphasis added]
Comment: "Only some Social Security beneficiaries will be able to deduct Social Security payments from their taxes, which was also a promise Trump made on the campaign trail. This deduction is also temporary. It would last from 2025 to 2029." [emphasis added]
Comment: If you notice, many negative aspects of this bill are postponed until after the 2026 congressional elections, while most positive aspects of this bill (for the middle and working classes) are temporary and end shortly after Trump's term ends. However, the major tax cuts (primarily for the wealthy) go into effect quickly and are not temporary.
Time Magazine: What the Budget Bill Means for Our National Debt
https://time.com/7299966/budget-bill-adds-to-national-debt/
Comment: "In brief, the bill is expected to lead to spending of about $7 trillion a year with inflows of about $5 trillion a year. So the national debt, which is now about 6x of the money taken in, 100% of GDP, and about $230,000 per American family, will rise over ten years to about 7.5x the money taken in, 130% of GDP, and $425,000 per family. That will increase interest and principal payments on the debt from about $10 trillion ($1 trillion in interest, $9 trillion in principal) to about $18 trillion (of which $2 trillion is interest payments). This will lead to either a big squeezing out (and cutting off) of spending and/or unimaginable tax increases or a lot of printing and devaluing of money and pushing interest rates to unattractively low levels."
How Trump's tax cut and policy bill aims to 'supercharge' immigration enforcement
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/03/g-s1-75609/big-beautiful-bill-ice-funding-immigration
Comment: "The massive package sets aside about $170 billion to support the Trump's administration's border and immigration goals, which includes detaining and deporting a record number of people from the U.S."
"Earlier this week, White House border czar Tom Homan told reporters that Congress needed to pass the bill in order for the federal government to buy more detention beds."
Comment: "The final bill allocates $45 billion for immigration detention centers, as well as about $30 billion to hire more ICE personnel, for transportation costs, and to maintain ICE facilities, among other spending. It comes as detention centers operate beyond their capacity."
"The American Immigration Council estimates that the new funding could expand detention capacity to 'at least 116,000 beds.' "
Comment: Since $170B works out to be about $500 for every man, woman, and child in this country ($170B/$340M), do you think this is the best use of our tax dollars?
Republicans muscle Trump's sweeping tax-cut and spending bill through Congress | Reuters
'Immoral': Democrat Hakeem Jeffries blasts Trump megabill in record-breaking, 8-plus-hour speech - ABC News
Comment: "Jeffries had stacks of binders next to him at the podium as he picked apart the bill and some of the Republicans who voted for it."
" 'Donald Trump’s deadline may be Independence Day. That ain’t my deadline,' Jeffries said. 'You know why, Mr. Speaker? We don’t work for Donald Trump, we work for the American people. That's why we're here right now on the floor of the House of Representatives, standing up for the American people.' "
Politico: It’s Medicaid decision time for these House moderates
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/02/medicaid-moderates-republican-trump-megabill-00436694
Comment: "House Republicans who said they wouldn’t accept big cuts to Medicaid are returning to Washington on Wednesday facing a politically perilous decision: whether to vote for a Senate-passed megabill that cuts even more deeply than the one representatives passed in May."
NPR: 5 ways Trump's tax bill will limit health care access
Time Magazine: Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Will Devastate Public Schools. America’s Kids Will Pay the Price
https://time.com/7299514/bill-will-devastate-public-schools/
Comment: "Hidden in this budget package before the House is a national private school voucher program funded through tax breaks for the wealthy that threatens to dismantle our system of public schools."
Axios: 5 under-the-radar pieces of Trump's "big, beautiful bill" that could impact your life
https://www.axios.com/2025/07/02/big-beautiful-bill-gambling-food-stamps
Revised Bill Gutting Student Loan Programs Passes Senate — Here’s What It Does
https://share.google/altOhoohaozJhdtGH
Reuters: Despite last-minute changes, US Senate bill deals big blow to renewable energy
Comment: "The U.S. Senate's massive budget bill that passed on Tuesday will make it harder to develop wind and solar energy projects, despite the removal of some contentious provisions, industry advocates and lawmakers said."
Johnson on the megabill: ‘I'm not happy with what the Senate did to our product’ - Live Updates - POLITICO
Comment: "The comments come as conservatives like Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) are saying they won’t vote for the domestic policy legislation, which Senate Republicans passed on the thinnest of margins Tuesday afternoon after a grueling all-night vote-a-rama."
"Norman told reporters outside the Rules committee that the House should send back its original plan to the Senate and leave town, instead of even considering the Senate Republican plan."
CNN: Here’s how Trump’s megabill will affect you
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/01/politics/congress-senate-bill-tax-spending-trump-gop-explainer
Comment: "Senate Republicans’ version of the bill differs in key ways from what the House passed in May. Both chambers will ultimately have to pass the same version to send the package to Trump’s desk by his desired July Fourth deadline."
"But the general contours of the massive piece of legislation are known. It extends Trump’s first-term tax cuts, funds his vision for a border wall, and offsets some of that revenue loss and additional spending with cuts to federal support for the social safety net that helps Americans afford food and health insurance."
What happened right before the Senate’s big vote on Trump’s big bill
Senate passes Trump’s agenda bill after marathon voting session
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-big-beautiful-bill-vote-07-01-25
Comment: "Senate approves Trump megabill: Republicans in the Senate narrowly passed President Donald Trump's domestic agenda bill after a dramatic scramble to win over key holdouts. The vote was 50-50, and Vice President JD Vance cast the tie-breaking vote."
"Headed to the House: Another high-stakes battle now looms, as the bill must pass in the House before heading to the president’s desk. GOP leaders are racing to try to get the bill to the White House by July 4."
Video: GOP Senator is 'the best ad Democrats have going into midterms,' rips Trump's budget bill - June 30, 2025
Government Executive: Following impoundments threat, new bill wants senior execs to get appropriations training, or else
Comment: "Legislation from Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, seeks to ensure that select members of the executive branch get annual training on the budget process or face a possible suspension of financial decision making for their agency."
Comment: " 'We set policy, we provide direction and we allocate funds. Then, based on those policies, directions and allocations, the Article II branch, the Executive branch, can Execute what we, the Congress, dictate on behalf of We the People,' Kaptur said from the House floor Friday when discussing the bill. 'Instead of recognizing our authority, DOGE, Elon Musk, [Office of Management and Budget director] Russell Vought and the rest of the Executive Branch have ignored the will of the people.' "
CNN: Elon Musk just made his starkest political threat since the election
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/30/media/elon-musk-bill-primary-threat
Comment: " 'Every member of Congress who campaigned on reducing government spending and then immediately voted for the biggest debt increase in history should hang their head in shame! And they will lose their primary next year if it is the last thing I do on this Earth,' he wrote."
Polls for Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Are ‘Terrible, Terrible, Terrible’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/cnn-data-guru-reveals-unprecedented-094523899.html
Politico: The Senate megabill is on a collision course with House fiscal hawks
Comment: "House fiscal hawks are looking at the math underlying Senate Republicans’ sprawling domestic policy legislation, and they don’t like what they see."
"As Senate Republicans try to muscle President Donald Trump’s 'big, beautiful bill' for final passage, they’re on track to violate a budget framework brokered between House fiscal hawks and Speaker Mike Johnson. Under that framework, if the GOP piles on tax cuts over $4 trillion, they’d need to match them dollar-for-dollar with additional spending cuts beyond the $1.5 trillion in the House-passed bill."
Trump Tax Bill Hits Senate as GOP Torn by Competing Demands
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-tax-bill-hits-senate-185550810.html
Video: "A Rotten Racket" Senator Whitehouse Rebukes Republican Bill - June 29, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d94S2O0VdLw
Video: I’m Headed to the Senate Floor… - June 29, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CNg6S7D2G0
Thom Tillis says he will retire following Trump attacks
https://www.yahoo.com/news/thom-tillis-says-retire-following-173552945.html
Comment: "Sen. Thom Tillis, a two-term North Carolina Republican who was expected to contest one of 2026's toughest Senate races, tried to walk a fine line between President Donald Trump and his purple-state electorate."
"It backfired spectacularly over the weekend, with Tillis announcing Sunday that he would not seek re-election less than a day after Trump publicly attacked him for voting 'no' to advance his 'big, beautiful bill.'
Comment: Is your Congressperson/Senator voting for your interests or is he/she voting to escape the wrath of Donald Trump in an attempt to keep his/her job?
GOP Sen. Tillis won't run for reelection after Trump primary threat
https://share.newsbreak.com/dt7ngyg3
Video: Jeff Merkley Warns GOP Against Destroying The 'Architecture To Create Fiscal Discipline' - June 29, 2025
https://youtu.be/iMd9lHqun_Y?si=tdKSUiONSwmexbSc
Video: 'Forget Senate Procedure, Math Has Never Worked That Way': Murray Slams GOP Procedural Maneuvering - June 29, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVvArJGIeTs
CNN: House GOP leadership discussing new ways to limit classified information on Capitol Hill
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/06/29/politics/house-republicans-classified-information
Comment: "House Republican leadership is actively discussing new ways to restrict the classified information that all lawmakers can receive, after the White House indicated it will limit intelligence sharing with Congress going forward."
"Democrats are warning that would threaten their ability to do their jobs, and some Republicans also say they would be against further restrictions."
Comment: How can Congress provide oversight if their information is restricted? Do you think that this may be part of the Trump administration's plan to impede congressional oversight and to stop exposure of false statements from the Trump administration?
Politico: Senate rulekeeper deals blows to revised ‘Big, beautiful bill’
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/29/megabill-byrd-alaska-megabill-parliamentarian-00431730
Comment: "The Senate’s rewritten domestic policy bill faces new hurdles after the parliamentarian advised senators Sunday that several provisions violate the chamber’s strict rules for budget reconciliation bills."
Comment: Is the parliamentarian still finding problems with the bill, even after it has been advanced for a floor vote?
Forbes: Trump Claims ‘Victory’ After His Spending Bill Clears Key Senate Hurdle—But Democrats Stall Final Vote
Comment: "The Senate voted to advance President Donald Trump’s signature budget and spending bill to the floor, clearing a key despite some pushback from hard-right fiscal conservatives as a new estimate Sunday suggests the Senate bill could add more than $3 trillion to the national debt."
Comment: "The bill will now face more scrutiny with a floor debate and voting on amendments taking place before a final vote, though Trump immediately claimed victory after the procedural vote, calling it the vote a 'GREAT VICTORY' in a post on Truth Social."
Comment: Is it reasonable to assume that the difference between the estimated tax cut costs of $4.45T and the estimated $3T increase in the national debt will be the result of nearly $1.5T cuts to programs like Medicaid, SNAP, etc.?
Senate Republicans' tax cuts cost projected to rise to $4.45T - Live Updates - POLITICO
Comment: "That’s up more than $200 billion from a previous draft of the plan, and reflects numerous last-minute changes to the bill."
Politico: Senate Republicans make steep cuts to wind and solar in updated megabill text
Comment: "Senate Republicans released updated megabill text late Friday that would make sharp cuts to the Inflation Reduction Act's solar and wind tax credits after a late-stage push by President Donald Trump to crack down further on the incentives."
Axios: Democrats fume at "waste of time" Trump admin briefing on Iran
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/27/democrats-trump-iran-briefing-hegseth-rubio
Comment: "House Democrats left a Friday morning briefing on Iran from Trump administration officials largely grumbling at what they described as 'propaganda' and a 'waste of time.' "
Why it matters: The briefing appears to have done little to alleviate the growing tension around the Trump administration largely keeping Congress in the dark about its actions and not seeking congressional authorization."
AP News: The Senate is working to put Trump’s big bill back on track but hurdles remain
Politico: 5 House Republicans declare red line on megabill land sales
Comment: "Five House Republicans on Thursday threatened to vote down the GOP megabill if the Senate includes a provision to sell public lands for development."
"The move comes after Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) sought to include those sales in the bill, and this week revised and narrowed his proposal after the Senate parliamentarian ruled that his initial language did not comply with the strict rules governing measures that can be included in party-line reconciliation bills."
Axios: "Revenge tax" being yanked from "big, beautiful bill," Bessent says
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/26/trump-revenge-tax-budget
Comment: "The provision worried global investors, as it gives the president the authority to tax foreign holdings of U.S. investments. Some worried it would slow the flow of foreign capital into the U.S."
