HEADLINES - Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct when both were in high school, is scheduled to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee. ...more
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• The House will continue working through appropriations bills and also plans to take up legislation to reform the Affordable Care Act (ACA)....more
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Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh begins his hearing at the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey faces lawmakers in both chambers.
Congressional primaries Tuesday in Massachusetts and...more
HEADLINES - President Donald Trump will visit Florida and Pennsylvania to hold rallies in support of Republican Senate candidates....more
HEADLINES - President Donald Trump has two Midwest trips scheduled this week, while he continues to face bipartisan criticism on his performance last week in Europe....more
7/23/2018
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• President Donald Trump today returns from Europe after high-profile meetings with NATO leaders, British government officials and royalty, and Russian president Vladimir Putin....more
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• President Trump at 9 p.m. Monday is scheduled to announce his nominee to replace Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy.
• Tuesday, Trump leaves for Europe for high-profile meetings with NATO leaders,...more
HEADLINES - The House intends to try again on immigration legislation, which it punted last week. Even amid the increased scrutiny over migrant families separated at the U.S. southern border, it’s unclear whether the House...more
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President Donald Trump on Wednesday will hold a rally in Duluth, Minnesota.
The House plans again to take up several bills aimed at addressing the opioid crisis, and merge them into one; votes are also...more
HEADLINES - President Donald Trump on Tuesday (9 p.m. ET Monday in the United States) will participate in his long-awaited meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un – including an initial one-on-one session....more
HEADLINES - Congress returns from Memorial Day recess with the Senate in session today and the House reconvening Tuesday. ...more
Foreign policy – particularly trade with China and the standoffs with Iran and North Korea – is likely to compete for attention this week among policymakers in the Trump administration and on Capitol Hill....more
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Foreign policy figures lead the news again this week. Today, several senior White House officials will visit Israel to mark the opening of a new, relocated U.S. embassy in Jerusalem. ...more
HEADLINES - Foreign policy is likely to lead headlines this week, as President Trump plans to decide whether the U.S. will remain in President Obama’s Iran nuclear deal, and he may also announce specifics on a plan to meet...more
TRUMP TO RELEASE FISCAL 2019 BUDGET THIS MORNING -
The White House this morning is releasing President Trump’s fiscal 2019 budget blueprint, which will include funding requests for HHS, FDA, CMS and dozens of other...more
Congress is expected this week to approve a fifth stopgap budget bill to keep the government open in advance of a Thursday shutdown deadline, and key healthcare provisions could be included in the budget package.
If...more
President Donald Trump is considering appointing lawmakers to a bipartisan commission that would develop strategies to lower prescription drug prices, while senators last week called for greater transparency into how...more
President Trump’s announcement Friday that he would stop cost-sharing payments to insurance companies triggered a firestorm on Capitol Hill, with lawmakers in both parties calling on Congress to restore the funding...more
The chairman of a Senate healthcare committee outlined a key test for stabilizing the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) shaky individual marketplace: Both Republicans and Democrats will have to give a little.
That formula has...more
Some Republican lawmakers, led by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), are pushing new plans to overhaul the Affordable Care Act (ACA), but other policy priorities and tight legislative deadlines this month are likely to thwart...more
Congressional Republicans and President Donald Trump face a series of key questions about how or whether to fortify the Affordable Care Act – particularly in the law’s beleaguered individual exchanges – after the Senate last...more
8/1/2017
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Senate Republicans face a key procedural vote this week that would allow for debate of their healthcare legislation, but significant uncertainty remains about whether GOP senators can meet that procedural hurdle, what the...more
7/25/2017
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Delayed Senate Health Vote Boon to GOP or Just Prolonging the Inevitable?
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s announcement that he would delay a key procedural vote scheduled for this week on the Republicans’...more
Senate Reconvenes but No Health Votes Expected This Week -
The Senate reconvenes today following the Fourth of July recess, but senators are at least a week away – and perhaps even longer – from voting on legislation to...more
Senate Republicans return to Washington this week after a 10-day recess facing a key inflection point in their effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) as GOP leaders will outline policy options they hope...more
6/6/2017
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