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Call it the Most Not Invulnerable List

1 day ago | rollcall.com | Jason Dick |Nathan Gonzales

Rep. Raul Ruiz, D-Calif., seen here last month in Washington, is one of the members of Congress who is not considered vulnerable in the 2026 election cycle, but could find himself in a tough race depending on circumstances. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Capitol Lens | Markup interuptus

1 day ago | rollcall.com | Tom Williams

Skip to content Capitol Lens | Markup interuptus Demonstrators calling for no cuts to Medicaid funding are removed from the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s markup of Republicans’ reconciliation bill on Tuesday. Recent Stories
Feenstra lays groundwork to run for Iowa governor

1 day ago | rollcall.com | Niels Lesniewski

Republican Rep. Randy Feenstra has filed paperwork to run for governor of Iowa in the 2026 election. Feenstra, a third-term congressman from Hull, Iowa, won his 2024 reelection with over 67 percent of the vote; if he proceeds with a gubernatorial campaign, it would create an open seat in the heavily Republican 4th District. Feenstra first came to Congress after defeating longtime incumbent Rep. Steve King in a Republican primary in 2020.
Capitol Lens | A K-9 shrine

2 days ago | rollcall.com | Tom Williams

Skip to content Capitol Lens | A K-9 shrine Master Police Officer Vann Sayasithsena of Fairfax, Va., lays a rose at the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial on Sunday with K-9 Valor during the National Police K-9 Memorial Service to honor fallen police dogs. Sayasithsena was paying respects to Titan, a Coweta County, Ga., sheriff’s office dog who was killed last November while charging an armed suspect.
Reconciliation would auction 600 megahertz of federal spectrum

2 days ago | rollcall.com | Jacob Fulton

The House Energy and Commerce Committee’s reconciliation text would renew the Federal Communications Commission’s lapsed spectrum auction authority through fiscal 2034 and establish a pipeline of at least 600 megahertz of mid-band spectrum.
This week: Top three House reconciliation markups take center stage

2 days ago | rollcall.com | Niels Lesniewski

More key House committees plan to meet this week to mark up their budget reconciliation plans, after the Energy and Commerce Committee released a series of committee prints Sunday night. The Energy and Commerce Committee’s draft includes significant changes to Medicaid, including work requirements, more frequent eligibility checks on beneficiaries and changes to the way states raise their share of Medicaid funding.
McKernan, in limbo as CFPB nominee, to get a shot at Treasury

5 days ago | rollcall.com | Mark Schoeff Jr.

Jonathan McKernan has become a White House favorite for financial regulatory positions. The Senate has yet to act on McKernan’s nomination to become director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, but the Treasury Department said Friday that President Donald Trump intends to tap him to serve as undersecretary for domestic finance.
Between ‘The Rock’ and a hard place — Congressional Hits and Misses - Roll Call

5 days ago | rollcall.com | Chris Hale

Skip to content Between ‘The Rock’ and a hard place — Congressional Hits and Misses Cabinet secretaries descended on Capitol Hill this week, some with departmental budget requests — and others, without. Other highlights included talk of Alcatraz, the electric slide and monkey dung. Recent Stories
Retired Supreme Court Justice David Souter dies at 85

5 days ago | rollcall.com | Michael Macagnone

The late retired Justice David H. Souter’s time on the Supreme Court has become paradigmatic of profound change on the court, as his 19-year tenure straddled an era of increasing polarization in the nation’s politics and helped shape the modern era of judicial confirmations. Souter, who passed away Thursday at his home in New Hampshire according to a Supreme Court announcement, retired from the high court in 2009 and the vacancy was filled by current Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
Fired Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden in her own words

5 days ago | rollcall.com | Jason Dick

In February 2017, shortly after Carla Hayden was sworn in as the 14th librarian of Congress and the first woman and first African American to hold the position, Roll Call spoke to her about her place in history and the African Americans from the past who inspired her most. Without hesitation, she cited Frederick Douglass and his advocacy for literacy as being one of the reasons she became a librarian. “One should learn to read; you’ll be forever free,” she quoted him.