AP News: Republican plan for nationwide private school vouchers deemed in violation of Senate rules
The GOP Has a New Public Enemy Number One
https://share.google/97ZWzOXJwclsLTPXx
Comment: "Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough has struck some notable provisions from President Trump’s 'big, beautiful bill,' leading a growing chorus of GOP lawmakers to call on Senate Majority Leader John Thune to overrule or fire her."
"Being a reconciliation bill—which can pass with a simple majority, rather than the 60-vote threshold required to overcome a filibuster—the legislation cannot contain provisions unrelated to the budget. Currently, MacDonough is tasked with whittling away 'extraneous' measures that run afoul of that rule."
GOP senator calls for Senate parliamentarian to be fired after ruling against Medicaid cuts
https://www.yahoo.com/news/gop-senator-calls-senate-parliamentarian-150639622.html
Comment: :Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R) on Thursday called for Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) to fire Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough 'ASAP,' hours after she delivered a major ruling against a Republican proposal to slash hundreds of billions of dollars in federal Medicaid spending to help pay for President Trump’s tax agenda."
Comment: "Senate Republicans are using budget reconciliations rules to pass their bill so they can get around a Senate filibuster, which would otherwise allow Democrats to block the measure."
Comment: Tuberville is certainly welcome to introduce these Medicaid cuts in separate legislation that is not part of a budget reconciliation process. With a separate bill, the parliamentary restrictions would not apply, but Democrats would then have the opportunity to filibuster, making passage much more difficult. Apparently, Tuberville wants to ignore Senate rules he doesn't like.
Key Medicaid provision in Trump's big tax cut and spending bill is found to violate Senate rules
https://www.yahoo.com/news/key-medicaid-provision-trumps-big-140107618.html
Comment: "The Senate parlimentarian has advised that a Medicaid provider tax overhaul central to President Donald Trump's tax cut and spending bill does not adhere to the chamber's procedural rules, delivering a crucial blow as Republicans rush to finish the package this week."
Parliamentarian rejects GOP attempt to prohibit federal subsidies for health plans that cover abortion services
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5370563-parliamentarian-rules-aca-abortion-subsidies/
Trump budget director faces bipartisan heat in Senate on DOGE cuts
https://thehill.com/business/budget/5370122-vought-bipartisan-heat-senate-doge-cuts/
Comment: "White House budget chief Russell Vought faced heat from both sides of the aisle Wednesday as he sought to make the case to senators to pass the administration’s roughly $9 billion in proposed cuts to foreign aid and public broadcasting funds."
Thune faces brewing megabill mutiny - Live Updates - POLITICO
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/06/25/congress/megabill-senate-mutiny-00424389
Senate Republicans battle over rural hospital relief fund to offset Medicaid cuts
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5369675-senate-republicans-rural-hospital-relief-fund-medicaid/
The megabill’s math isn’t adding up for Senate Republicans - POLITICO
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/24/megabill-math-senate-gop-deficit-00422147
House GOP moderates tell leadership they won't back Senate tax bill over Medicaid cuts
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5367133-house-gop-moderates-senate-tax-bill-medicaid-cuts/
The Hill: GOP senator warns Medicaid cuts could derail Trump megabill
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5365429-josh-hawley-medicaid-cuts-trump-megabill/
Rolling Stone: Mike Johnson Mocks Millions Who Could Lose Medicaid: ‘Do Something Constructive’
Mike Johnson calls War Powers Act "unconstitutional"
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/24/mike-johnson-war-powers-act-unconstitutional-iran
Comment: Since the law is on the books, if Johnson thinks the law is unconstitutional, why doesn't he challenge it in court, rather than ignore the law he has sworn to uphold?
Opinion: Congress must reclaim its power and rein Trump in on military interventions
https://share.newsbreak.com/dr3b6k6j
The Hill: Parliamentarian cuts some energy provisions from GOP bill
The Hill: House Freedom Caucus chair pans Senate GOP’s ‘big, beautiful bill’
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5366809-harris-freedom-caucus-senate-trump-bill/
Comment: "Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.), the chair of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, is staking opposition to the Senate’s version of the 'big, beautiful bill,' spelling trouble for the legislation’s chances of clearing the House down the road."
AP News: GOP plan to sell more than 3,200 square miles of federal lands is found to violate Senate rules
https://apnews.com/article/public-land-sales-senate-mike-lee-bf4c3a046a107efc7d4ffe005fdb9d2d
Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough rejects key Trump agenda provisions
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5363923-senate-parliamentarian-rejects-trump-provisions/
Comment: "The parliamentarian ruled these provisions violate the Byrd Rule and are not eligible to pass the Senate with a simple majority vote on the procedural fast track known as budget reconciliation."
Federal News Network: GOP civil service overhaul effort violates reconciliation rules
Comment: "The Senate parliamentarian on Sunday marked several provisions of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee’s portion of the 'One Big, Beautiful Bill' as violations of reconciliation rules. One of those provisions sought to make all new federal employees choose between becoming an at-will employee and taking on a 5% increase in their contribution rate to the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS), or keeping their civil service protections but taking on a 10% increase to their retirement contributions."
Reuters: Senate Republicans cannot force US Postal Service to scrap EVs, parliamentarian says
Comment: "USPS warned on June 13 that scrapping the electric vehicles would cost it $1.5 billion, including $1 billion to replace its current fleet of EVs and $500 million in EV infrastructure rendered useless and 'seriously cripple our ability to replace an aging and obsolete delivery fleet.' "
Reuters: US House Speaker Johnson says it is not time to consider war powers resolution
Comment: So, when would it be appropriate, Mr. Speaker?
Did Trump violate the Constitution by bombing Iran?
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/23/politics/trump-iran-legal-constitutional-article-1-article-2
Comment: "President Donald Trump’s order to bomb Iran's nuclear facilities presents a new test of the Constitution and the extent of presidential powers to conduct war despite a lack of congressional approval."
GOP Rep Thomas Massie Bites Back After Trump Calls for His MAGA Banishment
Comment: "Massie was one of the first Republicans to publicly call out Trump’s involvement in the Israel-Iran conflict. Last week, he partnered with House Democrats in an attempt to introduce a war powers resolution to 'prohibit involvement in Iran.' Since the strikes, Massie has appeared on various news programs expressing his disapproval while Trump has banished him from MAGA ranks."
Republicans order key panel to score extension of Trump tax cuts as budget neutral
https://thehill.com/homenews/5363203-senate-republicans-trump-tax-cuts-budget-neutral-jct/
Comment: How stupid do Republicans think the public is? How desperate are they to pass tax cuts for the wealthy?
Politico: Senate GOP slashes megabill’s tax costs with new accounting method
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/22/senate-tax-bill-jct-score-00417131
Comment: "A new $440B estimate does not include the multi-trillion-dollar bill for extending soon-expiring tax cuts."
Comment: When all else fails, just "cook the books"!
Senate parliamentarian rejects GOP’s attempt to limit courts’ contempt powers
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5363225-senate-parliamentarian-rules-out-contempt-provision/
Comment: "The parliamentarian, Elizabeth MacDonough, ruled that limiting courts’ ability to hold Trump officials in contempt violated the Senate’s rules governing what can be passed with a simple-majority vote on the budget reconciliation fast track."
Trump administration briefed top Republicans before Iran strikes, but not some Democrats | CNN Politics
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/06/21/politics/republicans-democrats-iran-strikes-briefings
Comment: "Democrats on the 'Gang of Eight,' which includes the congressional leaders from each party and the chairs and ranking members of the House and Senate intelligence committees, typically would be briefed before a significant US military engagement. A White House official said the administration made calls to some members of Congress before the strikes as a 'courtesy heads-up' but did not address the partisan breakdown of who was notified."
NBC News: Legality of Trump Iran strikes questioned by some lawmakers in both parties
Opinion | The Senate GOP’s Great Western Land Heist | Common Dreams
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/senate-gop-public-lands
Comment: "A buried budget clause could force the largest public land sell-off in modern history, without a vote, a hearing, or a warning."
Politico: Senate GOP’s plan to push food aid costs onto states axed from megabill
Comment: "The Senate parliamentarian determined that the cost-sharing plan would violate the so-called Byrd Rule, which limits what can be included in the reconciliation process, and would be subject to a 60-vote filibuster threshold, according to an advisory sent out Friday night by Senate Budget Committee Democrats."
Comment: "The cost-share plan was a critical way for Republicans to trim spending to pay for their massive reconciliation package and farm bill programs."
White House floats a new funding trick — and GOP lawmakers grimace - POLITICO
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/20/pocket-rescissions-white-house-funding-trick-00410444
Comment: "On Capitol Hill, leading GOP appropriators see Vought’s comments as another shot against them in an escalating battle with the Trump administration over Congress’ 'power of the purse.' And they warn that the budget director’s adversarial posture hinders their relationship with the White House as they work to head off a government shutdown in just over three months."
Comment: At what point will GOP members of Congress start to defend their constitutional appropriation authority against unlawful usurpation from the Trump administration?
Senate GOP Adds $1 Billion Tax 'Giveaway' for Big Oil to Budget Bill | Common Dreams
https://www.commondreams.org/news/gop-big-oil-tax-giveaway
Comment: "That provision was secured by Senator James Lankford, who has received more than $546,000 in campaign contributions from the oil and gas industry since 2019."
Senate parliamentarian deals blow to GOP plan to gut consumer bureau in tax bill
apnews.com/article/trump-big-bill-senate-parliamentarian-cfpb-88321be915179f80e47f355bd4d7db60 https://share.google/0Vq4w8ihgWVuEpRGo
Politico: Parliamentarian rulings would kill key climate provisions in GOP megabill
Comment: "Senate Democrats announced late Thursday that some key elements of the Environment and Public Works Committee’s portion of the GOP's megabill violate the strict budget rules that govern the filibuster-skirting reconciliation process."
Los Angeles Times: ICE issued new rules for Congress members visiting detention centers. Experts say they’re illegal
Comment: "Gomez and other Democrats have pointed to a federal statute, detailed in yearly appropriations packages since 2020, which states that funds may not be used to prevent a member of Congress 'from entering, for the purpose of conducting oversight, any facility operated by or for the Department of Homeland Security used to detain or otherwise house aliens ...' "
Trump’s megabill is already unpopular — just wait until Americans hear what’s in it
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-megabill-polls-immigration-project-47-rcna213505
Video: Sen. Kelly grills Segseth about "Golden Dome" and cuts that may affect its success. - June 19. 2025
https://share.newsbreak.com/do6ee5wv
Senator Markey: Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’ is Fool’s Gold
https://time.com/7295780/senator-markey-trumps-golden-dome/
Comment: "In truth, it will make us poorer, less secure, and more isolated. It’s a gold-plated boondoggle that will enrich defense contractors and ignite a new nuclear arms race. Let’s be clear: Golden Dome is a trillion-dollar mistake in the making."
The biggest losers in the tax bill: Senate edition
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/18/trump-senate-medicaid-big-beautiful-bill
Comment: "Low-income Americans are looking like the losers in the Senate version of President Trump's signature tax bill."
Comment: "There's more to like in here if you're wealthy."
Megabill debt warnings fall on deaf ears inside the GOP - POLITICO
Comment: "A new CBO report suggesting debt costs would swamp economic gains is being met with a big Republican shrug."
Senate’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ faces House headwinds: ‘This is political stupidity’
https://share.newsbreak.com/do64b8mb
Oil industry gets $1B tax tweak in GOP’s senate bill
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/oil-industry-gets-1-billion-145140661.html
Comment: "Senate Republicans included a tax break estimated to be worth more than $1 billion for oil and gas producers in their version of President Donald Trump’s sprawling fiscal package. "
The Daily Beast: DHS Says Lawmakers Must Give 72-Hour Notice Before Visiting ICE Facilities
GOP senators are not fans of Trump's new TikTok delay
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/18/senate-republicans-trump-tiktok-ban
Comment: "A bipartisan majority passed legislation requiring TikTok to divest or be banned in the U.S., and many Republicans view the app as a serious national security threat. But Trump is fine keeping it around a little longer."
