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@burgessevBurgess Everett · Semafor· NEW
Sen. Chris Van Hollen writes Senate Foreign Relations Committee to ask for “a hearing on concerning reports regarding how Ambassador Mike Huckabee and his advisor, David Milstein, have obstructed congressional inquiries into the lack of accountability for the killing of American citizens and ongoing violence in the Wes18m ago · view on X →
@burgessevBurgess Everett · Semafor· NEW
Pretty incredible how much money is being spent on ads off this Sept. 2025 vote to table the Epstein files resolution. Only two Rs voted with Dems Two months later Trump about-faced, endorsed the House Epstein bill and the Senate passed it by unanimous consent1h ago · view on X →
@burgessevBurgess Everett · Semafor· NEW
Senate Majority PAC, group aligned with Schumer, launching $5 million Kansas ad campaign. First ad hits Sen. Marshall on Epstein files Senate Leadership Fund, top R group, went into Kansas last week with eight-figure spend2h ago · view on X →
@burgessevBurgess Everett · Semafor· NEW
Big story from Nick. House Dems making Hegseth their primary impeachment target if they win the majority3h ago · view on X →
@nielslesniewskiNiels Lesniewski · Roll Call· NEW
So since we are talking heating oil prices, I actually grew up in a house that had an oil burning furnace, but when it was expensive we split logs and burned them in a wood furnace. We had those big round kerosene heaters too.3h ago · view on X →
@JakeShermanJake Sherman · Punchbowl News· NEW
NEWS -- TEXAS PAC, the Senate GOP leadership-backed super PAC backing PAXTON, is dropping another $30 MILLION on TV in Texas They'll be up to $155M on TV and $200M overall. (@PunchbowlNews txt subscribers had it first)3h ago · view on X →
@meredithlleeMeredith Lee Hill · Politico· NEW
NEW — In late September, top Republicans across House GOP leadership, leading political operations and individual campaigns received a trove of internal polling. It sparked a new level of panic. The polling didn’t just reveal a harsh environment for the party in power on par with typical midterms, but rather some clos3h ago · view on X →
@bresreportsJohn Bresnahan · Punchbowl News· NEW
.@PunchbowlNews AM today - With just 25 days to go, Senate Dems are dreaming of a blue wave on Election Day - As Mike Johnson heads to Iowa, Dems eye the 2nd District - Dems to watch on House Approps next year - What we’re watching9h ago · view on X →
@sahilkapurSahil Kapur · NBC News· NEW
More Social Security talk in the MICHIGAN Senate debate tonight. Mike Rogers calls for "a bipartisan solution" to prevent a 22% benefit cut without backing a specific path. Abdul El-Sayed says: "The answer is obvious here. We should eliminate the cap."16h ago · view on X →
@sahilkapurSahil Kapur · NBC News· NEW
Q: Senator Collins, who do you think should be the leader of your party in the Senate? COLLINS: John Thune. Q: Mr. Jackson? JACKSON: I'm not even sure who else is running but I've already told Senator Schumer that I'm not going to support him. Q: Should there be term limits in Congress. Mr. Jackson? JACKSON: Absol17h ago · view on X →
@sahilkapurSahil Kapur · NBC News· NEW
Social Security comes up in MAINE Senate debate: As we reported, Troy Jackson calls for lifting payroll tax cap on higher incomes to raise more revenue. Susan Collins, who previously called for a commission, revises her position tonight, saying she'd like to "adjust the cap" too.18h ago · view on X →
@HouseAppropsGOPHouse Appropriations (R)· NEW
Full-year appropriations. Local impact. Lasting results. Signed into law by @POTUS, the FY26 Interior bill delivers funding for critical water improvements - expanding access, unlocking new development, and creating opportunities for communities across the nation.22h ago · view on X →
@burgessevBurgess Everett · Semafor
new - Cody Campbell group Saving College Sports warning that UNC, FSU, Miami and Clemson could tank college sports bill in the House by pushing "to raise the conference cap from 20 to 22 while also sunsetting the entire provision so that they have the right to immediately bolt from the ACC" "They have told members of1d ago · view on X →
@burgessevBurgess Everett · Semafor
Super interesting here, it's possible top Republican on HELP could be Hawley if Rand stays at HSGAC and Marshall loses A lot at stake in November for future of the Senate1d ago · view on X →
@sahilkapurSahil Kapur · NBC News
NEW: Social Security is a sleeper 2026 campaign issue. Senate candidates including Talarico (D-Texas), Turek (D-Iowa), El-Sayed (D-Mich.), Osborn (I-Neb.) are calling to lift the payroll tax cap on higher incomes to avoid an automatic 22% benefit cut. The shortfall hits in 2032, or six years. A huge issue that this y1d ago · view on X →
@sahilkapurSahil Kapur · NBC News
