Another legislative session is slated to begin next week, and already theres signs it could be another tumultuous session. The power in both the House and the Senate remains unclear as special elections are called to fill one House seat and one Senate seat. Meanwhile Minnesota Republicans on Monday sued over the timing of the […]The post

Senate Democrats move right on immigration.

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy   The Big Story Senate GOP worries Trumps tax agenda at risk Senate Republicans fear President-elect Trumps tax agenda could be derailed in the House by potential landmines. Getty Images Republicans are aiming to pass large pieces of Trumps...

Sen. Dick Durbin (Ill.), the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, is asking two agencies to turn over additional information on Pam Bondi to determine whether her past lobbying work for companies and foreign governments could post a conflict of interest if she is confirmed as attorney general. During her past tenure as a...

Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), a decorated combat veteran and member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, says President-elect Trumps pick to lead the Department of Defense is dangerously unqualified and has less management experience than someone running an Applebees restaurant. The manager of the average Applebees has probably managed more people than Pete Hegseth, Duckworth...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) threw cold water on the idea that he could appoint himself to fill Sen. Marco Rubios (R-Fla.) seat, which he is vacating to become President-elect Trump's secretary of state. Absolutely not, DeSantis told reporters on Friday when asked about the scenario. Its funny, you know, these people write these things,...

Federal prosecutors recommended a 15-year prison sentence for former Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), who was convicted this summer of trading his political influence for bribes. Prosecutors accused the former chair of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee of accepting lavish bribes including gold bars to act as a foreign agent of Egypt. A...

Prosecutors say former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez should be imprisoned for 15 years, after the Democrat from New Jersey became the first to be convicted of abusing a Senate committee leadership position and the first public official to be convicted of serving as a foreign agent.

“Former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, President-elect Donald Trumps nominee for director of national intelligence, is changing her tune on a key intelligence-gathering authority she once sought to repeal as her Senate […]

The incoming Trump administration and Republican-controlled Congress are proposing major tax reform, increased domestic energy production, stronger border security, and cuts to government spending, while House and Senate Republicans are likely going to reprise investigative agendas from the past two years.

Sam Brown will join the Trump administration as undersecretary of veterans affairs for memorial affairs if confirmed by the Senate.

Vacancies in part of political shakeup after President-elect Donald Trumps win in November

In todays issue: This weekend, all roads lead to Mar-a-Lago. President-elect Trump, who has called his Florida club the winter White House will spend the remainder of the week hosting groups of Republicans and some Democrats at his residence for meetings ahead of a busy week in Congress of budget reconciliation and Cabinet...

Senate Republicans fear that President-elect Trumps tax agenda could be derailed in the House by several potential landmines, including calls by some GOP lawmakers to raise corporate taxes and to lift the cap on state and local tax (SALT) deductions. Senators worry that if one or two House Republicans insist on raising corporate taxes to...

Chuck Schumer wouldnt allow a vote on the Laken Riley Act last year. His party just helped advance it.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine will appoint Vice President-elect JD Vance's replacement.

If you dont like the message, skewer the messengers. Thats the tactic leaders of the House and Senate used to dismiss reporters coverage of the state Legislatures inability to move bills to the governors desk in a timely manner. Beacon Hills top two Democrats recently bashed local media outlets for critical coverage of the Legislatures […]