Reuters: US Senate Democrats demand Kennedy explain canceling bird flu vaccine contract
President's proposed public land sale includes beloved Lake Tahoe sites - South Tahoe Now
https://share.google/N9PZI6bDRBBHAmTOu
Comment: "Over 250 million acres of public lands could be eligible for sale if the President’s budget reconciliation package, something he has called the 'big, beautiful bill,' is passed."
64 percent opposed to GOP megabill: Survey
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5355212-trump-unfavorable-bill-survey-kff/
Government Executive: Senate reconciliation bill would give Trump ‘carte blanche’ to reorganize agencies, lay off feds
Comment: "The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee authorizes a $100 million war chest for OMB to reorganize government without congressional oversight."
Politico: Hospitals stunned by Senate GOP’s Medicaid plan
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/17/hospitals-senate-medicaid-megabill-taxes-00410769
Comment: "Hospital executives weren’t happy last month when the House included a provision in its version of the bill freezing a loophole states have used to boost payments to hospitals serving the low-income patients enrolled in Medicaid. Hospitals have long enjoyed deference from lawmakers — since they both care for and employ their constituents."
Senate picks fight with House GOP on the "big, beautiful bill"
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/17/senate-trump-budget-bill-medicaid-taxes-salt
Trump is counting on economic growth to offset his tax cuts. But his big, beautiful bill likely wouldn’t deliver, experts say
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/17/politics/big-beautiful-bill-tax-cuts
Comment: "While independent estimates vary somewhat, most find that the House-passed package would only give a small nudge to economic growth and fail to offset its trillions of dollars of tax cuts."
AFGE | Republican Members of House Appropriations Committee Greenlight White House’s Mass Firing of 80,000 VA Employees
Trump should immediately push Russia sanctions, Sen. Blumenthal says - POLITICO
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/15/trump-russia-sanctions-blumenthal-graham-00406834
Comment: "Speaking in a joint interview with Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Blumenthal urged Trump to move quickly: 'I think the president should call on the Senate to vote approval of the Russian sanctions bill literally tomorrow. He’s on his way tonight to the G7 meeting. He will be sitting across from world leaders. Right now, very bluntly, the perception may be one of weakness in terms of America’s position on Ukraine. He can be there in a position of strength.' "
'Not a big fan': GOP senator criticizes Trump military parade, says it 'glorified weapons'
Axios: Minnesota shootings set off five-alarm fire in Congress
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/14/minnesota-melissa-hortman-john-hoffman-congress
Comment: "Members of Congress went into this weekend with their nerves already severely frayed. The shooting of two lawmakers in Minnesota on Saturday has sent those tensions over the edge."
NPR: House votes to eliminate federal funding for public media outlets
Comment: "The Senate still has to approve the measure. This is the closest public media has come to losing its federal funding."
Padilla episode triggers five-alarm fire for Democrats
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/13/alex-padilla-trump-democracy
Comment: "To Democrats, the episode crystallized fears about Trump's willingness to crush dissent, and shatter democratic norms and institutions."
Includes Video: Democratic Sen. Padilla forcibly removed from DHS press conference in Los Angeles : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2025/06/12/nx-s1-5431731/padilla-removed-dhs-press-conference
Comment: "Democrat Adam Schiff, Padilla's fellow senator from California, vowed to hold the administration accountable."
" 'When a U.S. senator goes to demand answers about the lawfulness or lawlessness of these actions to see him tackled to the ground, brought to the ground, what is becoming of our democracy?' he asked on the Senate floor. 'Are there no limits to what this administration will do? Is there no line they will not cross?' "
Includes Additional Video: Padilla pushes back against Noem's claim he barged into news conference
Republicans struggle to defend Trump’s military parade as tanks prepare to roll in D.C.
Colorado Public Radio: Millions of acres of public land in Colorado, other Western states could be sold under Senate reconciliation bill
NPR: Statement from Katherine Maher, NPR President and CEO: The House voted to claw back Federal funding intended for public broadcasters around the country
The Guardian: House votes to claw back $9.4bn in spending including from NPR and PBS
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/12/npr-pbs-funds-house-republicans
Comment: "Republicans target public broadcasters in rarely used gambit while also slashing global health programs"
Tensions rising in GOP over Trump border plan as Rand Paul squares off with Stephen Miller | CNN Politics
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/12/politics/rand-paul-stephen-miller-border
Axios: Congressman tells Hegseth to "get the hell out" of Pentagon in tense hearing
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/12/hegseth-hearing-carbajal-california-congressman
Comment: "The congressman grilled Hegseth on a variety of issues, including Marines' deployment to Los Angeles, the Signal chat leak and Russia's invasion of Ukraine."
'There is no Plan B': Republicans make a daring bet on the debt limit
Comment: Why couldn't 'Plan B' be a compromise with the Democrats to get rid of the tax breaks for the billionaires in exchange for help on the debt limit?
Politico: House appropriators decry ‘egregious’ ICE funding mismanagement
Comment: "Republicans are urging the Trump administration not to spend money it doesn’t have to fund its immigration enforcement efforts."
Hegseth takes fire from Republicans at heated Senate hearing
‘America’s reputation is on the line’: Republican senators chide Hegseth over Ukraine - POLITICO
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/11/mcconnell-hegseth-ukraine-fight-00399719
Comment: "The exchange between McConnell and Hegseth offered a rare high-profile window into the Republican party’s widening foreign policy gap. McConnell voiced a Reagan-era international view of American leadership, while Hegseth articulated a more restraint-oriented, America First approach favored by many of Trump’s allies."
‘Big, beautiful bill’ spurs Democratic plans for emergency actions to counter cuts - POLITICO
Comment: "The preparations signal the depths of concerns about how the Republican package might reverberate in state capitals, even as passage is far from assured, especially given the recent vitriolic attacks on the spending bill from Elon Musk. State officials are scrambling to navigate the likely fiscal challenges in what’s already the toughest budget year since before the pandemic in many states."
Senate GOP finalizing scaled-down food stamp cuts after backlash
Comment: "The Senate plan would ask states to pay for SNAP costs at a lower rate than the House plan — and exempt some states entirely."
Republicans back off Medicare changes in GOP megabill - Live Updates - POLITICO
Comment: "An effort to get savings from reforms to popular Medicare Advantage plans is failing to gain ground in the Senate."
Most GOP lawmakers plan to skip Trump’s big parade - POLITICO
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/10/trump-parade-congress-republicans-00398774
Comment: "POLITICO surveyed 50 Hill Republicans. Only seven said they’d stick around Saturday for the show."
Axios: Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver indicted, potentially faces 17 years in prison
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/10/lamonica-mciver-indicted-alina-habba-doj
Comment: "McIver has denied the charges and said in a statement that 'the facts of this case will prove I was simply doing my job and will expose these proceedings for what they are: a brazen attempt at political intimidation.' "
Comment: "McIver has said she was the one who was assaulted in the clash."
Politico: House Republicans warn Thune over megabill ‘budget gimmicks’
Comment: "Thirty-eight House Republicans are warning Senate leaders against using 'budget gimmicks' as they revise President Donald Trump’s 'big, beautiful bill,' adding a new red line as GOP lawmakers clash over the scope of tax cuts."
Senior House Republican sends warning to White House on funding clawbacks - Live Updates - POLITICO
Comment: "At least one senior congressional appropriator isn’t interested in White House budget chief Russ Vought’s enthusiasm for so-called 'pocket rescissions,' which would allow the Trump administration to make permanent cuts to federal spending without congressional approval."
House to make fixes to GOP megabill to avoid 'fatal' ruling with Senate parliamentarian - Live Updates - POLITICO
Comment: "In the words of one senior House GOP aide, granted anonymity to speak candidly, certain House-approved provisions could prove 'fatal' to the bill’s ability to comply with the rules surrounding the filibuster-skirting budget reconciliation process, which Republicans are relying upon to pass their domestic policy measure without Democratic votes."
Politico: Two House Republicans issue megabill threats as Senate ponders changes
Senate GOP prepares to unveil SNAP piece of Trump agenda bill as some expect changes
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5335045-trump-agenda-bill-snap-senate/
Comment: "The panel has jurisdiction over the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and some Republicans have been concerned about a proposal that would see states’ share of SNAP benefits, which are currently fully covered by the federal government, increase."
Why millions of Americans would lose health insurance under House GOP megabill
Comment: "Federal funding cuts in the House of Representatives' One Big Beautiful Bill Act would cause millions of Americans to lose health insurance under Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act, experts said."
Trump’s big bill includes an ‘unprecedented’ tax credit for a national school voucher program. Here’s how it would work | CNN Business
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/06/business/national-school-voucher-trump-tax-bill
Senate Republicans propose eliminating penalties for violating fuel efficiency rules
https://www.yahoo.com/news/senate-republicans-propose-eliminating-penalties-165621122.html
Comments: What good are rules, regulations, and laws if there are no penalties for noncompliance?
Nearly 100 House Democrats urge RFK Jr. to restore millions in family planning grants
Comment: "Nearly 100 House Democrats are calling on Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to restore tens of millions of dollars in federal family planning grants to more than a dozen organizations that have been frozen for more than two months."
Video: Confronted with awkward facts, Republicans go to war against numbers they don't like - June 5, 2025
Video: Trump budget bill Medicaid cuts would leave millions uninsured, Congressional Budget Office finds - June 5, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIsLprxg-pU
Politico: Grassley wants changes to megabill provision limiting judges’ ability to enforce court orders
Politico: Dems fail to subpoena Elon Musk — again
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/06/05/congress/dems-fail-to-subpoena-musk-00389089
Comment: "It’s not the first time Democrats on the House Oversight Committee have attempted to compel Musk to testify before Congress."
Politico: Congress has until July 18 to act on Trump’s request to claw back $9.4B
Comment: "The White House is required to spend the money if the House and Senate don’t approve a rescission by the deadline."
Video: Hakeem Jeffries urges Senate Republicans to show "John McCain levels of courage"
https://youtu.be/B7jhWA7bBVU?si=f8pRQYCP94ztzqXw
NPR: Rep. Pramila Jayapal says Trump rescission request is 'bad on all accounts'
ABC News: 'KILL the BILL': Elon Musk continues to blast Trump's bill in barrage of social media posts
Parliamentarian could nix the ‘revenge tax’ increase in GOP megabill
Comment: If parliamentarian finds that the "revenge tax" provision violates congressional rules associated with a "reconciliation measure," does that mean Democrats would have the right to filibuster the bill?
Axios: Horrified Republicans scramble to avoid an all-out war with Elon Musk
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/04/republicans-elon-musk-donald-trump-big-bill
Axios: "He's a complete joke": GOP rage with Musk spills out privately after break with Trump
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/04/elon-musk-house-republicans-donald-trump
ABC News: Army leaders defend parade and border spending as Congress presses for answers
Comment: "Members of the House Armed Services Committee also said they are concerned that the Defense Department is shifting about $1 billion from a variety of accounts — including base housing — to cover the costs of shoring up the defense of the southern border."
Due process is not limited to citizens, contrary to Nancy Mace’s claim
The Guardian: Marjorie Taylor Greene accused of assembling ‘rogues’ gallery’ to attack NGOs
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/04/marjorie-taylor-greene-hearing
Politico: Ukrainian delegation to brief senators amid Russia sanctions push
CNN: Musk blasts Trump’s agenda bill as a ‘disgusting abomination,’ catching White House officials off guard
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/03/politics/elon-musk-trump-republican-bill
Comment: "Elon Musk on Tuesday lashed out at President Donald Trump’s agenda bill — which the president is pressuring GOP senators to support — calling it a “disgusting abomination.”
Trump formally asks Congress to claw back approved spending targeted by DOGE
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-formally-asks-congress-claw-205905054.html
CNN: How Trump’s DOGE cuts package could put GOP in a bind
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/03/politics/doge-cuts-republican-lawmakers-analysis
Comment: "That’s because the White House is now asking Congress to sign off on some of the cuts that the Department of Government Efficiency sought to make unilaterally."
Comment: "The idea is to make the cuts more permanent by having Congress pass what’s known as a 'rescissions' package. This would codify the DOGE cuts into law, so that they can’t be reversed by the next administration or overturned by the courts."
