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1 week ago | nbcnews.com | Sahil Kapur |Scott Wong |Kyle Stewart |Syedah Asghar

WASHINGTON — Republicans on Capitol Hill are scrambling to resolve intense divisions over Medicaid as they hammer out a key piece of their massive bill for President Donald Trump’s agenda with hopes of advancing it through a House committee next week.

1 week ago | nbcnews.com | Scott Wong

WASHINGTON — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Monday night that she won’t seek the top Democratic post on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, the panel that would be in the strongest position to investigate the Trump administration if Democrats were to win back the chamber next year. Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., ran for the coveted position in December but was defeated by a more senior member of the committee, Rep.

1 week ago | nbcnews.com | Scott Wong |Frank Thorp V |Julie Tsirkin |Kate Santaliz

WASHINGTON — The leadership election to succeed retiring Sen. Dick Durbin as the No. 2 Democrat in the chamber is a year and a half away, but Sen. Brian Schatz is already racking up endorsements. Since Durbin, 80, of Illinois, announced last week that he wouldn't seek re-election in 2026, Schatz, 52, of Hawaii, has been aggressively working behind the scenes to consolidate support for the post of Senate Democratic whip, having key allies speak to colleagues and securing at least eight endorsements.

1 week ago | nbcnews.com | Sahil Kapur |Scott Wong |Kyle Stewart

WASHINGTON — Republicans are at loggerheads over the fate of a controversial tax deduction that is critical to winning enough votes in the House to pass President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda. After a week of meetings and discussions, Republicans still haven’t settled on how to handle the state and local tax deduction, also known as “SALT,” which allows filers to deduct up to $10,000 in taxes paid to state and local governments.

2 weeks ago | nbcnews.com | Scott Wong |Melanie Zanona |Julie Tsirkin |Syedah Asghar

WASHINGTON — Republicans are already hitting some snags as they begin the work of crafting a bill for President Donald Trump’s sweeping domestic policy agenda. And they haven’t even made some of their hardest decisions yet. Fresh off a two-week recess, House committees have begun marking up their respective pieces of the package, which aims to extend Trump's 2017 tax cuts, boost funding for immigration enforcement and the military, and increase the debt ceiling.