Jodey Arrington

Senators on both sides of the aisle are quietly hopeful about avoiding a third government shutdown this year

Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson wants to move all three priorities through Congress as quickly as possible

President Trump expressed growing frustration with Senate Republicans and Majority Leader John Thune over their failure to pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act before the August recess

On Tuesday, House Budget Chair Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) introduced legislation to boost funding to fight health care fraud

Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson wants to move all three priorities through Congress as quickly as possible

Republicans on the House Budget Committee have introduced legislation that provides federal investigators with $28 billion through 2030 to fight health care fraud

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) wants to hold a conspicuously early vote on a short-term funding bill next week — more than two months before the government runs out of money

With November's midterm elections just months away, Republicans think they have found the key to passing President Donald Trump's long-stalled top election priority

It essentially guarantees that House Republicans will fail to meet an ambitious deadline of adopting a budget resolution before the July 4 holiday, let alone passing a reconciliation bill ahead of the monthlong August recess

GOP advances big defense boost

A powerful pro-Israel lobbying group has welcomed the defeat of a veteran Democratic lawmaker after a high-profile primary battle in Texas reshaped the political map and exposed wider divisions over Israel and U.S. politics

The scale of the political challenges facing Republicans were further underscored Tuesday with the administration’s latest cost estimate for the Iran war surpassing $29 billion and a brutal inflation report showing gas, grocery and housing prices surging last month amid the conflict

GOP leaders are struggling to fulfill the chamber’s most basic role on issues from government funding to authorizing critical spy powers that President Donald Trump himself has demanded, all just months before a critical midterm election

Speaker Mike Johnson is hoping to advance an extension of Section 702 this afternoon

Speaker Mike Johnson will try to advance three GOP priorities today

Speaker Mike Johnson is hoping to advance an extension of Section 702 this afternoon

Republicans in the United States Senate have passed a resolution to fund US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the first step in ending a months-long standoff sparked by opposition to US President Donald Trump’s mass deportation drive

House Republicans thwarted an attempt by Democrats to pass a war powers resolution on Thursday that would block President Trump unilaterally restarting hostilities with Iran

Congressional Democrats largely repudiated the notion of pursuing long-shot maneuvers like impeachment or the 25th Amendment a year ago

Two-week truce with Tehran leaves Trump mere days to finalise a deal before a legal cut-off triggers a high-stakes clash with Congress

American B-2 stealth bombers take off to 'eliminate Iranian regime threat'

Republican lawmakers are reportedly considering healthcare changes to help fund the war in Iran and Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Both chambers are set to take off for a two-week recess starting tomorrow

The legislative effort — which could take weeks to play out and has no guarantee of success — comes amid a protracted standoff with Democrats over the partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which has led to lengthy lines at Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoints at some airports

House Budget Chair Jodey Arrington is in informal talks with Senate Budget Chair Lindsey Graham about a second reconciliation bill to fund the Pentagon — and potentially DHS

Seven of the NCAA tournament Sweet 16 teams hail from the Midwest

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed the forthcoming supplemental request during a press conference Thursday, but stressed the figure “could move.”

Spending tens or hundreds of billions of dollars on the war could lead Republicans to further slash safety-net programs as they did in last year’s “big, beautiful bill” — creating a messaging bonanza for Democrats

House Republicans are promising a supplemental funding package aimed at replenishing U.S. weapon stockpiles and bolstering defenses abroad, as the Trump administration’s military operation against Iran ramps up

Republicans need near unanimity for passage

President Donald Trump outlined five key items he believes will tip the upcoming midterm elections in the GOP’s favor — if Republicans can muscle them through Congress

Once, Republicans were headed for a second, embarrassing failed attempt to impeach then-President Joe Biden’s Homeland Security chief because of internal disputes — unless they could round up one more GOP vote

Three F-15E jets shot down by friendly fire in Kuwait are estimated to cost $100 million alone

The plan, unveiled by Republican Study Committee Chair August Pfluger and House Budget Committee Chair Jodey Arrington on Tuesday, covers a number of issues—such as increasing access to homeownership, lowering drug prices, expanding access to health care, reducing energy bills and cutting "wasteful" government spending