The Hill: Democrats outraged with DHS after Nadler staffer handcuffed
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5329359-trump-administration-clashes-with-democrats/
Yahoo Finance: Senate Begins Putting Its Stamp on Giant Trump Tax, Debt Limit Bill
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/senate-begins-putting-stamp-giant-100000582.html
‘We’re not going there’: Thune vows not to overrule parliamentarian on megabill - Live Updates - POLITICO
Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ heads for showdown with Senate parliamentarian
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-big-beautiful-bill-heads-100000899.html
GOP beats down key budget office over tax plan projections
https://www.yahoo.com/news/gop-beats-down-key-budget-221442724.html
Comment: "Republicans are using Congress’s official budget scorer as a whipping boy, as they argue a major package of President Trump’s tax priorities is costless, despite multiple projections placing the plan’s price tag at trillions of dollars over the next decade."
The Hill: Morning Report — Senators put the budget bill under the microscope
ABC News: Democrat announces run against Ernst after her 'We're all going to die' comments
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/democrat-announces-run-ernst-after-die-comments/story?id=122431072
Video: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries Speaks To CNN's Dana Bash About Trump's 'Big Ugly Bill' - June 1, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7xs9n163Co
Mother Jones: Homeland Security Cops Invade NY Congressman’s Office, Handcuff Aide
Video: Trump’s budget bill gives Democrats ‘a lot of ammo’ to use in 2026 midterms: Dem. strategist - June 1, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpTMDokUjKI
CNN: US senators meet with Zelensky in Kyiv as doubt cast over upcoming Ukraine-Russia peace talks
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/31/europe/senators-zelensky-ukraine-russia-sanctions-intl-hnk
Comment: "A bipartisan pair of US senators met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv on Friday and urged stronger sanctions against Russia, while uncertainty swirls over whether the next round of peace talks will move ahead in the coming days."
Politico: The 7 pieces of the House megabill that could succumb to Senate rules
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/30/megabill-policies-senate-parliamentarian-byrd-rule-00375507
How the GOP megabill may roll back the Affordable Care Act
https://www.axios.com/2025/05/30/gop-megabill-affordable-care-act
Comment: "The bill that passed the House before Memorial Day includes an overhaul of ACA marketplaces that would result in coverage losses for millions of Americans and savings to help cover the cost of extending President Trump's tax cuts."
Trump tells Congress what to chop in 22 percent budget slashing
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/30/trump-budget-congress-shutdown-00377091
Comment: "Several GOP lawmakers have said they’ll buck the president’s request as Congress faces a Sept. 30 government shutdown cliff."
Politifact: Tax bill would cut SNAP, contrary to despite Mike Johnson's claim
From gym memberships to gun silencers, Trump's tax bill is full of surprises
Conservative Republican furor grows over future of DOGE cuts
https://thehill.com/business/budget/5322665-conservative-furor-doge-cuts/
House speaker says GOP ‘eager and ready’ to enact DOGE cuts as White House expected to send request to Congress next week | CNN Politics
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/28/politics/doge-cuts-recissions-package-white-house
Comment: Is this the time to resist the insanity of many of the DOGE cuts, by stopping Congress from codifying the spending cuts?
Opinion: Banning stock trading in Congress is a crucial step toward restoring public trust
https://share.newsbreak.com/dc7vhhyx
Trump's 'big, beautiful bill' pits Senate GOP moderates against conservatives
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5320674-senate-republicans-trump-bill-debate/
GOP fears Donald Trump's ‘big, beautiful bill’ is ‘debt bomb’
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5316940-trump-bill-fiscal-concerns-republicans/
These Republican senators are balking at Trump's tax bill
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/05/27/gop-senators-trump-tax-bill/83876404007/
The House Budget Bill Fails Key Tax Reform Tests - Forbes
Senate Republicans demand new sanctions against Russia
https://www.axios.com/2025/05/27/senate-gop-russsia-sanctions-ukraine-putin-trump
GOP declares war on GAO
https://share.newsbreak.com/d9vehz2e
Comment: "The independent Government Accountability Office has served Congress as the nation’s chief investigator of wrongdoing at federal agencies for more than a century. Now it’s under assault."
A hidden measure in the Republican budget bill would crown Trump king | Robert Reich
https://share.newsbreak.com/d9uute27
Comment: "Hidden inside their Big Ugly Bill is a provision intended to block the courts from using contempt to enforce its orders. It reads: 'No court of the United States may use appropriated funds to enforce a contempt citation for failure to comply with an injunction or temporary restraining order if no security was given when the injunction or order was issued …' Translated: no federal court may enforce a contempt citation."
Trump's 5-step push to keep GOP control of the House in '26
https://www.axios.com/2025/05/27/trump-5-steps-gop-house-2026
House GOP’s SNAP proposal sparks concern from Senate Republicans
https://share.newsbreak.com/d9vct0yo
TRUMP’S CRYPTO GRIFT IS THE LATEST CORRUPTION MIKE JOHNSON SAYS HE’S TOO ‘BUSY’ TO CARE ABOUT
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/mike-johnson-trump-crypto-dinner-1235347935/
Comment: "The House speaker trots out one of his favorite excuses, then claims the president's highly questionable business deals are fine because he does them 'out in the open'."
Rand Paul can't accept megabill's debt ceiling hike - POLITICO
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/25/rand-paul-debt-ceiling-hike-00369740
The Guardian: ‘Fiscally irresponsible’: Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ benefits the rich at the expense of the poor
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/24/trump-tax-bill-analysis
Comment: "Bill will make permanent huge tax cuts to the wealthy and cost the government $4.6tn over the next 10 years"
Video & Transcript: How the GOP’s proposed Medicaid cuts could affect millions of family caregivers | PBS News Weekend
NPR: Trump's massive spending bill & the GOP's priorities
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/24/nx-s1-5407899/trumps-massive-spending-bill-the-gops-priorities
Politico: Capitol agenda: Megabill heads toward a Senate buzzsaw
NPR: 9 things to know about the big, private-school voucher plan in Republicans' tax bill
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/23/nx-s1-5397175/trump-federal-voucher-private-school
Axios: Thune threatens Putin with sanctions on Russia
https://www.axios.com/2025/05/22/senate-thune-russia-sanctions-trump-putin-ukraine
Senate GOP preps for ‘one big, beautiful’ rewrite - Live Updates - POLITICO
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/05/22/congress/trump-bill-senate-rewrite-00365731
Politico: 7 things Senate Republicans hate about the House megabill
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/22/megabill-senate-republican-changes-00366407
The Guardian: The new Trump-led tax bill promises an American ‘golden age’ – that conveniently ends with his presidency
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/22/tax-cuts-republican-trump-bill
There's as reason Republicans want to hide what's in their newly passed megabill
Comment: "Early Wednesday, when most Americans were snuggled in their beds, Republicans in the House of Representatives were working hard to take away the health care of millions of Americans, blow a $3 trillion hole in the budget deficit and make the wealthiest people in America richer and the poorest Americans poorer."
Politico: ‘I don’t work for you’ : Jeffries’ broadside against GOP megabill included testy exchange
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/05/22/congress/hakeem-jeffries-gop-megabill-00364711
Comment: "The House Democratic leader spoke for roughly 37 minutes, framing his party’s attacks on the legislation."
The Guardian: House passes Trump’s sweeping tax-cut bill and sends it to Senate
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/22/house-vote-trump-tax-bill
US House narrowly passes Trump's sweeping tax-cut bill, sends on to Senate | Reuters
House GOP lawmakers are proposing nearly $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid and food stamps. Here’s who could be impacted
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/21/politics/medicaid-food-stamps-gop-proposed-cuts
Senate Republicans hint at clawing back hiring and firing power for congressional agencies - Live Updates - POLITICO
Comment: "Lawmakers are grappling with attempted intrusions by the Trump administration into congressional operations"
Senators should reject Billy Long's nomination to lead the IRS
https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/5310771-long-irs-nomination-criticism/amp/
Ron Wyden says he has proof of favors 'promised' by Billy Long, Trump's IRS pick
https://thehill.com/business/5309889-long-expected-favors-irs-debate/
Warren Tells IRS Nominee Billy Long He Shouldn't Be 'Within 1,000 Miles' Of Agency
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/elizabeth-warren-billy-long-irs_n_682cc26ce4b0bf653cd6708f/amp
Missouri’s Billy Long grilled over donations, tax credits in Senate confirmation hearing
https://www.yahoo.com/news/missouri-billy-long-grilled-over-192829610.html
IRS nominee who sponsored legislation to abolish it faces pointed questions | AP News
https://apnews.com/article/irs-commissioner-taxes-billy-long-trump-855b54855dcb0d545987caed3ce65f6f
Trump’s IRS Pick Turns Into Babbling Mess as Senator Warren Grills Him | The New Republic
https://newrepublic.com/post/195505/trump-irs-billy-long-nonprofit-status
Trump's IRS Commissioner pick Billy Long grilled by Senate Democrats
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/20/trump-irs-commissioner-pick-billy-long.html
Axios: This is a fight over Obamacare, again
https://www.axios.com/2025/05/20/obamacare-aca-repeal-fight-again
Comment: "Many of the changes in play are directed at the people who've gained insurance under the ACA's Medicaid expansion, which helped drive the dramatic reduction in the share of Americans who are uninsured."
Donald Trump pitch fails to move GOP holdouts on ‘big, beautiful bill’
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5309603-trump-pitch-gop-holdouts-agenda-bill/
House GOP campaign arm won't protect lawmakers targeted by Trump
https://www.axios.com/2025/05/20/nrcc-trump-hudson-republican-primaries
Comment: "Trump told reporters on Tuesday that House Republicans who vote against his 'big, beautiful bill' could 'possibly' face primary challenges, saying they would be 'knocked out so fast.'"
Comment: How does the concept of checks & balances work, when the President attempts to politically intimidate members of the legislative branch of government?
Trump amps up pressure on GOP holdouts
Trump drops f-bomb, pressures Republicans to get in line behind his legislation
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5309356-trump-house-gop-bill-capitol/
Democratic congresswoman says federal charges in ICE facility scuffle are ‘absurd’
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/05/20/politics/mciver-ice-federal-charges
The Hill: Morning Report — Trump heads to Hill to untangle budget plan
https://thehill.com/newsletters/morning-report/5308705-donald-trump-capitol-hill-budget-plan/
The GOP wants work requirements for Medicaid. Here's what those rules do (and don't) accomplish.
Axios: Scoop: Schumer to seek vote on blocking Qatar's gift to Trump
https://www.axios.com/2025/05/19/schumer-legislation-qatar-trump-air-force-one
Trump looks to unite Republicans with visit to Capitol before key votes on tax cut bill
https://www.yahoo.com/news/republicans-look-trumps-big-bill-182342749.html
Comment: "House Republicans narrowly advanced the sprawling 1,116 page package in a rare weekend vote late Sunday, but just barely, as GOP leaders promise more negotiations ahead."
Trump’s acceptance of Qatar jet gift is ‘definition of corruption’, senator says
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/18/trump-qatar-jet-gift-chris-murphy?CMP=share_btn_url
CNN: Utah GOP Sen. John Curtis vows to be independent voice as he breaks with Trump over key issues
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/18/politics/john-curtis-utah-trump
BBC: Five House Republicans stall Trump's 'big, beautiful' tax bill
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpqelqpvpeqo
CNN: GOP hardliners defy party leaders and Trump as they vote to block agenda
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/16/politics/house-budget-committee-vote
Breaking Defense: Lawmakers fret over rumor of White House cuts to NRO commercial imagery budget
The Hill: Trump’s firing of FEMA director unsettles GOP senators
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5302942-senate-republicans-criticize-fema-firing/
The Hill: Opponents raise alarm over school vouchers in GOP budget bill
https://thehill.com/homenews/education/5302600-school-vouchers-school-choice-gop-budget-bill/
NBC News: Senate Republicans put House on notice: We won't accept your Trump agenda bill without changes
Reuters: US health chief Kennedy clashes with lawmakers over vaccine comments
ABC News: RFK Jr. says people should not take medical advice from him, defends HHS cuts during congressional hearings
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/rfk-jr-testify-house-senate-committees-amid-layoffs/story?id=121771047
‘Not My Lane’: House Speaker Mike Johnson Defers To Trump On Accepting Gift Plane
https://www.yahoo.com/news/not-lane-house-speaker-mike-160117065.html
NPR: The latest roadblock for House Republicans' 'big beautiful bill': Senate Republicans
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/14/nx-s1-5398566/trump-budget-taxes-medicaid-senate
GOP senators raise red flags over House’s ambitious Trump legislative package
https://www.yahoo.com/news/gop-senators-raise-red-flags-100000320.html
Politico: ‘First time we were hearing of them’: The GOP megabill is packed with surprises for some Republicans
CNN: House lawmakers meeting on key pieces of Trump agenda see long hours, fiery debate over Medicaid
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/14/politics/house-hearings-trump-agenda-tax-medicaid-snap
Politico: E&C Republicans advance health care piece of GOP tax bill after marathon markup
AP News: What's in Trump's big bill? Trillions in tax cuts, Medicaid changes and more
ABC News: Democrats say it's a 'sad day for DHS' under Kristi Noem's leadership in fiery House hearing
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/house-democrats-kristi-noem-spar-immigration/story?id=121803220
Politico: Democrats grill Noem on Abrego Garcia and two deported US children
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/14/kristi-noem-deportation-abrego-garcia-00349649
Politico: House Agriculture Committee approves $300 billion in nutrition spending cuts
Comment: "The House Agriculture Committee voted 29-25 along party lines to advance legislation that would cut as much as $300 billion in food aid spending to pay for Republicans’ domestic policy megabill and some farm bill programs."
