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Back to SearchTrump’s Vought for budget drama
President-elect Donald Trump has picked Russell Vought to lead OMB. Vought could end up having as big an impact early on as any of the president-elec…
1 year, 1 month ago
The Readback: Culture wars hit Capitol Hill
Punchbowl News reporters Max Cohen and Mica Soellner take a closer look at the Republican-led push to bar an incoming transgender member from using t…
1 year, 1 month ago
Johnson gets the Greene light
The MAGA firebrand Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is expected to support Mike Johnson’s reelection as speaker come January. Plus: The latest on Tulsi Ga…
1 year, 1 month ago
How far can Trump push Gaetz — and Senate Republicans?
Former Rep. Matt Gaetz's floundering nomination to serve as attorney general is making some GOP senators fear that President-elect Donald Trump is le…
1 year, 1 month ago
Scalise’s power play inside the Steering Committee
The GOP Steering Committee elections are today, and several of former Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s top lieutenants are getting challenges from allies of …
1 year, 1 month ago
Does anyone else in leadership like Johnson's funding strategy?
Speaker Mike Johnson might be the only congressional leader who wants to put a government funding deadline in the first quarter of Donald Trump’s pre…
1 year, 1 month ago
Introducing The Portal with Enbloc AI
Punchbowl News is excited to introduce The Portal with Enbloc AI. The Portal will include integrated news, congressional directories, legislative tex…
1 year, 1 month ago
The Readback: Pulling back the curtain on the Gaetz nomination
Punchbowl News reporters Max Cohen and Melanie Zanona discuss President-elect Donald Trump's stunning move to tap Rep. Matt Gaetz to be the next atto…
1 year, 2 months ago
The ‘Mike and John’ show to open soon
With a Republican trifecta — control of the House, Senate and White House — how will the GOP leaders work with President-elect Donald Trump? Plus: A …
1 year, 2 months ago
Trump opens the flood Gaetz
How is Congress reacting to Rep. Matt Gaetz's nomination to be attorney general? Plus: The Congressional Hispanic Caucus seeks a new messaging strate…
1 year, 2 months ago