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Capitol agenda: John Thune’s pre-recess game plan

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Senators are racing the clock to make a dent in both the government funding process and President Donald Trump’s backlog of nominees before heading home for August recess. Senate Majority Leader John Thune is hoping to get the first appropriations package through the chamber by the end of this week…
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Key Democrat seeks inspector general probe into FAA chief’s airline stock divestment

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Sen. Maria Cantwell and other lawmakers want an investigation into whether the agency’s administrator “profited from deliberately violating his ethics agreement.”…
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Mike Johnson tries again to extend contested spy law

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Mike Johnson tries again to extend contested spy law

The proposed reauthorization of the so-called Section 702 law includes some new oversight and penalties for abuses of the spy authority…
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House GOP leaders scramble to sell Senate’s slimmed-down budget with promises of ‘Reconciliation 3.0’

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House GOP leaders scramble to sell Senate’s slimmed-down budget with promises of ‘Reconciliation 3.0’

Key leaders met Thursday morning to assure wary Republicans that another party-line bill is in the offing…
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