House and Senate Republicans Rally Behind 2-Step Legislative Strategy to Deliver Trump’s Agenda

A growing GOP coalition supports a two-track reconciliation process to secure border funding and extend Trump-era tax cuts. A growing coalition of House and Senate Republicans has united around a two-step legislative strategy aimed at advancing President-elect Donald Trump’s border security and tax policy agenda in the new Congress. In a letter to incoming Senate

Energy Inspector General Warns Again of Risk in Green Loans Program

The Department of Energy’s rush to fund new green energy projects before the end of President Joe Biden’s presidency has met renewed criticism from the Department of Energy inspector general. In a Dec. 17 interim finding, Inspector General Teri Donaldson warned that $385 billion in new money made available by the Inflation Reduction Act and

Social Security May Get an Overhaul Under New Senate Bill: Here’s What to Know

The Senate is slated to vote on the Social Security Fairness Act this week. The Senate this week will attempt to pass legislation designed to provide full Social Security benefits to millions of American retirees. Senators are due to schedule a test vote on the bill on Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has

Senate set to vote on bill that would expand Social Security to millions

Legislation to expand Social Security benefits to millions of Americans cleared a key hurdle in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday afternoon and is now headed toward a final vote. Senators voted 73-27 to approve a motion to proceed with consideration of the Social Security Fairness Act, according to an unofficial Senate tally shown in a webcast on the