Texas Senate, school funding package
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Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin and Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky both indicated that they would seek major changes to the bill that passed the House.
It’s no surprise that Senate Republicans differ from their House counterparts. From the outset, GOP senators wanted to do the tax part of the legislation as its own bill instead of piling it all into one gigantic piece of legislation. Some senators are still talking about doing separate bills.
The Senate has voted to block California’s first-in-the nation rule banning the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035.
The 2026 midterms will prove crucial to Democrats and Republicans as both chambers of Congress hang in the balance.
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Speaker Mike Johnson struck a series of delicate deals to get the GOP's “big, beautiful bill” through the House. Now, Senate Republicans are threatening to tear them apart.
The first-term Pennsylvania Democrat said his openness about his mental health issues has been “weaponized” against him, prompting him to start showing up for votes and hearings he considers useless.
SB 37, the sweeping higher education bill of the 89th session, will face a final vote in the House before the Senate considers changes.
The state Senate remained in session until almost 10:30 pm Wednesday at the insistence of Senate President Cameron Henry, who said immediately afterward that he wanted his chamber to finish its work on contentious car insurance bills. The Senate needs to begin focusing on the annual budget debate next week, Henry, R-Metairie, added.
Calling a move to block a ban on the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035 "illegal" and "an unconstitutional attack," Newsom vowed to take the fight to court.