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This week: Reconciliation bill rewrites underway

Senate Republicans officially were back to the drawing board after the Senate parliamentarian concluded that security spending related to the proposed White House ballroom did not past muster under budget reconciliation rules. Still, they aim to get a bill through to passage this week, with a vote-a-rama expected before the…

Roll Call · May 18

Cassidy loses GOP primary in Louisiana as Trump-backed Letlow, Fleming make runoff

Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy, who voted to convict Donald Trump at his 2021 impeachment trial, lost his bid for reelection Saturday after failing to make a primary runoff in Louisiana. Cassidy, a physician turned politician, was trailing in third place with about 25 percent of the vote when The Associated…

Roll Call · May 16

At the Races: Bayou State brawl

Welcome to a special edition of At the Races! Throughout the 2026 primary season, watch for these updates from the CQ Roll Call campaign team on what you need to know for election day. Know someone who’d like to get this newsletter? They can subscribe here. By Mary Ellen McIntire…

Roll Call · May 16

As RFK’s lifestyle seeps into policy, some fret over long-term effect

When Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took the helm of the department in February 2025, he pledged to remove special interests from HHS and chart a new path focused on “gold-standard science.” He made his core policy interests clear in November 2024, even before he was President…

Roll Call · May 15

Wrapup: Busy week ends in Byrd bath

Republican leaders in Congress scored some victories this week in nominations and appropriations but struck out on easily advancing their partisan “reconciliation 2.0” proposal to fund immigration enforcement. The bill faces a hurdle in the form of the Senate Parliamentarian, who on Thursday evening advised that several provisions violate the…

Roll Call · May 15

Louisiana Senate approves new map that would scrap majority-Black district

Louisiana is a step closer to a new congressional map after the state Senate approved a plan Thursday that would eliminate one of the state’s two majority-Black districts, both held by Democrats.  The new map comes after the Supreme Court invalidated Louisiana’s current House map last month in a ruling…

Roll Call · May 15

Photos of the week | May 5-14, 2026

A visit from the Artemis II astronauts, Police Week, the ACLI race and a new courtyard for a House office building highlight this week on and around Capitol Hill. Here are images captured by CQ Roll Call photojournalists this week, plus a few from last week’s recess.

Roll Call · May 15

Senate Banking approves crypto market structure bill

The Senate Banking Committee voted Thursday to approve, mostly along party lines, legislation that would set the rules for the operation and oversight of digital asset markets, advancing a landmark bill the panel has been working on since last summer. Months of negotiations between Republicans and Democrats resulted in only…

Roll Call · May 15

Supreme Court preserves telemedicine access to abortion drug

The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed access to medication abortion via telemedicine and by mail to continue, blocking a decision at the appellate court level that had restricted the drug. The justices granted emergency requests from the makers of mifepristone, Danco Laboratories LLC and GenBioPro Inc., after the New Orleans-based…

Roll Call · May 15

Judge weighs challenges to Trump order on mail voting limits

A federal judge in Washington acknowledged Thursday the tight timeline he faces in deciding whether to pause President Donald Trump’s executive order to create a national voter list and limit mail voting nationwide. Congressional Democratic leaders, the Democratic National Committee and party campaign committees, as well as civil rights groups…

Roll Call · May 14