Donald Trump was in the Middle East this week, and whatever you think of the trip, it did not lack for ambition. He announced massive deals across the Persian Gulf, including a $1.4 trillion AI initiative with the UAE and a $600 billion investment pledge from Saudi Arabia. He also met with the leader of Syria – the first U.S. president in 25 years to do so – and promised to lift sanctions on the war-torn country.
You can read more about what happened on the trip here – but one thing is clear: this administration is intent on reshaping every facet of domestic and foreign policy.
It is moving fast, acting unilaterally, with Congress often seeming like a bystander.
At No Labels, we believe it is not enough for a president to sign executive orders, which can instantly be overturned by the next president. The most durable changes happen through legislation and Congress doing its job and moving the country forward as a coequal branch of government.
That is why we just introduced a new slate of National Leaders who are committed to Make Congress Work: Republican Senator Markwayne Mullin and Democratic Representatives Jared Golden and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez. These are lawmakers with different beliefs and different backgrounds who nonetheless all know governing requires showing up, staying engaged and working across the aisle.
You can meet them here.
Too many in politics today are stuck in a permanent campaign. Every issue gets framed around the same stale questions: Are you pro-Trump or anti-Trump? Will this or that policy help your party in the next election? These binary choices might drive clicks and raise money, but they do not improve the lives of the American people.
We are breaking that cycle.
On June 26, we are bringing members of Congress from both parties together, in public, in the Capitol, for a bicameral meeting focused on governing, not partisan grandstanding. This has never happened before. If you care about moving the country forward, be there. Invite others. Make sure your representatives show up.
Click Here To RSVP for the June 26 Bicameral Meeting.
You may have read about Republicans’ ongoing effort to muscle a massive reconciliation bill through Congress with no bipartisan input. That is not how we would do things, even as both parties have increasingly turned to these partisan bills to push through their priorities.
But there is still so much that Congress can – and must – do that requires votes from both parties including immigration reform, permitting and regulatory reform and more. This is where we are focused.
Even as No Labels tries to keep our leaders focused on policy, we know politics is always in the picture. That is why this Tuesday, May 20, from 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM ET, we are hosting Dave Wasserman of The Cook Political Report, one of the most trusted voices in American election analysis, for a special briefing on the 2026 election cycle.
Register for an Early Look at the 2026 Elections With David Wasserman Here.
Wasserman is known for making sense of complex electoral trends and for calling things early, like his 2016 analysis accurately forecasting how Donald Trump could win the presidency while losing the popular vote. He is also the architect behind tools like the Cook Partisan Voting Index and the Popular Vote Tracker, both of which have become indispensable to anyone serious about elections.
As we head toward another “knife fight for the majority” in the House, Wasserman will walk us through the key battlegrounds, emerging trends, and how redistricting and turnout shifts are likely to shape the fight for control.
If you care about what is coming, do not miss this call.
Thanks as always for being a part of this movement to help Make Congress Work.
