#Ramaswamy slams House stopgap bill as a ‘deflection’

#Ramaswamy slams House stopgap bill as a ‘deflection’

Entrepreneur and 2024 GOP presidential primary candidate Vivek Ramaswamy expressed his negative view of the recently passed stopgap funding bill to keep the government funded on Saturday. “My first reaction is the reaction it’s been for the last several days, which is this whole debate is a farce. It’s a deflection,” Ramaswamy told reporters following…

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#Watch live: Schumer gives remarks on stopgap funding bill

#Watch live: Schumer gives remarks on stopgap funding bill

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is slated to deliver remarks Saturday evening after the Senate passed a stopgap funding measure first approved by the House, with more Democratic support than Republican. The bill keeps the government funded until Nov. 17. It keeps the FAA funded through year’s end. The “clean” continuing resolution notably lacks any funding…

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#OMB director knocks McCarthy claims he won’t take a salary during shutdown: ‘That is theater’

#OMB director knocks McCarthy claims he won’t take a salary during shutdown: ‘That is theater’

Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Shalanda Young on Friday knocked reports that Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said he won’t take a salary during a looming government shutdown. “Look, I’m glad that the Speaker’s made that statement. By the way, members of Congress have to get paid constitutionally, so maybe he’ll put it in a sock drawer. I…

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