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House ramps up security offerings heading into August recess - Roll Call

Members of Congress have clamored for enhanced measures to keep them safe, particularly while in their home districts.

Roll Call · Jul 22, 2025

House GOP leaders cancel Thursday votes - Roll Call

Appropriations Chairman Tom Cole, R-Okla., said he still plans to mark up all three bills on his panel's calendar this week.

Roll Call · Jul 22, 2025

Democrats confront appropriations trust deficit with White House - Roll Call

Democrats say they face a test of faith on whether to trust a bipartisan appropriations process for the next fiscal year.

Roll Call · Jul 22, 2025

Murphy, Tillis gain support for bill on Camp Lejeune litigation - Roll Call

Support is building for a bill to revise a law allowing victims of contaminated water at Camp Lejeune to seek damages from the government.

Roll Call · Jul 21, 2025

When secrecy starts in your own backyard, so does activism - Roll Call

“At the state and local level, this is where you can touch your government much more easily right now,” says author Miranda Spivack.

Roll Call · Jul 21, 2025

Grand Canyon fire is new blow to Park Service hit by staff cuts - Roll Call

​The wildfire that destroyed a Grand Canyon lodge this month was the latest blow to the National Park Service staffing and funding cuts.

Roll Call · Jul 21, 2025

Thune seeks to kick off appropriations on Senate floor - Roll Call

The big question on Capitol Hill this week is whether Senate Democrats agree to help kick off the appropriations process.

Roll Call · Jul 21, 2025

CBO finds health agency cuts would result in fewer new drugs - Roll Call

Potential NIH and FDA cuts could lower the number of new drugs that come to market in the next three decades, according to a CBO analysis.

Roll Call · Jul 18, 2025

Judge tosses lawsuit regarding FBI agents’ identity - Roll Call

A federal judge tossed a lawsuit from FBI officials worried that the Trump administration would reveal their identities.

Roll Call · Jul 18, 2025

Former Rep. William Lacy Clay Sr. dies at age 94 - Roll Call

Democratic former Rep. William Lacy Clay Sr., a St. Louis powerbroker who became Missouri’s first elected Black member of Congress, has died.

Roll Call · Jul 18, 2025