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Republicans thwarted Democrats plans to vote Thursday on a bill designed to increase affordable housing development in Connecticut, with major zoning reforms.
As the House of Representatives has been debating its one big, beautiful bill this week, the Senate has been considering a contentious vote of its own. On
Senate Republicans are going on offense against Democrats’ claims that reversing California’s de facto national electric vehicle (EV) mandate would
Throughout the 2024 campaign, GOP senators shouted from the rooftops that they would preserve the tactic if they won back the chamber. Whoops.
In a 51-46 vote that fell along party lines, Republicans affirmed their ability to repeal the waivers, clearing the way for the first of three to be withdrawn on Thursday morning.
The director of the Gardner Agricultural Policy Program at the University of Illinois says several aspects of the House-passed budget reconciliation package are likely to face more scrutiny in the U.S.
NYT: Senate Republicans plan to move on Wednesday to overturn California’s landmark vehicle emissions law, using a little-known federal statute that allows Congress to strike down regulations and that Democrats claim would erode the filibuster.
The congressional budget bill, dubbed the "One Big Beautiful Bill' by its Republican authors, is making its way through Congress. Here's what you need to know.