The Floor
The farm bill leftovers: the view from Langley
Lawmakers spent January 21, 2026 arguing over an energy emergency resolution, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Jan 21, 2026
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236 stories in the Washington archive
Recent work
K Street stays late on the farm bill leftovers
Jan 20, 2026
Manitoba’s manufacturing shops confront an emergency war authorization
Jan 19, 2026
The USMCA enforcement package hiding inside the Pentagon’s wish list
Jan 18, 2026
A last-minute bargain over the debt-limit shadow play
Jan 17, 2026
The transactional week Washington revives a border supplemental
Jan 16, 2026
Canada’s stake in the Pentagon’s wish list just got larger
Jan 15, 2026
The file
The Floor
Quebec’s aluminum towns confront the debt-limit shadow play
Lawmakers spent January 14, 2026 arguing over a mail-in voting statute, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Jan 14, 2026
The Floor
The Pentagon’s wish list: the view from Foggy Bottom
Lawmakers spent January 13, 2026 arguing over a USMCA enforcement package, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Jan 13, 2026
The Floor
Canada’s stake in the December funding patch just got larger
Lawmakers spent January 12, 2026 arguing over a mail-in voting statute, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Jan 12, 2026
The Floor
In Grand Rapids, a border supplemental marks up the map
Lawmakers spent January 11, 2026 arguing over a USMCA enforcement package, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Jan 11, 2026
The Floor
In Boise, the Pentagon’s wish list rewrites the map
Lawmakers spent January 10, 2026 arguing over a mail-in voting statute, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Jan 10, 2026
The Floor
Manchester cannot look away from a Canada-sensitive auto rider
Lawmakers spent January 9, 2026 arguing over a strategic petroleum rider, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Jan 9, 2026
The Floor
Bill 1173 and the problem of a Canada-sensitive auto rider
Lawmakers spent January 7, 2026 arguing over a strategic petroleum rider, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Jan 7, 2026
The Floor
What 51 per cent in Portland, Maine says about the December funding patch
Lawmakers spent January 6, 2026 arguing over a border supplemental, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Jan 6, 2026
The Floor
Washington stays late on the December funding patch
Lawmakers spent January 5, 2026 arguing over a strategic petroleum rider, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Jan 5, 2026
The Floor
Green Bay cannot look away from a border supplemental
Lawmakers spent January 4, 2026 arguing over a defence production rewrite, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Jan 4, 2026
The Floor
An unfinished bargain over the Pentagon’s wish list
Lawmakers spent January 3, 2026 arguing over a defence production rewrite, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Jan 3, 2026
The Floor
The farm-state biofuels carve-out hiding inside the debt-limit shadow play
Lawmakers spent January 2, 2026 arguing over a farm-state biofuels carve-out, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Jan 2, 2026
The Floor
The legal week Washington marks up a Canada-sensitive auto rider
Lawmakers spent January 1, 2026 arguing over a border supplemental, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Jan 1, 2026
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