Capitol agenda: Tulsi Gabbard takes the hot seat
The resignation of former top aide Joe Kent has raised questions around Tulsi Gabbard’s tenure as director of national intelligence.
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Elizabeth Warren backs Mallory McMorrow in Michigan Senate primary
The progressive champion is picking sides in a closely contested Democratic race.
Bacon: Trump leaving NATO would ‘destroy’ Republican Party
Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) on Tuesday warned President Trump that if the U.S. were to leave NATO, it would split and “destroy” the Republican Party. “If he broke up NATO on his own, it would be a civil war in the Republican caucus, or the conference,” Bacon told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins. “Most of us would…
Bipartisan housing affordability bill faces tough road in House
A sweeping bipartisan housing affordability package that overwhelmingly cleared the Senate faces a tough road in the House, where conservatives are signaling they plan to oppose the legislation. The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, spearheaded by Senate Banking Committee Chair Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and ranking member Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), would approve incentives to build…
House Democrats unveil energy policy priorities as Senate talks resume
House Democrats are putting their energy policy priorities forward in a new bill that’s being co-sponsored by more than half of their caucus. The measure, led by Democratic Reps. Sean Casten (Ill.) and Mike Levin (Calif.) would restore climate-friendly energy tax credits repealed by Republicans and prevent the Trump administration from imposing burdens on renewables….
The Senate’s marathon elections debate is dividing Republicans, not Democrats
So far discussions of the SAVE America Act are falling short of the “talking filibuster” conservatives are demanding.
Stratton on track to succeed Durbin: Key takeaways from Illinois primary elections
Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton (D) won Illinois’s marquee Senate primary on Tuesday, defeating two House lawmakers and all but assuring she’ll succeed Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) in the upper chamber. Voters in Illinois headed to the polls to weigh in on primary races that underscored Democratic divides, drew significant outside spending, advanced one former lawmaker’s comeback bid and, in Statton’s race, posed a key test…