Now back at the White House, President Trump has signed over 20 executive actions from the Oval Office tonight. Among them are: A full pardon for approximately 1,500 January 6 defendants Various executive powers with respect to the southern border A realignment of the United States’ refugee program Protecting the United States from certain foreign terrorist […]

Earlier today, the Trump Administration released a “Day 1 Fact Sheet” outlining President Trump’s early executive actions upon taking office. A copy of the Fact Sheet has been posted on the White House’s website here. The President also appointed several dozen political officials to temporarily run federal agencies, boards, and commissions. Following his swearing-in and Capitol-related events, President Trump held […]

During a meeting of the House GOP Conference this past weekend, senior representatives speaking for President-elect Trump and the House GOP Leadership jointly declared their intention to pass one single reconciliation bill to encompass border security, expiring tax cuts, energy production, and possibly an increase in the debt limit and defense spending, paired with mandatory […]

As has been the case for the last two years (and frankly, the last 14), the 118th Congress closed out its legislative session with a high degree of drama prior to passing a short-term funding bill just after the Friday midnight deadline. The House first cleared the measure by a vote of 366-34-1, followed by the Senate […]

After a fraught day of closed-door House GOP discussions led by Speaker Johnson, late this afternoon Johnson released, and President-elect Trump swiftly announced his support for, a revised Continuing Resolution (the American Relief Act of 2025) that includes a two-year debt limit suspension while removing a panoply of items previously included in the CR released […]

Following a day of tumult the House will not be voting on the previously-posted Continuing Resolution (CR) this evening, leaving open what and when they may vote next. That decision follows a difficult day for House GOP leadership, which began with what appeared to be manageable pushback from the House Freedom Caucus, but which grew as the […]

Earlier this evening, House Republican Leadership posted the text of the final negotiated continuing resolution (CR), as well as a bill authored by Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) to offset the emergency disaster relief money included in the CR. The latter is a “messaging bill” that is unlikely to pass under suspension and possibly not under a rule (nor will […]

The House Republican Steering Committee reconvened today to make recommendations for the remaining contested chairmanships for the 119th Congress. And much like Monday’s session, it was another day of surprises, with presumed favorites once again falling short in marquee matchups. First, Representative French Hill (AR) emerged in the four-way race to succeed Chairman Patrick McHenry (NC) atop the […]

The House and Senate will be busy this week as they begin to finish out end-of-year legislative items, most notably passage of the FY25 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which is slated for consideration in the House on Wednesday. After passage of the NDAA, the biggest remaining legislative item to be finalized is a short-term […]

The membership of the House Republican Steering Committee for the 119th Congress is finalized now that the leadership elections have concluded and regional representatives have been selected. The Speaker announced that the reconstituted Steering Committee will meet on December 9 and 12 to interview and elect committee chairs for the 119th Congress. In addition to […]