The Latest Breaking News from Tom Cole

Oklahoma lawmakers support abolishing the Department of Education to empower states and enhance educational innovation.

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

The leadership of both chambers are operating under very different assumptions about what lawmakers can accomplish in the lame-duck session.

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.