Maeve Sheehey

Washington, D.C., United States

Hill Reporter at Bloomberg Government

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Johnson Quells House Floor Rebellions With Little-Known Levers

2 weeks ago | news.bgov.com | Maeve Sheehey

Speaker Mike Johnson has kept an iron grip on which legislation hits the House floor this year, wielding his power through esoteric procedural levers via the powerful Rules Committee. In the most recent case, the leadership-appointed panel of nine Republicans, voting against four Democrats, on Wednesday advanced a procedural rule that would allow the House to debate and vote on a GOP budget bill.
House Republicans Break Ranks to Challenge Trump Tariff Power

2 weeks ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Maeve Sheehey

A House Republican plan to curb President Donald Trump’s power to levy broad tariffs is gaining bipartisan support, a sign of widening anxiety on Capitol Hill over the White House’s trade strategy. A day after Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) introduced the bill, he picked up the support of another Republican: Rep. Jeff Hurd, a freshman from a swing district in Colorado. Also signing onto the measure are Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.), the top Democrat on Foreign Affairs, and Rep.
House Republicans Break Ranks to Challenge Trump Tariff Power

2 weeks ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Maeve Sheehey

A House Republican plan to curb President Donald Trump’s power to levy broad tariffs is gaining bipartisan support, a sign of widening anxiety on Capitol Hill over the White House’s trade strategy. A day after Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) introduced the bill, he picked up the support of another Republican: Rep. Jeff Hurd, a freshman from a swing district in Colorado. Also signing onto the measure are Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.), the top Democrat on Foreign Affairs, and Rep.
GOP Proxy Voting Deal Is Likely Unworkable in Divided US House

2 weeks ago | news.bgov.com | Maeve Sheehey

A deal between House Speaker Mike Johnson and Rep. Anna Paulina Luna to head off Luna’s drive to establish proxy voting for new parents is unlikely to result in absent lawmakers influencing floor votes. By backing down on the proxy voting push, Luna (R-Fla.) handed a win to the speaker. But Luna’s consolation prize — a return to congressional “vote pairing” — likely won’t serve as a real-life substitute for new mothers getting to vote remotely.
Democrats' Trump Tariff Gambit Risks Extra Chaos for Speaker

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

House Democrats are looking to force a vote on President Donald Trump’s wide-ranging tariffs, after the Senate passed a rebuke with support from all Democrats and four Republicans. If successful, their plan could create a new headache for Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), whose floor is already scuttled by a separate dispute with rank-and-file members.
Democrats' Trump Tariff Gambit Risks Extra Chaos for Speaker

3 weeks ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Maeve Sheehey |Robin Meszoly

House Democrats are looking to force a vote on President Donald Trump’s wide-ranging tariffs, after the Senate passed a rebuke with support from all Democrats and four Republicans. If successful, their plan could create a new headache for Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), whose floor is already scuttled by a separate dispute with rank-and-file members.
Blue-State Exodus Poses Risk to Democrats, Warns NY Lawmaker

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.
House Rejects Push by GOP Leaders to Block Proxy Voting

3 weeks ago | news.bgov.com | Maeve Sheehey |Suzanne Monyak

House Republican leaders failed today to block a bid to allow new parents to vote by proxy in the House. Nine Republicans across the ideological spectrum — including Reps. Nick LaLota (R-N.Y.), Jeff Van Drew (R-N.J.), and Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) — joined Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) to oppose a rule that would have in effect killed the proxy voting push. It was a notable defeat for Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) who has opposed allowing members to vote without being present in the chamber.
GOP Budget Could Ease Initial Trump Tariff ‘Discomfort’: McClain

3 weeks ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Maeve Sheehey

Congressional Republicans must advance their budget to alleviate short-term market pressures resulting from President Donald Trump’s broad tariffs, the House’s No. 4 leader told Bloomberg Government on Monday. “We are going to have some short-term discomfort for those long-term gains,” Conference Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) said in an interview at the Capitol, just two days before Trump rolls out reciprocal tariffs on US trading partners.
GOP Budget Could Ease Initial Trump Tariff ‘Discomfort’: McClain

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

Congressional Republicans must advance their budget to alleviate short-term market pressures resulting from President Donald Trump’s broad tariffs, the House’s No. 4 leader told Bloomberg Government on Monday. “We are going to have some short-term discomfort for those long-term gains,” Conference Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) said in an interview at the Capitol, just two days before Trump rolls out reciprocal tariffs on US trading partners.