Fun fact about Obama and Susan Collins: In 2009, Collins was a firm NO on passing ACA. The other Maine Republican, Olympia Snowe, was torn—voted yes in cmte, then no on floor under GOP pressure. By 2017, as ACA became popular, Collins got behind it, voting to sink a repeal bill.1d ago · view on X →
@HouseAppropsGOPHouse Appropriations (R)
ENACTED INTO LAW. @POTUS has promptly signed our clean funding extension - ensuring no shutdown at the end of the fiscal year and denying partisan shutdown agitators the leverage they sought.1mo ago · view on X →
@JakeShermanJake Sherman · Punchbowl News
NEWS: PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP has signed the CR, averting a 9/30 shutdown.1mo ago · view on X →
@ChadPergramChad Pergram · Fox News
House passes interim spending bill, 370-48. 29 Dem nays. 19 GOP noes. House and Senate now aligned. Bill goes to Trump to sign1mo ago · view on X →
@JakeShermanJake Sherman · Punchbowl News
CR PASSES 370-48. Bill to avert Sept. 30 govt shutdown heads to Trump's desk1mo ago · view on X →
@JakeShermanJake Sherman · Punchbowl News
NEW -- HOUSE will have the CR on the floor for a vote TUESDAY. On suspension. 2/3 majority. Vote would send the bill to President Trump's signature. Averts a pre-election shutdown 9/30.1mo ago · view on X →
CBS News
Senate passes bill to fund government into December, 90-6, ahead of five-week recessThe Senate voted 90-6 early Saturday to pass the bipartisan continuing resolution negotiated by Appropriations Chair Susan Collins and Vice Chair Patty Murray, funding the government at current levels through December 11 and blocking OMB's proposed grants rule. The bill now goes to the House, which passed its own shorter stopgap in July and is expected to take up the Senate text in September.
2mo ago
CBS News
Senate votes 89-4 to advance stopgap funding bill ahead of August recessThe Senate voted 89-4 Monday evening to limit debate and take up the bipartisan continuing resolution written by Appropriations Chair Susan Collins and top Democrat Patty Murray, which would hold funding through Dec. 11. Majority Leader John Thune said he hopes to pass the bill within days, before the chamber leaves for August recess.
2mo ago
@elwassonErik Wasson · Bloomberg
RIP former House Appropriations Chair Kay Granger. A class act who was always generous with her time to the press2mo ago · view on X →
@ChadPergramChad Pergram · Fox News
Senate back in session today. Lots to tackle in prospective final week of session, ranging from CR to Russia sanctions bill to college sports bill to cryptocurrency legislation. Blanche confirmation also up in the air2mo ago · view on X →
Roll Call
Kay Granger, trailblazing Texas congresswoman, dead at 83Kay Granger, the Fort Worth Republican who chaired the House Appropriations Committee and was the first Republican woman to represent Texas in Congress, died Sunday at 83. Speaker Mike Johnson announced her death. She served nearly three decades before retiring from the seat she first won in 1996.
2mo ago
@JakeShermanJake Sherman · Punchbowl News
KAY GRANGER, longtime House Republican from Fort Worth, is dead at 83, per @SpeakerJohnson. Granger was chair of the House Appropriations Committee. She spent the final months of her House career in an assisted living home in Texas.2mo ago · view on X →
@AndrewDesiderioAndrew Desiderio · Punchbowl News
SCHUMER says CR is “a responsible path forward that allows continued bipartisan negotiations.” Schumer also hails Dems’ success in “blocking Trump’s disgraceful efforts to further politicize all federal grants.” 1st procedural vote Monday2mo ago · view on X →
@burgessevBurgess Everett · Semafor
The Senate's CR deal is out from Sens. Collins and Murray. Funds government through Dec. 11. Bill blocks a new rule that would allow the admin to cancel grants to, for example, blue states. Collins says the bill “prevents the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)’s proposed rule regarding federal financial assistance from taking effect”2mo ago · view on X →
@SahilKapurSahil Kapur · NBC News
Senate leaders have reached a deal on a short-term government funding bill through Dec. 11. This would prevent a shutdown on Oct 1 and get through the midterms to figure out a longer-term solution.2mo ago · view on X →
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate appropriators release bipartisan stopgap funding the government through Dec. 11Chair Susan Collins and top Democrat Patty Murray released the Senate's continuing resolution, the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2027. It holds current funding levels through Dec. 11, carries adjustments for WIC, shipbuilding, and the Disaster Relief Fund, and blocks OMB's proposed federal-grants rule from taking effect. Schumer endorsed the deal, with a first procedural vote expected Monday.