Comment: "The GOP proposal would create the largest overhaul in decades to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which helps more than 42 million people in the U.S. pay for food, by forcing states to share the cost of SNAP benefits."
House Republicans propose major reforms to SNAP
https://www.yahoo.com/news/house-republicans-propose-major-reforms-134527701.html
NPR: RFK Jr. got rid of an 'alphabet soup' of health agencies. Now, Congress gets a say
Politico: CBO: 7.6 million would go uninsured under GOP Medicaid bill
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/05/13/congress/cbo-megabill-medicaid-00345235
NBC News: Proposed Medicaid cuts by Republicans leave patients and doctors fearing the worst
Comment: "Republicans are rallying around work requirements and stricter eligibility screenings for Medicaid. Doctors and critics warn they could strip away coverage for rightful enrollees."
Axios: Why work requirements for Medicaid "don't work"
https://www.axios.com/2025/05/13/medicaid-work-requirements
Politico: Senate Republicans: House GOP’s energy tax credit cuts won’t work
Comment: "Senate Republicans are pushing back on the House GOP's proposed rollback of Democrats' clean energy credits and say there will have to be changes to earn their support."
Trump drug pricing proposal puts GOP senators in a tough spot
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-drug-pricing-proposal-puts-100000848.html
GOP-backed bill threatens to police what Americans can read, watch and say online
Axios: GOP moves to boot Democrats off committees over ICE scuffle
https://www.axios.com/2025/05/13/house-republican-democrat-committees-new-jersey
Politico: GOP heavyweights join bipartisan bashing of Trump Qatar jet deal
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/13/senate-republicans-qatar-trump-jet-00345435
Chuck Schumer says he is placing a hold on Trump DOJ nominees amid questions on Qatar's luxury jet gift
Democrat Adam Schiff presses DOD inspector general for details on Trump's Qatari plane gift - ABC News
AP News: House Republicans unveil Medicaid cuts that Democrats warn will leave millions without care
https://apnews.com/article/medicaid-cuts-trump-tax-cuts-bill-1e2b12a91a3d12ceb0420ce7053de58e
House Republicans propose $5 billion for private school vouchers - ABC News
Comment: "House Republicans want to set aside up to $5 billion a year for scholarships to help families send their children to private and religious schools, marking an unprecedented effort to use public money to pay for private education"
The Hill: House Republicans cut green programs, boost fossil fuels in budget bill
The Guardian: ‘Just wildly illegal’: top Democrats push to censure Trump’s plan to accept Qatar jet
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/12/trump-qatar-jet-gift-democrats
The Hill: Republicans hit crucial week for advancing Trump agenda
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5295025-republicans-hit-crucial-week-for-advancing-trump-agenda/
Republicans stuck in the mud on Trump tax bill
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5292926-republicans-medicaid-salt-trump-bill/
Republicans unveil steep cuts to Medicaid in portion of Trump tax bill
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5294994-house-republicans-medicaid-bill/amp/
States bear the brunt of House GOP Medicaid plan - POLITICO
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/11/energy-and-commerce-unveils-its-megabill-plans-00339830
The Hill: Raskin blasts Trump for Qatar plane ‘grift’
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5294981-raskin-blasts-trump-for-qatar-plane-grift/
Trump officials ‘created confrontation’ that led to arrest of Newark mayor
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/11/trump-officials-newark-mayor-arrest
Comment: Includes Video. You decide if the Newark mayor or Democratic members of Congress did anything to merit arrests. By the way, the small gray haired women at the center of the video, who some are trying to protect, is 80 year old Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman.
Trump DHS eyes arrests for House Democrats over New Jersey ICE incident
https://www.axios.com/2025/05/10/trump-ice-arrest-house-democrats-new-jersey
Trump isn’t the only one targeting federal employees. House Republicans are pushing cuts to pension benefits | CNN Politics
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/10/politics/federal-employee-pension-benefits-republicans
Politico: Trump Is Already Obsessed With the Midterms
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/05/10/donald-trump-midterms-2026-last-campaign-00339567
AP News: Tax the rich? Slash spending? Republicans wrestle with economic priorities in the Trump era
Opinion: We need a bipartisan Congress to check presidential power
https://share.newsbreak.com/d0kzpan8
The Guardian: Lawyer who prosecuted Trump hauled in front of House judiciary committee
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/09/jay-bratt-trump-deposition
Comment: "Exclusive: Jay Bratt, who led Mar-a-Lago case, first special prosecutor known to be summoned after Trump vows revenge"
Marjorie Taylor Greene says she won't run for Senate against Jon Ossoff - CBS News
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/marjorie-taylor-greene-senate-jon-ossoff/
Treasury Dept. asks Congress to raise debt ceiling before August to avert default
Comment: "In a May 9 letter, he urged them to extend the debt ceiling by July, before Congress leaves for its annual August recess, in order to avert economic calamity."
NPR: A fight over Medicaid cuts is threatening GOP plans for Trump's 'big, beautiful bill'
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/09/nx-s1-5392357/republicans-medicaid-trump-reconciliation-bill
The Hill: Trump pivots, says GOP should ‘probably not’ raise taxes on rich
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5291877-trump-tax-increase-rich/
Comment: What will be Trump's position on this issue tomorrow?
Trump revives tax hikes for Americans making "millions"
https://www.axios.com/2025/05/08/trump-taxes-millionaires-medicaid
Comment: "Trump is determined to make the wealthiest Americans pay more in taxes and protect his party from accusations that the MAGA movement is only interested in protecting the mega-rich." [Emphasis added]
House Republicans eye adding $60B farm bill package in Trump megabill - Live Updates - POLITICO
Comment: "Senior Republicans want to pay for it by shifting some SNAP food aid benefit costs to states for the first time."
Axios: Hard truths slam Mike Johnson on "one big, beautiful bill"
https://www.axios.com/2025/05/08/mike-johnson-tax-cuts-medicaid-salt-spending
GOP centrists revolt against steep cuts to Medicaid and other programs in Trump's tax breaks bill - ABC News
Senate Republicans fume at House over budget reconciliation challenges
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5289054-republicans-senate-trump-agenda/
ProPublica: Democratic Lawmakers Blast Trump Administration’s VA Cuts After ProPublica Investigation
Kash Patel Spars With Dems Over FBI Budget, Due Process
NPR: House Republicans approve amendment authorizing the sale of federal lands
House Republicans push to sell hundreds of thousands of acres of public lands in the West
https://www.yahoo.com/news/house-republicans-push-sell-thousands-161425099.html
AP News: House GOP backing off some Medicaid cuts as report shows millions of people would lose health care
https://apnews.com/article/medicaid-cuts-trump-tax-bill-house-gop-257e1d90a69059dcf8c7b23cb6eefa69
15 House Republicans – a group large enough to turn the tide in any vote – warn Trump about Social Security cuts
https://www.yahoo.com/news/15-house-republicans-group-large-160853327.html
Josh Hawley Introduces Law To Ban Mailing Of Abortion Pills, Citing Junk Science Report
https://www.yahoo.com/news/josh-hawley-introduces-law-ban-165304492.html
Politico: Pelosi warns the US needs NATO too
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/07/pelosi-warns-the-us-needs-nato-too-00334512
CBS News: U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi is pressed to spare civil rights-era "peacemakers" program from closure
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/community-relations-service-pam-bondi-house-democrats/
The Hill: Republicans blast Trump’s economic messaging: No more doll talk
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5286298-trump-dolls-economic-message-republicans/
The Hill: Heinrich raises concerns about DOGE-tied official’s role at Interior Department
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5287925-martin-heinrich-interior-doge/
WATCH: House Democrats blast Trump budget bill | PBS News
Comment: Includes long 30+ video. Please watch!
Democrats make long-shot effort to stop Trump cuts to Medicaid and Snap | House of Representatives | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/06/trump-democrats-medicaid-snap-cuts
House Republicans plan major SNAP food aid overhaul in Trump megabill - Live Updates - POLITICO
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/05/06/congress/house-republicans-snap-food-aid-00330620
Axios: Congress erupts over Trump's billion-dollar crypto deal
https://www.axios.com/2025/05/07/trump-crypto-stablecoin-bill
Exclusive: Democrats target Trump's meme coin, family's crypto empire
https://www.axios.com/2025/05/06/trump-coin-democrats-crypto-stablecoin
Reuters: US senators urge USDA to explain DOGE review of farm loans
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-senators-urge-usda-explain-doge-review-farm-loans-2025-05-06/
Nomination for Trump’s pick for DC’s top prosecutor in trouble amid key Republican push back | CNN Politics
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/06/politics/ed-martin-nomination-trump-dc-prosecutor
Key GOP senator won't support Trump loyalist Ed Martin to be D.C.'s top prosecutor
Comment: "North Carolina Republican Thom Tillis' decision likely derails Martin's nomination as U.S. attorney for Washington D.C."
Key Republican says he opposes Trump's controversial pick for top prosecutor in DC - ABC News
Comment: "Acting U.S. Attorney Ed Martin has defended Jan. 6 rioters."
CNN: Lawmakers want answers after reporting reveals crippling vacancies at hurricane-prone National Weather Service office
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/06/weather/national-weather-service-staffing-hurricane-houston
Veterans Affairs secretary defends mass layoffs in testy exchange with Congress
https://www.yahoo.com/news/veterans-affairs-secretary-defends-mass-194900804.html
Military.com: 'Slash and Trash': Senators Blast VA Secretary for Planned Cuts, Lack of Details in Hearing
House Republicans warn Trump administration on Social Security cuts - Live Updates - POLITICO
Senate confirms Trump’s pick Bisignano to run Social Security : NPR
AP News: Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp won’t run for US Senate seat in 2026 against Democrat Jon Ossoff
https://apnews.com/article/brian-kemp-senate-jon-ossoff-44fa0cc046bff1502bd2b324e868f9db
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp passes on running for a key Democratic-held Senate seat
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp passes on running for Senate - POLITICO
Politico: GOP may be closer than ever to enacting a massive rule-busting bill
The Independent: New report calls into question GOP Rep.’s Bronze Star for bravery in Iraq
The Hill: Warner says US will pay the price for federal cuts ‘literally for years’
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5281609-mark-warner-workforce-cuts-cia/
Comment: Article focuses on impact to US intelligence and national security
WSFA: Federal legislation targets financial relief for Alabama’s rural hospitals
Comment: Legislation introduced by Alabama Democratic Congressman Shomari Figures. Includes Video.
Opinion | Congressional Republicans don’t want the blame for DOGE’s mayhem
https://www.yahoo.com/news/opinion-congressional-republicans-don-t-100000695.html
JURIST Legal News: US House Republicans vote against blocking ICE from deporting US citizens
Comment: Does this mean that House Republicans approve of deporting US citizens?
