Lindsey McPherson

Senators quickly run into roadblocks to fixing the high cost of health care

A Senate hearing Wednesday on lowering health care costs underscored the deep partisan divisions that appear likely to prevent a compromise from coming together this year.

November 19, 2025

House rejects measure to censure Del. Stacey Plaskett over Epstein ‘coordination’

The House voted Tuesday night to reject a GOP-led effort to censure Del. Stacey Plaskett for "inappropriate coordination with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein during a congressional hearing" in 2019.

November 18, 2025

House rebukes Rep. Garcia for ‘undermining’ election process with delayed retirement move

The House voted Tuesday to admonish Illinois Rep. Jesus "Chuy" Garcia for "undermining the process of a free and fair election," an accusation launched by a fellow House Democrat.

November 18, 2025

Bill to force release of Epstein files sails through Congress, heads to Trump’s desk

The House voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to force the Justice Department to release all the files it has from investigating Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking crimes. The Senate quickly followed suit, approving a motion to pass the measure by unanimous consent as soon as it was formally received from the House.

November 18, 2025

Democrat Del. Stacey Plaskett hit with censure threat for ‘colluding’ with Epstein at 2019 hearing

The House Freedom Caucus is leading an effort to censure Delegate Stacey Plaskett for texting with Jeffrey Epstein during a congressional hearing so he could feed her questions.

November 18, 2025

House Democrats spar over intraparty election complaint against Illinois Rep. Garcia

A House Democrat is forcing a vote Tuesday on a resolution accusing fellow party member Rep. Jesus "Chuy" Garcia of "undermining the process of a free and fair election."

November 18, 2025

Trump says he will sign Epstein bill if legislation lands on his desk

President Trump said on Monday he will sign legislation releasing files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein if it reaches his desk, saying the fallout of the files' information is a "Democrat problem."

November 17, 2025

Sen. Cassidy floats plan to pre-fund HSAs to shift Obamacare consumers to lower-cost health plans

Sen. Bill Cassidy, one of the Republicans leading negotiations on a plan to lower health care costs, said he and President Trump are "totally in sync" on wanting to give financial power to the patient instead of insurance companies.

November 17, 2025

Most GOP senators reject government payout for Biden DOJ spying on their phone records

Five of the eight GOP senators whose phone records were secretly disclosed in the Biden-era Arctic Frost investigation say they will not take advantage of a new law that would allow them to recover up to $1 million in damages from the government.

November 14, 2025

Congress under pressure to lower skyrocketing health care costs

It took 43 days for Congress to reopen the government, and now lawmakers are going to try to negotiate a health care deal in less time than that.

November 13, 2025

Trump signs final bill to reopen government after record shutdown

President Trump signed legislation late Wednesday ending the record-long government shutdown, resolving the 43-day closure caused by Democrats' demand to increase spending on Obamacare subsidies.

November 12, 2025

House seeks to repeal provision to allow GOP senators to profit from phone record disclosure

House Republicans are planning to fast-track a vote next week to repeal a provision in the spending deal they're about to pass that would give eight GOP senators whose phone records were secretly disclosed the ability to recover half a million dollars in damages.

November 12, 2025

Grijalva adds final name to Epstein discharge petition, Johnson says he will schedule a vote

Newly sworn-in Rep. Adelita Grijalva on Wednesday added her name to a discharge petition to force a vote on releasing the Jeffrey Epstein case files, becoming the final signature needed to ensure House action.

November 12, 2025

What’s in and out of the bipartisan deal to reopen the government

Democrats did not secure their top health care priority in the bipartisan deal to reopen the government that most in the party oppose, but they didn't walk away empty-handed.

November 11, 2025

Senate passes spending package to reopen government; House up next

The Senate on Monday night passed a spending package to reopen the government through at least January, after Republicans won a figurative staring contest over an unrelated extension of enhanced Obamacare premium subsidies.

November 10, 2025

Who are the 8 Senate Democrats voting to reopen the government, and why?

Eight Senate Democrats voted Sunday night to end their party's filibuster that has kept the government shut down for 41 days and counting.

November 10, 2025

Democrats begin calls for Schumer’s ouster after some in his caucus fold on shutdown fight

As the longest government shutdown in U.S. history nears its end, Democrats are debating whether Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer put up a "valiant fight" for his party or if he led them into defeat.

November 9, 2025

Senate advances bill to reopen the government after some Democrats fold on health care demands

The government may be on the verge of reopening after Democrats splintered on their key demand and enough caved to Republicans' refusal to negotiate on health care until the shutdown ends.

November 9, 2025

Trump administration orders state to pause SNAP funding after Justice Brown’s order

The Trump administration has ordered states to stop distributing full food assistance benefits after Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson temporarily blocked a lower court's decision directing the administration to fully fund food-stamp benefits amid the government shutdown.

November 9, 2025

Senate Democrats block bill to pay federal workers as GOP rejects their proposal to end shutdown

Senate Democrats on Friday blocked a bill to pay federal workers who've gone without compensation during the 38-day government shutdown, after Republicans rejected Democrats' offer to reopen the government with a one-year extension of enhanced Obamacare premium subsidies.

November 7, 2025