House GOP preps all-in-one budget blueprint for committee vote - Roll Call House Republicans are plowing ahead with a budget resolution markup on Thursday before the chamber’s scheduled one-week recess begins. Roll Call · Feb 11, 2025
Senate tries again on thorny issue of kids online safety - Roll Call A bipartisan Senate bill to ban social media access for kids younger than 13 is facing pushback from digital rights and tech trade groups. Roll Call · Feb 11, 2025
Rail accuses truck industry of coasting on highway tax ‘subsidy’ - Roll Call Railroads are pushing lawmakers to hike taxes on trucks to fix a crisis-level problem of federal road and bridge funding. Roll Call · Feb 11, 2025
Senate advances Gabbard’s nomination to become DNI - Roll Call Senate clears a procedural hurdle on nomination of Tulsi Gabbard to become director of national intelligence. Roll Call · Feb 10, 2025
Tim Curran, former Roll Call editor ‘who loved watching others succeed,’ dies at 57 Tim Curran, a longtime editor with Roll Call and The Washington Post, was found dead in his Washington, D.C., home on Sunday. He was 57. Roll Call · Feb 10, 2025
Fate unclear for White House environmental quality office - Roll Call The future of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, established in 1970, is uncertain in the Trump administration. Roll Call · Feb 10, 2025
Judge temporarily blocks NIH research cuts after 22 states sue - Roll Call Lawsuit comes after Friday's announcement that the NIH would limit the indirect costs it will pay grantees to 15 percent of a grant. Roll Call · Feb 10, 2025
Detention center in Cuba sparks concerns about costs, migrant rights - Roll Call The detention of migrants at Guantánamo Bay is poised to spark a new chapter of legal challenges about the rights of those kept there. Roll Call · Feb 10, 2025
Budget reconciliation stalls - Roll Call House leaders had to punt on plans for a Budget Committee markup early this week as Republicans continue to squabble over the size of a budget reconciliation package and how to pay for it. CQ Roll Call’s Caitlin Reilly and David Lerman assess the status of budget negotiations, the timing… Roll Call · Feb 10, 2025
Sorting out the facts on ‘waste and abuse’ at USAID - Roll Call Funding for three of the four projects highlighted came from the State Department for cultural activities on behalf of various embassies. Roll Call · Feb 10, 2025
Trump administration pans judge's order limiting Treasury system access - Roll Call The Trump administration urged a federal judge to roll back an order that restricted access to a critical Treasury Department payment system. Roll Call · Feb 10, 2025
Kennedy, Gabbard nominations top this week's congressional to-do list - Roll Call the Senate has another busy week of confirming President Donald Trump’s nominees, with the most contentious coming up first. Roll Call · Feb 10, 2025
Voting in House dipped in 2024 amid health issues and campaigns Health-related issues drove a drop in attendance among House lawmakers in 2024, CQ Roll Call's annual vote studies found. Roll Call · Feb 10, 2025
Johnson: Budget blueprint not ready for prime time - Roll Call Tentative plans for a House Budget Committee markup this week may now be postponed as GOP lawmakers search for agreement. Roll Call · Feb 9, 2025
Roll Call · Feb 7, 2025 Federal judge orders pause on USAID administrative leave - Roll Call A federal judge said he would temporarily order the government not to place USAID employees on administrative leave.
Roll Call · Feb 7, 2025 Trump gives DOGE new marching orders as Japan’s Ishiba tries a little flattery - Roll Call President Trump was praised by his Japanese counterpart Friday as he handed out new marching orders to Elon Musk and his DOGE team.
Roll Call · Feb 7, 2025 Graham unveils budget blueprint ahead of markup next week - Roll Call The Senate fiscal 2025 budget resolution aims to boost border and military spending and expand domestic energy production.
Roll Call · Feb 7, 2025 US ordered not to release list of FBI agents tied to Jan. 6 cases - Roll Call A judge ordered the Trump administration to not make public a list of FBI agents involved in cases tied to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack.
Roll Call · Feb 7, 2025 Photos of the week ending February 7, 2025 - Roll Call Confirmations of administration officials continued this week as Democrats pushed back on Elon Musk's efforts to make controversial cuts.
Roll Call · Feb 7, 2025 Trump reboots AI policy - Roll Call President Donald Trump is scrapping Biden-era protections against biased algorithms in a move that some say will let AI proliferate unchecked.
Roll Call · Feb 7, 2025 House Republicans to work through weekend on budget package - Roll Call House Republican leaders emerged from a meeting without an agreement on the budget reconciliation bill they’ve been talking about for weeks.
Roll Call · Feb 6, 2025 Firebrand Vought confirmed as White House budget director - Roll Call Russ Vought will be White House budget director for the second time after a party-line confirmation vote in the Republican-controlled Senate.
Roll Call · Feb 6, 2025 Community health centers caught up in funding freeze - Roll Call Funding delays have pushed several community health centers nationwide to close or cut back on staff, citing issues accessing federal funding.
Roll Call · Feb 6, 2025 Democrats, seeking answers on cuts, turned away at EPA - Roll Call Democratic members of Congress unsuccessfully tried to meet with EPA officials Thursday over frozen funds and proposed cuts.
Roll Call · Feb 6, 2025 District judge pauses federal buyout offer on day of deadline - Roll Call A federal judge in Massachusetts paused the Trump administration’s federal employee buyout offer ahead of its deadline Thursday.