For the past decade or so, the party in power has resorted to a procedural tool called reconciliation to pass bills without dealing with the other side. There are limitations to this work-around, said ...

Lawmakers are hoping to advance major bipartisan priorities while playing catch-up on other issues following the shutdown. The House and Senate will both return to regular session this week for the ...

“The appetite for anything reconciliation right now, understandably, is, ‘God, please don’t,’” an energy lobbyist said. Congress’ Republican leaders have handed their members a dream opportunity on a ...

Having adopted President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” (OBBB) by the narrowest of margins, congressional Republicans are preparing to advance a second reconciliation bill. Reconciliation bills are ...

Rep. August Pfluger unveils the Republican Study Committee’s priorities.

President Donald Trump potentially closed the door to another reconciliation bill Tuesday, telling Republican senators at the White House that this summer’s “big beautiful bill” contained “everything” ...

The House and Senate appropriations committees each approved their own versions of the Fiscal Year 2026 Department of Defense Appropriations Act in July, which means that, as lawmakers return from ...

The Senate’s funding bill doesn’t just end the government shutdown; it also provides full-year funding for the U.S. Department of Agriculture through the 2026 fiscal year. It extends programs under ...