118th Congress New Senate Chiefs

U.S. Senate

WASHINGTON — The House Subcommittee on Energy will hear from regional grid operators on Tuesday on the challenges they face as the nation demands ever more power and how they plan to address them. The hearing, which is scheduled to begin at 10:15 a.m. on Tuesday... Read More

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday that seeks to shut down the U.S. Education Department. The lingering question is whether his order will be effective in closing the department that has overseen student loans, grants to schools and civil rights in education... Read More

WASHINGTON (AP) — Top Democrats on the House Judiciary and House Oversight committees have filed a lengthy Freedom of Information Act request questioning whether the Trump administration’s DOGE Service is operating “outside the bounds of federal law,” The Associated Press has learned. Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland and... Read More

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate passed stopgap legislation Friday to keep the federal government funded through Sept. 30 and to avoid a shutdown that would have further damaged a precarious U.S. economy. The legislation includes $7 billion in funding cuts that Democrats said will fall most... Read More

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan resolution that would allow proxy voting in the House by members who are also new parents is headed for a vote in the chamber despite the opposition of House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La. The resolution, introduced by Reps. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla.,... Read More

WASHINGTON — The House approved legislation Tuesday to keep the federal government operating through Sept 30. The resolution now goes to the Senate where Republicans hold a 53-47 majority. The budget resolution is a short-term measure implemented because Congress has been unable to agree on an... Read More