Forbes: GOP Stays Silent On Deporting Americans In Unusual Immigration Markup
Axios: Dems launch pressure campaign to sink Trump's budget bill
https://www.axios.com/2025/05/02/trump-democrats-republicans-congress-budget-bill
Trump sends a scorched-earth budget plan. GOP lawmakers hate it already. - POLITICO
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/02/trumps-budget-asks-congress-00323256
Even Republicans are Raising Eyebrows Over Trump’s Exclusive Memecoin Dinner
https://www.yahoo.com/news/even-republicans-raising-eyebrows-over-033915183.html
Senate Republicans raise red flags about Trump's private dinner with his meme coin holders
https://www.yahoo.com/news/senate-republicans-raise-red-flags-172915293.html
Republicans are telling the White House that DOGE cuts will not be permanent
https://www.yahoo.com/news/republicans-telling-white-house-doge-141654573.html
Government Executive: Connolly demands rescission of regulations reviving Schedule F
Comment: "The top Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee warned that politicization of the federal workforce will lead to more instances of 'incompetence' in government."
Power of judges to hold Trump administration in contempt may be undermined with filibuster-proof GOP proposal
https://www.yahoo.com/news/power-judges-hold-trump-administration-152631912.html
The Hill: 38 Republicans call for ‘full repeal’ of Democrats’ energy tax credits
House Democrats demand Musk financial disclosure from White House
https://www.yahoo.com/news/house-democrats-demand-musk-financial-173404192.html
Politico: The key Republican warning about a megabill Medicaid fallout
Politico: Trump is not ‘commander’ of Congress, top GOP appropriator says
Axios: Scoop: Senate GOP freezing out House lawmakers ahead of 2026
https://www.axios.com/2025/05/01/senate-republicans-house-lawmakers-donors
NPR: Judges would be accountable for abuse even if they retired or resigned, under new bill
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/01/g-s1-63714/judges-accountability-abuse-congress
Comment: Democratic Congressman files bill to help curb judges' possible "misconduct and abuse" of employees.
Vice President Vance casts tie-breaking Senate vote to kill bipartisan effort to rebuke Trump’s trade policy
https://www.yahoo.com/news/bipartisan-push-rebuke-trump-over-230507065.html
Politico: Capitol agenda: The megabill has mega issues
Politico: Oversight Committee advances pension benefit overhaul
Government Executive: House Republicans advance plan to cut federal worker benefits and undermine civil service protections
Politico: Oversight Republicans to vote on changes to federal employee benefits
Politico: Republicans pull passenger vehicle fee after GOP blowback
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/30/republicans-pull-passenger-vehicle-fee-00317786
Comments: Republicans desperate to help find ways to pay for the proposed tax breaks for billionaires?
GOP can't defend Hegseth's Signal use, says Rep. Adam Smith : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/30/nx-s1-5381159/hegseth-signal-investigation-block-republicans
Politico: House Republicans raise new Medicaid proposal to offset Trump’s megabill
The Hill: Dems take aim at Hegseth in $150B defense budget debate
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5274145-dems-take-aim-at-hegseth-in-150b-defense-budget-debate/
House GOP blocks Democrats from forcing votes on Signal scandal, Musk conflicts of interest
https://www.yahoo.com/news/house-gop-blocks-democrats-forcing-180758087.html
Comment: "The move by the conference — which was approved in a 216-208 vote — marks the latest instance of Republicans using procedural rules, which govern debate for legislation, to shield President Trump."
Comment: With just a few more Democrats in the House, Democrats would control it and we might get some answers to these outrageous actions by the Trump Administration. That's why voting in the Congressional elections in 2026 is so important.
Mike Johnson Quietly Moves to Block Democrats Investigating Trump
https://www.yahoo.com/news/mike-johnson-quietly-moves-block-140946701.html
Elizabeth Warren Marks 100 Days Of Trump By Reading Aloud 100 Reports Of His Corruption
https://www.yahoo.com/news/elizabeth-warren-marks-100-days-210657476.html
Student loan overhaul by GOP to slash repayment plans, limit borrowing
Los Angeles Times: Commentary: Inside the GOP's secret plan to destroy Medicaid
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-04-29/inside-the-gops-secret-plan-to-destroy-medicaid
CBS News: Senate Democrats seek inquiry into Kash Patel's use of FBI aircraft
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kash-patel-fbi-aircraft-democrats-gao-inquiry/
Politico: Energy and Commerce Republicans to huddle amid Medicaid debate
The GOP’s proposed cuts to FEMA and Medicaid reveal the paradox of red state dependence
https://www.yahoo.com/news/gop-proposed-cuts-fema-medicaid-172701217.html
Reuters: US Congress wrestles with Trump tax bill, aims to finish by July 4
Government Executive: Republicans tee up federal worker benefit cuts to pay for tax cuts
Republicans Sneak Staggering Asylum Fee Into Budget Bill
https://www.yahoo.com/news/republicans-sneak-staggering-asylum-fee-211803072.html
NPR: Trump needs unity among Republicans to pass his budget bill. Can he get it?
Politico: Mike Johnson’s tight megabill timeline is on a collision course with reality
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/28/gop-megabill-reconciliation-timeline-mike-johnson-00311637
AP News: Republicans in the toughest swing districts become hard to find for people angry about Trump
Axios: Senate awaits Trump judges
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/25/tump-judges-nominee-senate-republicans-john-thune-chuck-grassley
Sen. Jon Ossoff signals support for Trump impeachment
https://www.yahoo.com/news/sen-jon-ossoff-signals-support-035856470.html
Politico: How Adam Schiff is bringing House vibes to the Senate
The Hill: Democrats call on Social Security Administration to keep field offices open
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5265540-democrats-social-security-administration-field-offices/
CBS News: House Republicans face dilemma over Medicaid cuts as they vow to protect benefits
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/medicaid-cuts-house-republicans-energy-commerce-committee/
The Hill: Cutting federal Medicaid expansion funding could lead to 30K additional deaths: Analysis
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5261905-medicaid-cuts-house-republican-budget-plan/
Politico: House GOP bumps Pentagon spending, eyes $150B target for party-line package
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/23/house-gop-pentagon-spending-bump-00307100
Comment: Pentagon spending going up, while the rest of the US government faces massive cuts. How much of the proposed Pentagon budget will be spent at the border supporting ICE and migrant deportations?
Center for American Progress: Congressional Republicans’ Proposals To Slash Medicaid Could Cost Tens of Thousands of Lives
Top Armed Services Democrat: Hegseth ‘not up to the task of managing the Pentagon’
https://share.newsbreak.com/crf5pwkm
Raskin calls for FBI investigation into Trump US attorney nominee over Russian media appearances
https://share.newsbreak.com/creszwjr
House Republican: GOP senator ‘peddling conspiracy theories’ about 9/11
https://www.yahoo.com/news/house-republican-gop-senator-peddling-135327562.html
Schumer demands details on DOGE savings claims
https://www.yahoo.com/news/schumer-demands-details-doge-savings-165909252.html
The New Republic: GOP Rep. Lays Out Exactly How Party Will Kick People Off Medicaid
https://newrepublic.com/post/194248/republican-representative-kick-people-off-medicaid
MAGA Republicans Get Ready to Gut Medicaid to Help Trump
https://share.newsbreak.com/crey96ah
Republicans circle wagons in Hegseth’s defense, despite private frustration - POLITICO
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/22/republicans-hegseths-defense-frustration-00304541
Sen. Schiff Asks National Archives To Investigate Trump Admin’s Group Chats
https://share.newsbreak.com/crf4l7tw
Sen. Jack Reed calls for investigation into Pete Hegseth's Signal chat
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/22/nx-s1-5371571/pete-hegseth-signal-chat-security
‘An amateur person’: GOP Rep. Bacon says Hegseth should go - POLITICO
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/21/don-bacon-recommends-firing-hegseth-00301057
Axios: Senate silent caucus: Meet the Republicans who ignore reporters' shouted questions
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/21/senate-republicans-media-questions
GOP lawmakers running out of options to pay for Trump’s costly agenda
https://www.yahoo.com/news/gop-lawmakers-running-options-pay-100000722.html
Ron Johnson says he thinks Senate could hold hearings on 9/11 conspiracies
https://www.yahoo.com/news/ron-johnson-says-thinks-senate-192103198.html
Comment: Is this the priority that you think the GOP controlled US Senate should have?
Senior Republican flounders when asked about Trump plan to deport US citizens to foreign jails
https://www.yahoo.com/news/senior-republican-flounders-asked-trump-193352583.html
The Hill: Van Hollen: Denying constitutional rights of ‘one man’ threatens ‘rights of everybody’
The Bulwark: Health Insurance for Millions Is Now on the Chopping Block
Democrats call for ban on congressional stock trading
https://share.newsbreak.com/co7mypy9
US senator says Kilmar Abrego Garcia case is about far more than one man | AP News
Van Hollen says Abrego Garcia was traumatized in El Salvador after mistaken deportation
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/sen-chris-van-hollen-kilmar-abrego-garcia-rcna201931
What to know about Sen. Chris Van Hollen's El Salvador trip : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/17/nx-s1-5367666/abrego-garcia-van-hollen-el-salvador
An influential GOP senator is contradicting Trump’s team — and getting away with it
https://www.yahoo.com/news/influential-gop-senator-contradicting-trump-102307018.html
‘We are all afraid’: Murkowski says fear of retaliation from Trump administration is ‘real’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/afraid-murkowski-says-fear-retaliation-154117390.html
Angry voters ask Senator Grassley if they can ignore court orders like Trump
https://www.yahoo.com/news/angry-voters-ask-senator-grassley-121220655.html
Republicans quietly hope Supreme Court bails them out on Trump’s trade war
https://www.yahoo.com/news/republicans-quietly-hope-supreme-court-100000622.html
Moderate Republicans draw red line on Medicaid cuts in Trump agenda bill
https://www.yahoo.com/news/moderate-republicans-draw-red-line-131703028.html
Republicans Issue Red Line Warning to Mike Johnson - Newsweek
https://www.newsweek.com/republicans-issue-red-line-warning-mike-johnson-2060504
Republicans reconsider their commitment to tax cuts for the rich in Trump agenda bill
https://www.yahoo.com/news/republicans-reconsider-commitment-tax-cuts-090000799.html
Axios: A dozen House Republicans fire warning shot to Mike Johnson on Medicaid cuts
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/16/mike-johnson-budget-medicaid-house-republicans
Sen. Cory Booker says Congress should hold hearings on whether insider trading on Trump's tariffs occurred
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna201032
Opinion | Some members of Congress are starting to talk about impeachment. They’re right.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/opinion-members-congress-starting-talk-100000905.html
Comment: Good idea in theory. Difficult in practice. Nearly impossible to get conviction in GOP controlled Senate.
Politico: JB Pritzker doubts Republican promises on Medicaid
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/13/pritzker-republicans-medicaid-promises-00288024
Battle lines over Trump agenda intensify and put GOP leaders in a jam
https://www.yahoo.com/news/battle-lines-over-trump-agenda-110035655.html
Now that they've passed a budget plan, the hard part begins for Republicans | AP News
https://apnews.com/article/congress-budget-tax-cuts-trump-medicaid-d3ef443d038a5532dea6d8f1f1846b10
House GOP tramples on women’s rights with passage of SAVE Act
https://www.yahoo.com/news/house-gop-tramples-women-rights-225055817.html
AP News: How the House's requirement to prove US citizenship could affect the ability to register to vote
CBS News: House passes bill to require in-person proof of citizenship to register to vote
The House passed a requirement to prove US citizenship to vote. This is how it could affect voting
https://www.yahoo.com/news/house-passed-requirement-prove-us-165710811.html
CNN: House approves key budget blueprint to unlock Trump’s agenda
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/10/politics/house-budget-vote-trump-agenda/index.html
CBS News: House GOP adopts Trump budget plan after conservatives fold
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/johnson-votes-pass-budget-resolution/
Comment: " 'The budget resolution that passed the House today will set in motion some of the most extreme cuts to health care, nutritional assistance and the things that matter to everyday Americans in our nation's nearly 250-year history,' House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, a New York Democrat, said Thursday. 'It's a disgrace.' "
Adam Schiff Calls For Insider Trading Investigation into Trump Over Tariff Pause
https://time.com/7276234/trump-tariff-insider-trading-schiff/
House GOP leaders move to quash vote on Trump’s global tariffs
Trump tariffs face bipartisan challenge, Sen. Maria Cantwell says : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/09/nx-s1-5354912/trump-tariffs-senate-bill-bipartisan
AP News: Republican-led House passes bill to limit nationwide orders from federal district judges
Comment: If this bill becomes law, will this mean that application of federal law will depend on where you live? How is this going to work?
