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In Congress, the majority leadership's hopes on health insurance, immigration and taxes have so far produced little.
President Trump is insisting congressional Democrats go along with the border wall if they want an immigration reform bill.
The great tax debate is alive and well on Capitol Hill this week. While no bill is dealing with death directly, there's a new one on health care insurance.
Just hours into the new fiscal year, it will finish marking up the 2018 budget. That's something it could've done six months ago.
With a continuing resolution bill already signed and sealed, Congress has other matters to wind up before the end of the fiscal year this Saturday.
The federal flood insurance program was already billions of dollars in the red before Hurricanes Harvey and Irma arrived.
If history is any guide, a large share of the Hurricane Harvey recovery costs will be borne by the federal government.
The budget and the looming debt ceiling top Congress' to-do list, but will members get bogged down with items like the population of Statuary Hall?
The Food and Drug Administration — and in particular its ability to collect crucial fees — is at stake in a new legislative proposal.
Roll Call Senior Editor David Hawkings tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin what the rest of August will look like for Congress.
Congress spent weeks crafting and voting on various measures to reform the American health care system with, so far, nothing to show for it, but there are still plenty of important measures awaiting lawmakers attention, and not many days left to tackle them. These include the annual Defense authorization bill, emergency funding for the VA and finding a way to keep the government open past Sept. 30. David Hawkings, senior editor at Roll Call, brings Federal Drive with Tom Temin up to speed on happenings on Capitol Hill.
As its time grows shorter, Congress' agenda seems to grow longer. Yet members appear ready to head off to their August recess soon, and the long-term absence of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) because of his cancer diagnosis changes the calculus. Roll Call Senior Editor David Hawkings offers his take on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
Sen. John McCain's (R-Ariz.) surgery delayed a Senate vote on the latest Republican version of health care policy reform. But a few other things are happening on Capitol Hill, like a group of House members trying to get an omnibus sending package for 2018. David Hawkings, senior editor at Roll Call, has the latest on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
Congress is underpaid and underfunded. Republicans are ready to concede pretty much everything and work with Democrats, at least the leadership thinks so. It may sound like Bizarro World, but that's what the week is looking like on Capitol Hill. Roll Call Senior Editor David Hawkings joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin for his weekly look ahead.