The Latest Breaking News from Tom Cole

President-elect Trump appears to have plenty of political power, but the calendar and congressional negotiations could quickly erode it.

Rep. Pete Sessions, who chaired the House Rules Committee from 2013 through 2018, wants to reclaim the gavel in the 119th Congress.

The US Congress agreed on a short-term spending bill on Sunday that would fund federal agencies and infuse additional funds to the Secret Service, avoiding a government shutdown. The measure will be voted on this week but congressional leaders showed bipartisan support for a "bare-bones" bill that would avoid shutting…

The House adopted the rule for floor debate on a six-month stopgap spending bill featuring controversial voting restriction legislation.

Enough House Republicans ranging from conservative spending critics to those who want a bigger defense budget have come out against Speaker Mike Johnson’s stopgap spending strategy to imperil passage.

California Rep. Ken Calvert is likely to seek a waiver to remain the top Republican on the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, sources say.

Speaker Mike Johnson is weighing a six-month stopgap funding measure that would kick the fiscal 2025 appropriations into the next Congress.

House leadership pulled off something of a coup late Wednesday when the fiscal 2025 Interior-Environment spending bill passed.

House leaders canceled votes scheduled for next week as the GOP majority struggles to pass its fiscal 2025 appropriations bills.