House GOP cancels budget vote as hard-liners agitate for more spending cuts in Trump’s ‘beautiful’ bill - POLITICO
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/09/house-gop-cancels-budget-vote-00283121
Comment: More spending cuts????
Axios: Jeffries challenges Johnson to "one-on-one" House floor debate
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/08/jeffries-challenges-johnson-debate-budget
Politico: ‘He’s just not going to change my mind’: Freedom Caucus chair defies Trump on budget
Johnson says fluoride should get a second look
Comment: RFK Jr's unscientific insanity has now infected GOP Speaker Mike Johnson.
Politico: ‘Political pettiness’: JD Vance slaps Mitch McConnell over DOD vote
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/04/08/congress/jd-vance-vs-mitch-mcconnell-00279179
CNN: Congress gave presidents power over tariffs. They could aways take it back
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/08/politics/tariffs-trump-power-constitution-congress/index.html
Politico: Senate Republicans nudge Trump’s trade chief for tariff end game
Axios: Scoop: A dozen House Republicans mull defying Trump on tariff bill
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/08/house-republicans-tariff-bill-trump-don-bacon
The Hill: Thune: Bill to curb Trump’s tariff power doesn’t have a future
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5236599-thune-trump-tariffs-bill/
The Hill: 7 GOP senators sign on to bill to check Trump’s trade authority
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5236142-congress-tariff-bill-trump/
Lawmakers may test Trump on tariffs this week as fears of a GOP election 'decimation' grow
House Speaker Johnson is eyeing big cuts to Medicaid. In his Louisiana district, it's a lifeline. - CBS News
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/house-speaker-mike-johnson-medicaid-cuts-louisiana-district/
Politico: House GOP leaders vow to push forward with budget vote
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/06/house-budget-vote-mike-johnson-00275894
Rep. Don Bacon says he has "beginning support" in the House for measure to claw back authority over trade - CBS News
Senate Republicans approve framework for Trump’s tax breaks and spending cuts | AP News
https://apnews.com/article/senate-budget-tax-cuts-trump-485845a9c0b7dfc5d2194d4c1e4723ae
AP News: Congress has the power to halt Trump’s tariffs. But Republicans aren’t ready to use it
https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariffs-republicans-senate-house-2409e9ff50290edac738ad6e4e8e78b9
Center for American Progress: Senate Republicans Are Ignoring Senate Rules To Cut Taxes for the Rich
Budget experts of all stripes howl about Senate Republicans’ price tag ‘abuse’
NBC News: GOP concerns about tax cut strategy and Medicaid loom over Senate budget
Pro-Ukraine Republicans finding ways to push back on GOP isolationists
https://www.yahoo.com/news/pro-ukraine-republicans-finding-ways-150035475.html
Senators introduce bipartisan bill to expand congressional authority over tariffs | PBS News
Politico: ‘I hope he’s right’: Markets tumble on tariffs — but Trump isn’t flinching
Axios: Senate unveils new blueprint for mega-MAGA package
Comment: The Senate is planning to push this Billionaire tax break through rapidly, using a controversial "gimmick" to bypass historical Senate rules, before the public realizes that government services are being slashed and the deficit is being raised to pay for it.
NPR: Senate rebukes Trump's tariffs on Canada
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/02/nx-s1-5347699/senate-trump-tariffs-canada
Comment: While this is an important bipartisan symbolic resolution, it doesn't have any "teeth," given the House of Representative's GOP opposition and Trump's power to veto any binding legislation that might be put forth later.
Republicans join Democrats in Senate vote to rescind Trump Canada tariffs
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/02/republicans-democrats-canada-tariffs
Senate Republicans set to bypass parliamentarian on Trump tax cuts
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5226747-republicans-tax-cuts-deficit-senate-parliamentarian/
Comment: Senate Republicans use a gimmick to change the rules so they can pass their massive tax cut for the rich.
The Hill: A ‘current policy’ budget baseline would have disastrous consequences
https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/5225797-fiscal-irresponsibility-republicans-budget/
Senate GOP embraces controversial tax cut strategy
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/01/senate-budget-tax-cuts-current-policy-graham
Politico: Senate GOP leaders vow to plow ahead with budget votes
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/01/senate-gop-leaders-budget-votes-00264204
Cory Booker breaks a 68-year-old Senate record with a 25-hour speech
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/01/nx-s1-5347318/cory-booker-senate-speech
Comment: "impassioned speech in protest of the Trump administration's policies."
Cory Booker makes history with longest Senate floor speech in protest of Trump agenda | CNN Politics
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/31/politics/booker-senate-floor-speech-trump-protest/index.html
Axios: Senate GOP embraces controversial tax cut strategy
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/01/senate-budget-tax-cuts-current-policy-graham
Center for American Progress: Congress’ War on Math
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/congress-war-on-math/
The Hill: Senate Democrats call for special counsel to investigate Signal leak
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5225388-senate-dems-call-special-counsel/
'Made-up emergency': Democrats try to block Trump tariffs on Canada - ABC News
A Senate vote to reverse Trump's tariffs on Canada tests Republican support
https://www.yahoo.com/news/senate-vote-reverse-trumps-tariffs-040406105.html
House cancels rest of votes for week after GOP floor rebellion
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5226248-house-cancels-votes-gop-rebellion/
Republicans and Democrats team up to defy House leadership on voting for new parents
https://www.yahoo.com/news/house-gop-leaders-expected-block-153300560.html
Axios: Scoop: Senate Dems to launch Social Security war room
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/31/senate-democrats-social-security-war-room
CNN: House GOP leaders look to hold off push to impeach judges by prioritizing hearings, bill to limit reach of rulings
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/31/politics/impeach-judges-house-republican-strategy/index.html
The Hill: GOP leader: Trump ‘messing with’ opponents with third term talk
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5224019-thune-trump-third-term/
Comment: Many of us didn't take seriously Trump's previously crazy statements, until he started implementing those crazy plans. Now we believe he might be capable of trying anything, including ignoring the Constitutional limit of two presidential terms.
POLITICO: ‘Never been done’: Why Republicans might approve a budget whose numbers don’t match up
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/30/gop-budget-house-vs-senate-00258076
Comment: Not only are they lying to us, are they now starting to lie to themselves?
Gabbard, Ratcliffe ‘lied repeatedly’ about Signal chat messages, Bennet says
https://www.yahoo.com/news/gabbard-ratcliffe-lied-repeatedly-signal-191448552.html
Senate Democrats to force vote next week on Trump's fentanyl tariffs on Canada - Live Updates - POLITICO
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/03/28/congress/senate-tariff-vote-00258406
Comment: "The lawmakers are tapping a provision in a 1976 law that allows any senator to force a vote to block emergency powers being abused by the president."
POLITICO: Trump’s Big Law freezeout heats up on the Hill
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/28/trumps-big-law-freezeout-heats-up-on-the-hill-00258684
The Hill: GOP lawmakers warn against federal records destruction in Signal chats
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5218725-trump-administration-signal-controversy/
NBC News: Senate braces for high-stakes ruling that will decide the fate of Trump's tax cuts
Comment: The GOP Senate wants to know if they are allowed to "cook the books?"
The Hill: GOP lawmakers turn up the pressure on Hegseth
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5216365-hegseth-scrutiny-republican-lawmakers/
POLITICO: Trump allies are starting to notice Hegseth’s growing pile of mistakes
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/27/hegseth-mistakes-some-trump-allies-00254817
NPR: Sen. Mark Kelly calls for Pete Hegseth to resign after Signal leak
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/27/nx-s1-5341458/pete-hegseth-signal-war-plans
Senate Republican chair challenges Trump over emergency funding move
https://www.yahoo.com/news/senate-republican-chair-challenges-trump-185922490.html
Comment: But will Susan Collins stand up when it really counts, or will she back down like she often does?
The Hill: Tax, spending divisions rankle Republicans despite momentum on reconciliation
https://thehill.com/business/5215455-republican-tax-cuts-bill-internal-disputes/
The Hill: Hundreds of advocacy groups call on Thune to reject House Republicans’ budget blueprint
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5217551-advocacy-groups-john-thune-house-budget/
Axios: Wary Senate Republicans have demands for John Thune
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/27/senate-republicans-thune-reconciliation-spending
Comment: Maybe "not so fast." Please see article just below.
Axios: Thune eyes earlier deadline for Senate GOP reconciliation bill
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/26/thune-budget-reconciliation-deadline-votes
Comment: GOP plan to jam it through the Senate in a hurry before citizens have a chance to realize what they are doing.
Top Republicans say they're out of the loop as DOGE downsizes Social Security Administration
https://www.yahoo.com/news/top-republicans-theyre-loop-doge-150136214.html
Axios: How Medicaid and SNAP cuts could affect your state
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/26/medicaid-snap-cuts-map
Comment: Click on map for estimated job losses in each state.
Lawmakers were set to bring over $15 billion back to their home states. Then Congress passed the GOP's government funding bill.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/lawmakers-were-set-bring-over-144726756.html
POLITICO: Senate Republicans eye big changes to House budget
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/25/senate-republicans-house-budget-reconciliation-00249629
Meeting with House panel, OPM officials cut short after clash between top lawmakers
https://www.yahoo.com/news/meeting-house-panel-opm-officials-210218499.html
NPR: 'Mad House' exposes Congressional disfunction, from petty feuds to physical threats
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/25/nx-s1-5338729/mad-house-congress-maga-annie-karni-luke-broadwater
Speaker Johnson warns Congress has power to stop funding federal courts
https://www.yahoo.com/gma/speaker-johnson-warns-congress-power-155846398.html
Speaker Mike Johnson floats eliminating federal courts as GOP ramps up attacks on judges
Reuters: US House Speaker Johnson says Congress can 'eliminate' district courts
Axios: Congress moves to grill Trump officials over Yemen war plans group text
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/24/congress-yemen-signal-hegseth
Speaker Johnson: Waltz, Hegseth shouldn’t be disciplined over war plans Signal chat
https://share.newsbreak.com/c98cn06c
Comment: Does anyone think that GOP Speaker Johnson would take this position if this breach of security had taken place in a Democratic Administration?
Top national security Democrats demand answers on Pete Hegseth's leak of war plans
https://share.newsbreak.com/c98bn43f
Jeffries calls for investigation of top Trump officials after bombshell military breach
https://share.newsbreak.com/c98w9bvx
The Hill: Schumer blasts Trump officials for war plans Signal chat
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5211367-schumer-trump-administration-war-plans-signal/
US senators push Trump administration on Russian assets, letter says
https://share.newsbreak.com/c98goqgn
Video: Watch "Republicans face hurdles to pass Trump's agenda" on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDOykqZMhFA
GOP heads into key stretch for ambitious Trump tax cut plan
https://www.yahoo.com/news/gop-heads-key-stretch-ambitious-160000347.html
NPR: Members of Congress holding town halls in their home states face tough questions
NPR: A VA rescue effort saved 15,000 veterans' homes. Some in Congress want to scrap it
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/22/nx-s1-5335611/veterans-va-home-loan-mortgage
POLITICO: How Matt Gaetz poisoned the House Ethics Committee
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/17/house-ethics-committee-matt-gaetz-00232686
POLITICO: Sheldon Whitehouse understands why some of his fellow Dems voted to avert shutdown
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/16/sheldon-whitehouse-senate-cr-schumer-00232304
The Hill: The Republican Medicaid cuts will hurt everyone, not just those in need
https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/5195335-medicaid-cuts-healthcare-access/
‘Not quite yet beautiful’: Republicans at odds over spending cuts after meeting Trump
https://thehill.com/business/5195910-senate-republicans-tax-spending/amp/
Comment: This article deals with the long term GOP plan to extend 2017 tax cuts for the wealthy at the expense of government services and social & health care programs. It should not be confused with passage of the continuing resolution to keep the government funded for the next few months.
