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The Senate blocked an Iran War Powers resolution 47-48 and advanced a bipartisan housing bill 87-8, while confirming an Eighth Circuit judge and vetting a slate of senior nominees. TIJ's…
House Armed Services markup of the $1.14T FY27 NDAA, House FY27 Interior and THUD bills, the Senate CLARITY Act on digital assets, and CBO's updated 2026-2036 outlook anchor this week's…
Senate moves to pass S. 2, the Secure America Act; three FY27 appropriations bills mark up; House Financial Services grills prudential regulators; House Foreign Affairs hearing on CCP role in…
Senate Appropriations targets all 12 FY27 bills by end of June; House and Senate Armed Services mark up the FY27 NDAA; Reconciliation 2.0 negotiations continue; CBO projects $1.9T deficit. Ten…
House Appropriations advanced a FY27 Interior bill cutting EPA roughly 20%; Senate prepared a 2:15 p.m. vote on S.J. Res. 188; Oversight's Bondi contempt and prediction-markets tracks remain active.
Senate invokes cloture 51-45 to advance Kevin Warsh to the Federal Reserve chairmanship as Capitol Hill convenes nuclear-stewardship, grid-permitting, and AI-in-banking hearings.
Senate appropriators open FY2027 defense hearings as a 2B border reconciliation tranche awaits conference, the House clears the 2026 Farm Bill, and AI energy and privacy bills proliferate amid a…
Defense Secretary Hegseth and Gen. Caine faced House appropriators on the FY2027 Pentagon budget and Iran operations. Senate Armed Services examined Army posture; Oversight set a Pentagon-audit hearing; CBO updated…
Capitol Hill closes April with a defeated Iran war powers resolution (47-50), passage of the 2026 Farm Bill (224-200), a unanimous Senate ban on prediction-market trading, a 45-day FISA 702…
FY 2027 appropriations advance in the House, the Senate adopts a 50-48 budget resolution amid the DHS funding standoff, CBO scores H.R. 8290 and H.R. 7723, a bipartisan TRIA reauthorization…