‘Save the Senate’? Duo floats big changes to chamber rules
Two years ago, Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., published a book about restoring the so-called talking filibuster and repairing what he describes as a “broken” system in the Senate. Now he’s forming an unlikely duo with Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., to push a sweeping proposal to overhaul the chamber’s rules. “America today is larger, busier and […]
Pa. Democrat denies DHS allegation her campaign hired undocumented immigrant
LEMOYNE, Pa. – Janelle Stelson, the Democrat challenging Pennsylvania Rep. Scott Perry for a second time, denied Thursday that her campaign had employed an undocumented immigrant who recently pleaded guilty to a disorderly conduct charge. “We don’t know this individual. Everybody hired goes through me, so I would know,” Stelson said at a news conference […]
Pallone bill would drop surprise billing law’s arbitration process
A 2020 law intended to protect patients from “surprise” medical bills would get an overhaul under a bill introduced Thursday by Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. The New Jersey Democrat’s bill would replace the law’s arbitration process that insurers and providers use to reach a decision on […]
Trump on the stump: Extreme lines, vague threats
The remark from President Donald Trump came out of nowhere as he was speaking at a defense manufacturing facility under a beaming sun in Baltimore on Tuesday. “Director of the Office of Management and Budget Russ Vought, who is fantastic, he’s done a job,” Trump said, delivering shout-outs while standing in front of a naval […]
Warner pitches health care expansion as he preps for swan song
Democratic Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia is leaning into a major expansion of U.S. health insurance coverage as he prepares for what’s likely to be his final term in office, in contrast to his earlier years on Capitol Hill marked by a more centrist approach to health care. With health coverage for airport workers being […]
Supreme Court asked to weigh political ad rates
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to step into a lower court dispute over television advertising rates paid by political candidates and joint fundraising committees weeks before the midterm elections. The application asked the justices to set aside a 2-1 ruling issued Wednesday by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th […]
Red-dyed diesel order unlikely to stem red ink from high prices
A White House bid to address sky-high fuel prices by allowing temporary expanded use of untaxed diesel will have a limited impact on businesses and consumers feeling the pain at the pump, experts say. President Donald Trump signed an executive order while at a Nebraska campaign event on Monday allowing the sale of red-dyed diesel […]
DeGette talks legacy as her party shifts left
Rep. Diana DeGette has a message for the new blood in the Democratic Party. The wave of hard-left candidates who are eyeing seats in Congress will face a stark political reality if they pursue a premature and overly ambitious health care agenda right off the bat. “All of these radicals who are coming to the […]
Trump reverses course on publicly funded TV political ads
President Donald Trump announced Monday night that taxpayers will no longer pick up the tab for political TV advertisements promoting himself and administration policies. Facing a public backlash from lawmakers of both parties, Trump said in a post on his Truth Social site that he would in part use money raised by a super PAC, […]
Crypto industry PAC gives to 32 House incumbents, on both sides
A major crypto industry PAC announced Monday it would donate $1 million each to six House candidates — three Republicans and three Democrats — as part of a spending effort that encompasses 32 campaigns. Fairshake PAC said it is giving $1 million each to three top House Financial Services panel Republicans — French Hill of Arkansas, the […]