2mo ago
Roll Call
Funding extension passes House, heads for Senate rewriteThe House passed a stopgap spending bill to keep the government open through Dec. 4 on a 220-205 vote, but Senate leaders said they would write their own version, setting up a fight before funding runs out Sept. 30.
2mo ago
@HouseAppropsGOPHouse Appropriations (R)
"Too many members in Congress mistake a cliff's edge for political leverage." Today, the House passed H.R. 9770 – a clean, straightforward funding extension that rejects partisan shutdown politics and puts the nation first. Chairman @TomCole's full statement2mo ago · view on X →
@JakeShermanJake Sherman · Punchbowl News
THE HOUSE has passed a stopgap funding bill to keep government open until Dec. 4. Funding runs out Sept. 30. Vote was 220-205. Six Dem yes votes. 1 GOP no. Senate Majority Leader John Thune has said he's crafting his own CR.2mo ago · view on X →
@ktullymcmanusKatherine Tully-McManus · Politico
Sen. Patty Murray tells me she's talked w Collins about a Senate CR w anomalies etc "Let's see what happens in the House... I understand there's some real flaws with it. I am happy to look at a bipartisan CR, but I understand there's some real problems on the House side"2mo ago · view on X →
The Hill
House passes State Department funding bill for fiscal year 2027The House passed an appropriations bill funding the State Department, national security and other programs for fiscal year 2027, sending the measure to the Senate for consideration.
2mo agoNational Security-State
Roll Call
Fiscal 2027 State Department spending bill passed by HouseThe House passed the fiscal 2027 State Department spending bill in a mostly party-line 217-209 vote, shortly after rejecting an amendment that reignited Democratic fissures over Israel.
2mo agoNational Security-State
@HouseAppropsGOPHouse Appropriations (R)
Results require steady leadership. Through long hours and careful deliberation, Chairman @TomColeOK04 and House Appropriators delivered all 12 FY27 appropriations bills through the full committee – with the American people at the center of each measure. Twelve bills. One mission.3mo ago · view on X →
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget
House full committee reports FY2027 Defense bill, 34-27The House Appropriations Committee approved its FY2027 Defense bill, the tenth of twelve bills reported from full committee.
3mo agoDefense
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget
House committee advances FY2027 Homeland Security bill, 34-27The Homeland Security bill cleared full committee on a party-line vote.
4mo agoHomeland Security
AHA News
House committee advances FY2027 Labor-HHS-Education bill, 34-28The largest domestic spending bill was reported from full committee.
4mo agoLabor-HHS
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget
House passes FY2027 Agriculture-FDA bill on the floor, 213-210Agriculture-FDA became the second FY2027 bill to clear the House floor.
4mo agoAgriculture-FDA
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget
House passes FY2027 MilCon-VA bill, 400-15The Military Construction-VA bill (H.R. 8469) passed the House with a large bipartisan margin.
4mo agoMilCon-VA
National Low Income Housing Coalition
Final FY2026 bill signed into law, ending the shutdown. Focus turns to FY2027With the last FY2026 appropriations enacted, the government is funded through Sept. 30 and appropriators pivoted to FY2027.
5mo agoHomeland Security
Forbes
Congress has pumped $2 billion into new university earmarksAbout $2 billion of the FY2026 earmark total went to roughly 800 college and university projects.
7mo ago
Roll Call
Earmarks flood spending bills after a year's hiatusLawmakers enacted nearly $15.5 billion in earmarked funding for fiscal 2026. Patty Murray led the Senate at $484.6 million, with McConnell, Kennedy, and Collins each above $430 million.
7mo ago
CT Mirror
CT secures about $190 million in earmarks from federal billsConnecticut's delegation landed more than $190 million for over 175 projects across the state in the FY2026 spending bills.
8mo ago
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