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House May Vote Tuesday on Spending Package, As Democrats Look to Reform ICE

Frank Wolfe

Monday, February 2nd, 2026

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House May Vote Tuesday on Spending Package, As Democrats Look to Reform ICE

The House may vote Tuesday on a fiscal 2026 spending package passed by the Senate late last Friday, as Democratic legislators push for measures to hold Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents accountable in the wake of the recent deaths of two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis at the hands of ICE. The five-bill spending package includes Defense, Financial Services/General Government, Labor-HHS-Education, State/Foreign Operations, and Transportation-Housing/Urban Development along with a 10-day Continuing Resolution (CR) for the Department of Homeland Security, which…

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Hegseth Pushes For Reconciliation With At Least $350 Billion For Defense ‘Regardless’ Of Midterms Outcome

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday the Trump administration plans to continue its push for at least $350 billion in defense funds via the reconciliation process “regardless of what happens […]

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Bipartisan Push in Senate to Hasten Export of 155 mm, GMLRS, HIMARS for Ukraine

A small, bipartisan group of senators is backing the Fast Tracking European Investment in Ukraine’s Defense Act, S. 5175, to hasten the export of allied buys of U.S. munitions for […]

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Rep. Himes Signals Increased Contractor Oversight, if Democrats Win House

Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.), the ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, plans to increase the committee’s contractor oversight if the Democrats win control of the House […]

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CBO Estimates Loss of One-Half to Two-Thirds of U.S. Missile Interceptors Since June Last Year

A new Congressional Budget Office report estimates the cost of the Iran war through Aug. 1 as $38 billion and says that the U.S. has likely depleted between one-half and […]