Greg Giroux

1 week ago | news.bgov.com | Celine Castronuovo |Greg Giroux |Rebecca Klar |Katherine Rizzo

30% Health-Program Cut Under DiscussionAn internal Trump administration document shows the array of health programs proposed for fiscal 2026 extinction, Nyah Phengsitthy and Celine Castronuovo report. Under discussion: a budget that would ask Congress to provide no money for rural hospital grants in fiscal 2026. Also zero for state offices of rural health, the HHS Office of Civil Rights, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, and other HHS health offices.

1 week ago | news.bgov.com | Greg Giroux

Michigan Republican Mike Rogers, a former House member who lost the second-closest Senate election of 2024, will make a second bid to rejoin the chamber next year from one of the nation’s premier swing states at the midpoint of President Donald Trump’s second term.

1 week ago | news.bgov.com | Jonathan Tamari |Greg Giroux

Congressional Republicans’ biggest goals faced a roadblock when their top two leaders called a rare joint news conference Thursday morning. With a crucial vote looming, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) saw their conferences clashing over the outlines of a massive plan to cut taxes, slash spending, and boost border security, an all-eggs-in-one-basket attempt to capitalize on unified control in Washington.

3 weeks ago | news.bgov.com | Maeve Sheehey |Greg Giroux

Slower blue-state population gains are a looming problem for Democrats, swing-district Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-N.Y.) said in an interview with Bloomberg Government Wednesday. Suozzi, who represents a largely suburban Long Island-Queens district President Donald Trump won in 2024, served in the House during the first Trump administration before retiring for an unsuccessful gubernatorial bid.

4 weeks ago | news.bgov.com | Greg Giroux

Congress may become less adept at lawmaking thanks to a string of recent and upcoming Senate departures from both sides of the aisle. Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.), who isn’t seeking re-election in 2026, was the most effective senator in the 118th Congress, according to a report and statistics released Tuesday by the Center for Effective Lawmaking. Peters topped the list for the third straight Congress. Ex-Sen.