Mia McCarthy

Washington, D.C., United States

Capitol Hill Reporter at POLITICO

Capitol Hill reporter @politico & co-author of Inside Congress | Boston girl | 🇵🇭 | email me: mmccarthy(@)politico(dot)com

Articles

Capitol agenda: Senate says SALT isn’t settled

2 days ago | politico.com | Mia McCarthy |Ben Leonard |Lisa Kashinsky
Inside Congress Live

2 days ago | politico.com | Mia McCarthy |Ben Leonard |Lisa Kashinsky
Senate says SALT isn’t settled

2 days ago | politico.com | Lisa Kashinsky |Mia McCarthy |Ben Leonard

IN TODAY’S EDITION:— Senate GOP eyes slashing the SALT deal…— … and zeroing out CFPB funding— Tuberville raises alarm over SNAP cuts Senate tax writers left a White House meeting with President Donald Trump with major tax policy fights unresolved. | Francis Chung/POLITICO Pity Speaker Mike Johnson this morning.
Inside Congress Live

5 days ago | politico.com | Mia McCarthy |Ben Leonard |Lisa Kashinsky
Capitol agenda: Thune stares down ‘Medicaid moderates’

5 days ago | politico.com | Mia McCarthy |Ben Leonard |Lisa Kashinsky
Thune stares down ‘Medicaid moderates’

5 days ago | politico.com | Lisa Kashinsky |Mia McCarthy |Ben Leonard

IN TODAY’S EDITION:— The Senate megabill talks to watch this week— Appropriations season ramps up— Chris Murphy launches PAC Sen. Josh Hawley is among the "Medicaid moderates" Majority Leader John Thune will need to win over to pass the megabill. | AP It’s megabill crunch time in the Senate. Arm-twisting over what to change in the House-passed version of the “big, beautiful” bill will largely play out behind closed doors the next few days.
Politico: Inside Congress – Exclusive: Schumer’s new megabill play | Senate Democratic Leadership

1 week ago | democrats.senate.gov | Lisa Kashinsky |Mia McCarthy |Ben Leonard

By Lisa Kashinsky, Mia McCarthy and Ben Leonard Chuck Schumer tells us Democrats have a ripe new target in their fight against the megabill: leveraging Republican infighting over whether to eviscerate clean-energy credits. In an exclusive interview with Lisa Thursday, the Senate minority leader said his caucus is looking to make it politically untenable for Majority Leader John Thune and his members to follow House Republicans in gutting green credits under the Biden-era climate law.
Exclusive: Schumer’s new megabill play

1 week ago | politico.com | Lisa Kashinsky |Mia McCarthy |Ben Leonard

IN TODAY’S EDITION:— Schumer zeroes in on clean-energy credits— Oversight race heats up — Megabill could hit hospitals hard Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is looking to leverage Republicans' divisions over clean-energy credit rollbacks. | AP Chuck Schumer tells us Democrats have a ripe new target in their fight against the megabill: leveraging Republican infighting over whether to eviscerate clean-energy credits.
A busy June takes shape

1 week ago | politico.com | Jordain Carney |Mia McCarthy |Lisa Kashinsky |Ben Leonard

IN TODAY’S EDITION:— How the Senate plans to write the megabill— House GOP preps for rescissions— Republicans quiet on Trump tariff block Senate Majority Leader John Thune will have a busy month pushing Donald Trump's megabill through his chamber. | Francis Chung/POLITICO A busy June on Capitol Hill is coming into focus as John Thune prepares to muscle President Donald Trump’s “one big, beautiful bill” through the Senate and Mike Johnson takes up spending cuts in the House.
Musk bashes the megabill

1 week ago | politico.com | Lisa Kashinsky |Mia McCarthy |Ben Leonard

IN TODAY’S EDITION:— Musk meddles in the megabill — Capitol Police chief’s final warning — Thune pressured on Russia sanctions bill Elon Musk blasted Republicans' megabill Tuesday, in a major break with President Donald Trump and GOP congressional leaders. | J. Scott Applewhite/AP Elon Musk blew up a government funding deal days before a Christmastime shutdown deadline. Now he could derail President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful” tax-and-spending bill.