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4 days ago | 
notus.org | Helen Huiskes |Ursula Perano
When Senate Republicans entered their weekly closed-door lunch on Tuesday, lawmakers said they were eager to make progress on their massive reconciliation bill. By the time they came out of that meeting, however — after Elon Musk trashed the legislation as a “disgusting abomination” and a “massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill” — Republicans seemed even further from consensus.
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4 days ago | 
notus.org | Ursula Perano |Helen Huiskes
Senate Republicans are trying to quickly move forward with the reconciliation bill. It won’t be easy. “There’s going to be a lot of trade-offs in this whole negotiation,” Sen. John Cornyn told reporters Monday evening. “How do we knit 51 senators together?
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1 week ago | 
notus.org | Ursula Perano |Em Luetkemeyer
House Republicans painstakingly crafted a reconciliation bill that could hold different factions of the GOP conference together, delicately balancing the demands of conservatives with vulnerable Republicans from blue states. The Senate is about to disregard all of that.
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2 weeks ago | 
timesofsandiego.com | Anna Kramer |Ursula Perano |Em Luetkemeyer
Senate Republicans voted 51-44 to overturn California’s electric-vehicle mandate via the Congressional Review Act on Thursday, defying the Government Accountability Office and the Senate parliamentarian.
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2 weeks ago | 
notus.org | Anna Kramer |Ursula Perano |Em Luetkemeyer
Senate Republicans voted 51-44 to overturn California’s electric-vehicle mandate via the Congressional Review Act on Thursday, defying the Government Accountability Office and the Senate parliamentarian.
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2 weeks ago | 
notus.org | Ursula Perano |Em Luetkemeyer
House Republicans aren’t on the same page on Medicaid cuts. But they appear to be reading from an entirely different book than the Senate — and maybe even President Donald Trump. On Tuesday, Trump told House Republicans not to “fuck” with Medicaid in the reconciliation bill. It should have been a rough wake-up call for conservatives, who want Medicaid rollbacks to pay for their newfound policy initiatives, though many seemed to be interpreting Trump’s comments in creative ways.
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2 weeks ago | 
notus.org | Reese Gorman |Daniella Diaz |Ursula Perano
With the GOP’s Texas Senate primary already getting nasty, many Republicans are nervous that Sen. John Cornyn can only beat Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton if President Donald Trump intervenes — and sources said that seems unlikely at the moment. Several polls show Cornyn trailing. But the severity of the situation became clear last week when Cornyn touted a poll on X showing him down 16 points, reasoning that Paxton’s lead is “shrinking already.” “He must be getting nervous,” Cornyn wrote.
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3 weeks ago | 
timesofsandiego.com | Ursula Perano |Helen Huiskes
Senate Republicans want to overturn an electric vehicle law in California via the Congressional Review Act. The only problem? The Senate parliamentarian says Republicans can’t do it using the CRA. Republican leaders say senators should just ignore her. It’s a disagreement that may seem wonky and small, but it could have massive policy implications — both for future uses of the Congressional Review Act and for reconciliation.
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3 weeks ago | 
notus.org | Ursula Perano
Congress Sens. Chris Murphy, Brian Schatz, and Cory Booker ride an elevator in Ford Building before a meeting with Congressional Budget Office Director Keith Hall. It’s an already-made-for-TV story: Three politicians, all close friends, all rising to power at the same time. For Sens. Chris Murphy, Brian Schatz and Cory Booker, it’s reality. All three men are entering new phases of power and influence.
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3 weeks ago | 
notus.org | Helen Huiskes |Ursula Perano
As Trump meets with leaders across the Middle East, Senate Democrats — led by Sen. Peter Welch — are urging the White House to get food and aid to Gaza.
