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House Speaker Mike Johnson is urging GOP senators to exercise caution in making changes to the sweeping megabill passed through the House last week. "I encourage them to do their work, of course, as we all anticipate,
Calling a move to block a ban on the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035 "illegal" and "an unconstitutional attack," Newsom vowed to take the fight to court.
Senate Republicans say changes are coming for the sprawling domestic policy bill carrying President Trump’s agenda. Their colleagues who took political risks to push it through the House might not like them.
President Donald Trump urged the Senate to act on his massive tax and immigration package “as soon as possible” following narrow passage by the House early Thursday. Changes in the legislation are expected in the Senate.
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Before Speaker Mike Johnson could get his first real stretch of sleep in three days, the House GOP’s painstakingly drafted “big, beautiful bill” was running into resistance in the Senate.
The measure would boost funding for border security and the Defense Department, eliminate taxes on tips and overtime, provide a new tax deduction to seniors and renew the 2017 tax cuts passed during the first Trump administration.
The Senate has voted to block California’s first-in-the nation rule banning the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035.
SB 37, the sweeping higher education bill of the 89th session, will face a final vote in the House before the Senate considers changes.
The 2026 midterms will prove crucial to Democrats and Republicans as both chambers of Congress hang in the balance.
The first-term Pennsylvania Democrat said his openness about his mental health issues has been “weaponized” against him, prompting him to start showing up for votes and hearings he considers useless.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune has argued that the ability to write off state and local taxes only benefits homeowners in high-tax states.