Author: Rachel Schilke and Lauren Green, Washington Examiner

Over 20 protesters were arrested Tuesday for demonstrating inside and outside the Energy and Commerce Committee hearing room as House Republicans mark up a section of the budget megabill tackling reforms to Medicaid. U.S. Capitol Police officers confirmed to the Washington Examiner that 26 people were arrested. The pro-Medicaid protesters, who chanted “no cuts to…

Republicans‘ ambitious time frame to pass President Donald Trump‘s major tax and domestic policy bill by Memorial Day has been extended to July 4 after meetings on Monday. Senate leaders and White House officials are aiming for a summer vote on a massive bill codifying much of President Donald Trump’s agenda. House Republicans, originally promising…

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) muscled the budget resolution through the chamber thanks to help from the top Senate Republican, who assured holdouts that the Senate would be shoulder to shoulder on spending cuts. The last 48 hours have been a rollercoaster for Johnson and House Republicans after over a dozen holdouts refused to vote for…

House Republicans finally heeded advice from President Donald Trump to “close your eyes” and vote for a GOP budget resolution despite several deficit hawks criticizing the lack of spending cuts in the bill in the minutes leading up to its passage. All but two Republicans voted Thursday morning to pass the budget resolution, 216 to…

House Republicans scrapped a vote to advance President Donald Trump’s agenda after it was clear Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) did not have the GOP support needed to pass it on Wednesday night. After huddling with a band of fiscal hawks who want a guarantee on deeper spending cuts, Johnson emerged from the meeting telling reporters…

House GOP leaders are turning to President Donald Trump to convince holdout Republicans to pass a budget resolution this week, though fiscal conservatives say a White House pressure campaign may not be enough. At least 30 House Republicans are standing firm against the Trump-backed budget resolution coming back from the Senate over concerns that the…

A bipartisan bill to codify proxy voting for new parents in the House rules is shaping up to be an ugly fight between rank-and-file Republicans and GOP leaders, and Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) is warning leadership that she isn’t afraid to play “hardball.” Voting by proxy, or allowing another person to cast a vote…