Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and other House leaders face a short, daunting timeline to sway fiscal hawks who are keeping the ...

House Republicans are working to give their “big beautiful bill” a face lift as they try to appease warring factions of the ...

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Surge, a politics newsletter that, like RFK Jr., dutifully puts on its blue jeans and ...

New rules would restrict access to the low-income health insurance program, punish states covering undocumented children, and ...

In a massive setback, House Republicans failed Friday to push their big package of tax breaks and spending cuts through the Budget Committee, as a handful of conservatives joined all Democrats in a ...

The House Budget Committee voted against the reconciliation bill Friday, with 16 members voting in favor of it and 21 voting ...

The Iowa Legislature adjourned Thursday at 6:01 a.m. in the Senate and 6:31 a.m. in the House, finishing the 2025 legislative session with many priorities from the majority party met ...

House Budget Committee lawmakers have left for the weekend without advancing a budget reconciliation package, delaying House Speaker Mike Johnson’s, R-La., plans to have a policy megabill reach the ...

Some Republicans in Lansing acknowledge the state can't absorb a major reduction in federally-funded programs.

While proposed changes to Medicaid have gotten a lot of attention, the Republican budget bill in Congress would also make ...