Congress eyes next steps after dual bank failures
Andrew Solender, Axios
The second and third largest bank collapses in U.S. history — coming in rapid succession — are prompting a reckoning within Congress about the state of the U.S. financial system.
GOP lawmaker says US should consider raising retirement age for future Social Security beneficiaries
Paul LeBlanc and Tami Luhby, CNN
Republican Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina said Sunday that raising the retirement age for future Social Security beneficiaries should be “on the table” as long as it doesn’t affect “anybody that’s heading into retirement right now.”
Comer stymies probe into Trump tax records, House Democrats say
Jacqueline Alemany, The Washington Post
House Democrats are accusing House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) of coordinating with lawyers for Donald Trump to stop the former president’s longtime accounting firm Mazars from producing evidence related to Trump’s tax dealings.
House Oversight Chair Comer quietly subpoenas bank records for Hunter Biden business associates
Zachary Cohen et al., CNN
House Oversight Chairman James Comer has quietly subpoenaed Bank of America asking for records relating to three of Hunter Biden’s business associates, the committee’s ranking Democrat, Rep. Jamie Raskin, disclosed in a letter sent to Comer on Sunday.
McCarthy and Jeffries want the House to work. So they started with each other.
Leigh Ann Caldwell and Marianna Sotomayor, The Washington Post
Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is known for his calm demeanor, using his words rather than a booming voice to land a rhetorical punch. But at a news conference last month, his voice rose, uncharacteristically, as he condemned House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) for supporting the removal of three Democrats from their committees.
McCarthy: January 6 tapes to be ‘slowly’ rolled out to networks besides Fox News
Martin Pengelly, The Guardian
The Republican speaker of the US House, Kevin McCarthy, said on Sunday he would “slowly roll out” to networks other than Fox News more than 40,000 hours of security footage from the January 6 attack on Congress.
Feinstein, Fetterman absences leave Democrats with fragile majority
Al Weaver, The Hill
Absences in the Senate are becoming an issue for Democrats, leaving them with a fragile majority.
House Republicans’ attempt to block staffer unions may have missed mark
Jim Saksa, Roll Call
A report from a congressional watchdog argues that Republicans’ attempt to nix staffer unions in the House rules package isn’t valid, and recent testimony from the agency that oversees Hill worker protections seems to confirm that analysis.