The Hill: Schumer apologizes for calling Republicans ‘bastards’
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5194615-schumer-republicans-funding-msnbc-progressives/
ABC News: Schumer tells Democrats he won't vote to block GOP funding bill, likely avoiding shutdown: Sources
POLITICO: Capitol agenda: Senate Dems’ last-minute shutdown gambit
Video: Rep. Jeffries slams Trump and House GOP for 'far-right, extreme bill' that will hurt Americans
NPR: Why Sen. Chris Coons is voting "no" on spending bill that would stop a government shutdown
Axios: Senate Democrats embrace hardball on government shutdown
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/12/senate-democrats-government-shutdown
POLITICO: ‘Be careful about this’: Warnings abound as GOP considers writing off tax cuts
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/12/gop-considers-writing-off-tax-cuts-00227219
Comment: Republicans plan to cook the books.
Here are 8 things to know about the Trump-backed SAVE Act : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/12/nx-s1-5301676/save-act-explainer-voter-registration
Congress' Republicans privately press Trump to reverse some DOGE cuts
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/12/house-senate-republicans-trump-doge
Yahoo: Sen. Graham advocates raising the age for Social Security benefits
https://www.yahoo.com/news/sen-graham-advocates-raising-age-131546257.html
CNN: Salesman-in-chief: Trump leans on Freedom Caucus to avert government shutdown
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/12/politics/trump-house-freedom-caucus-government-shutdown/index.html
Center For American Progress: Medicaid and CHIP Coverage Mapped by 119th Congressional Districts
Trump vows to ‘lead the charge’ to oust Massie
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-vows-lead-charge-oust-125133684.html
House Democrats have 'a lot of incentives' to vote against short-term funding bill
https://www.yahoo.com/news/house-democrats-lot-incentives-vote-203516886.html
NBC News: GOP-led Congress races to avert government shutdown ahead of Friday deadline
NPR: Republicans say Medicaid is safe. But budget math says otherwise
Video: Rep. Wasserman Schultz calls on three ‘brave’ Republicans to stop ‘train wreck’ of a funding bill
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9doxC3r8JM
Sen. Elissa Slotkin wants assurances Trump will spend money 'the way Congress intends' before she votes for a funding bill
https://www.yahoo.com/news/sen-elissa-slotkin-wants-assurances-165246562.html
GOP funding patch boosts defense and deportations, cuts other programs
https://www.yahoo.com/news/gop-funding-patch-boosts-defense-172021485.html
Axios: House Republicans release 100-page spending bill to prevent shutdown
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/08/house-republicans-release-stopgap-spending-bill-shutfown
Speaker Mike Johnson unveils funding bill one week before potential shutdown
The Associated Press: House Republicans unveil bill to avoid shutdown and they’re daring Democrats to oppose it
POLITICO: Senate Democrats’ impending choice: Shutdown or surrender
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/07/senate-democrats-shutdown-decision-00217178
The Seattle Times: More than 70 million Americans are on Medicaid. This is where they live
The Guardian US: GOP budget goals impossible without Medicare and Medicaid cuts, budget office says
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/06/gop-budget-medicare-medicaid-cuts
POLITICO: Veterans cuts spark GOP backlash on Capitol Hill
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/06/veterans-cuts-backlash-republicans-doge-00216726
Big oil is waging ‘biggest campaign of political interference in US history’, senator says
https://share.newsbreak.com/bxlf57ky
Senate Dems lay groundwork for floor vote on bipartisan health deal
Republicans need to cut Medicaid to hit budget savings target, CBO finds
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5178944-republicans-medicaid-trump-tax-cuts-cbo-finds/
Video: Trump and Republicans blame town hall backlash on Dems and 'paid troublemakers'
POLITICO: Why Mike Johnson will struggle to keep his promises
GOP chairmen urge leader to battle House on budget, spending strategy
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5170373-senate-republicans-demand-changes/
Speaker Mike Johnson lives at a house at the center of a pastor's secretive influence campaign • Louisiana Illuminator
https://lailluminator.com/2025/03/02/speaker-johnson-house/
The Hill: House budget resolution is ‘screw America bill,’ House Democrat says
The Associated Press: GOP pushes ahead with citizenship voting bill. Some state election officials say it's problematic
Democrats push for Trump spending constraints amid shutdown concerns
https://thehill.com/business/budget/5168196-trump-spending-powers-shutdown-democrats/
The Hill: Everyday Americans, not executives, will feel the pain of Medicaid cuts
https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/5165297-trump-medicaid-cuts-health-care-crisis/
Mike Johnson claims ‘paid protesters’ are disrupting GOP town halls — then backtracks when asked for proof
https://www.yahoo.com/news/mike-johnson-claims-paid-protesters-142202159.html
House Republicans hit the brakes on town halls after blowback over Trump's cuts
https://www.yahoo.com/news/house-republicans-hit-brakes-town-052308234.html
CBS News: Experts warn the proposed SAVE Act could make it harder for some married women to vote. Here's who could be affected
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/save-act-voter-registration-citizenship-married-women-name-change/
Senate GOP squirms over U.S. vote with Russia
https://www.axios.com/2025/02/26/senate-republicans-trump-un-vote-ukraine-russia
Shutdown fight could delay GOP budget push, Thune says - Live Updates - POLITICO
POLITICO: Senate Republicans say House budget won’t fly with them
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/26/senate-republicans-reject-house-budget-00206244
Forbes: Student Loan Borrowers Could Face Lifetime Of Debt Under GOP Plan To Gut Loan Forgiveness
House Republicans budget could impact Medicaid. Here's how.
Yahoo Finance: GOP faces unforgiving math after keeping tax cut plan alive
Was No Tax on Tips Bill Passed? House Republican Budget Resolution Explained - Newsweek
https://www.newsweek.com/no-tax-tips-bill-republicans-update-pass-congress-budget-massie-2036301
Comment: Unfortunately, House Republicans used their majority to get their budget resolution passed (barely). However, its implementation details have not yet been worked out. If you want to help protect Medicaid and other social services, you need to contact Barry Moore now and make your voice heard.
KQED: Potential Medicaid Cuts: Who Would Be Affected and What Are Republicans Proposing?
The Latest: House GOP pushes budget resolution to passage
https://www.yahoo.com/news/latest-musk-renews-threat-fire-130817910.html
The Associated Press: House GOP pushes 'big' budget resolution to passage, a crucial step toward delivering Trump's agenda
Axios: Mike Johnson boxed in by House GOP defectors on "big, beautiful bill"
https://www.axios.com/2025/02/25/mike-johnson-house-republicans-trump-budget
Axios: "We must be at full strength": Democrats spot opening to kneecap GOP's budget plans
https://www.axios.com/2025/02/24/hakeem-jeffries-republican-budget-vote-johnson
POLITICO: Budget won't be changed to address Medicaid concerns, Johnson says
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/02/24/congress/mike-johnson-medicaid-cuts-00205771
Comment: "Let them eat cake." (A bit of sarcasm referring to Queen Marie Antoinette's comment during the French Revolution.)
POLITICO: House Republicans unfazed by protests: ‘We’re moving forward with the cuts’
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/24/house-republicans-protests-00205892
POLITICO: It’s the Health Care, Stupid.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/02/24/medicaid-cuts-republicans-gop-town-halls-00205667
POLITICO: House Republicans scramble for Plan B on Medicaid cuts
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/24/house-budget-medicaid-cuts-plan-b-00205835
Forbes: Trump’s Medicaid Cuts, If Enacted, Will Affect You
Mother Jones: Trump’s Medicaid Cuts Would Leave Millions of Americans Without Health Care
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/02/trump-republican-medicaid-cuts-health-disability/
POLITICO: Capitol agenda: Johnson's make-or-break budget week
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/02/24/congress/what-were-watching-00205664
House Republican Budget Takes Away Health Care, Food Aid to Pay for Expanded Tax Cuts for Wealthy
Trump’s Own Pollster Just Hit Him with Very Bad News—and a Warning
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-own-pollster-just-hit-110000256.html
Fortune: Senate stays up all night to push $340 billion GOP package for Trump’s mass deportations and security measures
https://fortune.com/2025/02/21/senate-all-night-340-billion-gop-budget-trump-mass-deportations/
Comment: Nice to see the GOP working so hard to spend $340 billion!
Forbes: Medicaid Cuts Still Are On The Table. How They Could Affect Seniors
‘Time is running out’: Lawmakers scramble for a deal to stop a shutdown - POLITICO
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/21/congress-shutdown-funding-trump-00205514
House, Senate GOP to begin undoing Biden regulations
Staff at multiple agencies instructed not to speak to Congress, says Democrat
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5157303-congress-dems-concerns-ban-employees/
The private GOP panic over the slash-and-burn DOGE firings
https://www.yahoo.com/news/gop-members-feel-helpless-doge-212600691.html
Republicans Raise Concerns About Medicaid Cuts in New Budget
https://www.newsweek.com/republicans-raise-concerns-about-medicaid-cuts-budget-proposal-2034011
The Associated Press: Sen. Mitch McConnell won't seek reelection in 2026, ending long tenure as Republican power broker
https://apnews.com/article/mitch-mcconnell-senate-retirement-34c79ef12bf62d14cb71d3c393f23a83
Some lawmakers decry push for sweeping cuts to DOD budget, others see opportunity to reallocate funds | Stars and Stripes
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2025-02-20/lawmakers-defense-budget-cuts-16899385.html
The Washington Post: After ceding power of the purse, GOP lawmakers beg Trump team for funds
Video: WATCH LIVE: Senate Democrats hold news briefing as GOP pushes budget bill
https://www.youtube.com/live/jQLP5IbXVxQ
White House blesses Senate backup plan on Mike Johnson's budget
https://www.axios.com/2025/02/19/trump-vance-thune-johnson-budget
Trump backs House GOP reconciliation bill over Senate version
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5152871-trump-endorses-house-gop-strategy/amp/
Opinion - Who will stop Trump and Elon Musk from dismantling the US government?
https://www.yahoo.com/news/opinion-stop-trump-elon-musk-190000843.html
POLITICO: Grassley on Musk's DOGE cuts: 'Congress can’t do anything except complain'
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/02/18/congress/chuck-grassley-musk-doge-trump-00204687
NPR: Can President Trump ignore Congress' spending laws? The debate over 'impoundment'
Axios: Scoop: Democrats quietly prepare for a Trump constitutional crisis
https://www.axios.com/2025/02/18/democrats-trump-judges-constitution-doge
POLITICO: The House GOP budget resolution is in trouble
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/02/18/congress/budget-reconciliation-trump-whip-00204735
House GOP leaders double down as rival Senate GOP bill moves forward
https://thehill.com/homenews/5151822-house-republicans-doubling-down-on-one-bill/
Senate Republicans edge out the House again, planning budget vote this week - Live Updates - POLITICO
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/02/18/congress/senate-gop-budget-moves-00204706
Medicaid concerns threaten GOP budget resolution
Elon Musk's influence in Donald Trump's administration sparks GOP divisions
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5146881-elon-musk-senate-republicans/
The Hill: House GOP budget resolution in jeopardy amid concerns from moderates
https://thehill.com/homenews/5146860-gop-budget-resolution-moderates-medicaid/
The Center Square: Fiscal hawks: House budget plan could add $25 trillion in debt over next decade
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_6f23327a-ea2b-11ef-a9ad-4b877ab09300.html
House committee passes budget blueprint, targeting $2 trillion in cuts
Comment: Read closely. The 10 year "Blueprint" calls for $2 Trillion in spending cuts; $4.5 Trillion in tax cuts for the very wealthy; $2 - $2.5 Trillion in deficit spending; and a $4 Trillion addition to the debt ceiling in case things turn out worse than they planned for. Sounds like insanity to me.
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https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/14/house-gop-budget-centrists-medicaid-00204223
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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/us/politics/democrats-congress-spending-budget.html
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https://www.yahoo.com/news/congressional-republicans-worry-trumps-cuts-101129914.html
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https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/14/house-gop-budget-centrists-medicaid-00204223
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https://www.axios.com/2025/02/07/democrats-mike-johnson-goverment-shutdown-jeffries
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https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/04/mike-johnson-budget-plan-00002362
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https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5105756-house-republican-retreat-trump-agenda/
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https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5102489-trump-jan-6-pardons/
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https://www.axios.com/2025/01/22/gop-lawmakers-medicaid-cuts
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