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Republicans and Democrats back a sweeping housing bill that would streamline environmental reviews, speed up construction, modernize factory-built homes, and bar large investors from buying more single-family homes, in a bid to ease a 60% price rise since 2019 and a roughly 4-million-home shortage ahead of elections.
Philly-area lawmakers are split as Congress prepares to vote on a bipartisan war-powers resolution to constrain President Trump’s actions in Iran after weekend U.S.-Israel strikes and Iran’s retaliation; several Philadelphia-area Democrats back the measure, while Sen. John Fetterman opposes, and some Republicans (e.g., Rep. Fitzpatrick) say they’re reviewing the text and awaiting briefings, signaling a high-stakes, closely watched vote across PA, NJ and DE.
Two GOP lawmakers, Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna, plan to sit with Democrats at the State of the Union to spotlight Epstein victims and push for justice, signaling rare bipartisan unity; Rep. Nancy Mace will also display support with a pins tribute.
President Donald Trump hosts a White House governors’ breakfast after the National Governors Association pulls out of its annual meeting over his exclusion of two Democratic governors, Jared Polis of Colorado and Wes Moore of Maryland. The move highlights ongoing partisan tensions even as governors from both parties meet to discuss policy, and underscores Trump’s confrontational approach toward state leaders while some governors push for limited presidential power and bipartisan dialogue. The event set against potential 2028 presidential considerations among governors.
The National Governors Association pulled out of a White House gathering after President Trump refused to invite Democratic governors Jared Polis of Colorado and Wes Moore of Maryland, underscoring a deepening partisan divide that has strained a once-bipartisan governors’ forum even as some state leaders pursue outreach across party lines.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore says his disinvitation from the 2026 National Governors Association dinner is a blatant disrespect to bipartisan cooperation and underscores his status as the nation’s only Black governor.
President Donald Trump plans to exclude Democratic governors from the traditional bipartisan White House gathering at the National Governors Association summit, with no explanation from the White House; reports also note that at least two Democrats were uninvited to a White House dinner.
U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar announced a bid for Minnesota governor, presenting a unity-forward, centrist platform as the state confronts an immigration crackdown and a fraud scandal in Walz’s administration, with analysts casting her as a leading contender in a traditionally difficult Republican-leaning race.
The House advanced funding through September to avert a shutdown, with a DHS package funding ICE passing 220-207 thanks to seven Democrats (Golden, Gluesenkamp Perez, Cuellar, Davis, Gonzalez, Suozzi, Gillen) and one Republican (Massie) in opposition; another package funding Defense, HHS, Labor, Transportation and HUD cleared 341-88. Democrats who supported DHS argued the bill funds FEMA, Coast Guard and other agencies beyond ICE, while leadership did not whip against the measure, leaving centrists room to vote with Republicans amid ongoing ICE-reform debates following the Renee Good shooting.
Abigail Spanberger was sworn in as Virginia’s 75th governor, the state's first female leader, pledging a unity-focused, pragmatic agenda to address affordability, housing, energy costs, and education while emphasizing bipartisan cooperation. The inauguration also marked historic firsts for other offices—Ghazala Hashmi as lieutenant governor and Jay Jones as attorney general—as Democrats hold a strong majority in the legislature and push a center-left agenda.
CNN data analyst Harry Enten says Trump’s proposal to cap credit-card interest at 10% is generating huge interest and could be great politics, tapping into widespread concerns about the cost of living and showing bipartisan appeal; but the plan’s passage is only about a one-in-three odds, suggesting a political win that may not translate into policy.
House Republicans advanced the Stop Insider Trading Act to curb congressional stock trading by requiring a seven-day notice before sales while letting lawmakers keep current holdings, but Democrats say the measure is too lenient and favor a bipartisan divestment bill, with a discharge petition planned to push it forward. The live feed also covers Bondi’s February testimony, a bipartisan health package on pharmacy benefit managers, DHS funding talks including ICE body-camera language, and other floor and oversight developments.
Five Ohio lawmakers backed a Democratic bill to restore expired Affordable Care Act subsidies for three years, with three Republicans joining Democrats in defying Trump on the measure. Most Ohio Republicans opposed extending the subsidies, and the bill now heads to the Senate where prospects are uncertain. Supporters say reviving the tax credits could relieve about half a million Ohioans facing higher premiums, while critics warn about cost and debt.
A bipartisan Senate group negotiating a revival of expired ACA subsidies won’t publish legislative text until the last week of January, signaling cautious progress as they resolve framework elements, notably how to handle Hyde Amendment restrictions and potential audits/penalties to ensure funds for abortion are segregated from nonabortion health funds. The talks, led by Sen. Bernie Moreno and involving Sen. Susan Collins and Sens. Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan, aim to “get it right” before releasing the framework, with the delay suggesting remaining divisions on key issues.
Indiana Democrat Mrvan and Carson are advocating for a ceasefire in redistricting efforts, emphasizing the importance of bipartisan cooperation and warning that aggressive redistricting could threaten their political positions and Indiana's influence in Congress, especially with upcoming census-based redistricting.