#Biden signs bill to keep government funded and avoid shutdown

#Biden signs bill to keep government funded and avoid shutdown

President Biden on Saturday night signed a stopgap funding bill, avoiding a government shutdown right before the midnight deadline. The continuing resolution (CR), passed by both the House and Senate by wide margins earlier in the day, will continue funding the government at its current spending levels into mid-November. It includes $16 billion in disaster…

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#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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#Democrats balk at Alito assertion that Congress has ‘no authority’ over Supreme Court

#Democrats balk at Alito assertion that Congress has ‘no authority’ over Supreme Court

Democratic lawmakers are criticizing Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s recent interview with the Wall Street Journal in which he stated “no provision” in the Constitution allows Congress to regulate the Supreme Court. “I know this is a controversial view, but I’m willing to say it,” Alito said Friday, referencing Congressional Democrats’ recent efforts to to…

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#Democrats’ effort to force gun votes fizzles in House

#Democrats’ effort to force gun votes fizzles in House

A Democratic strategy to move tougher gun laws through the House has hit a brick wall of GOP opposition, all but guaranteeing the hot-button issue will be relegated to the realm of campaign messaging in the Republican-led lower chamber.   Democratic leaders had launched procedural maneuvers last month designed to force votes on several gun reform measures over the…

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#Biden mocks Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene: ‘Isn’t she amazing?’

#Biden mocks Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene: ‘Isn’t she amazing?’

Biden mocks Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene: ‘Isn’t she amazing?’ BALTIMORE — President Biden mocked Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Wednesday, sarcastically asking a room full of House Democrats during their annual retreat in Baltimore “isn’t she amazing?” The president’s comments came one day after Greene, during a hearing on Capitol Hill, asked Michigan mother and…

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#McCarthy tries to get out of his box on debt ceiling 

#McCarthy tries to get out of his box on debt ceiling 

McCarthy tries to get out of his box on debt ceiling  House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is pressing for Democrats to come to the bargaining table and begin negotiations to address the nation’s debt limit, as he faces pressures within his party to make good on significant fiscal reform.   McCarthy called on the White House to start…

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#Democrats not ready to bail out GOP: ‘This is on them’

#Democrats not ready to bail out GOP: ‘This is on them’

Democrats not ready to bail out GOP: ‘This is on them’ Democratic leaders said Wednesday that Republicans are on their own amid the conservative revolt that’s prevented Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) — or anyone else — from becoming the next Speaker in the new Congress.  Heading into this week’s Speaker vote, some lawmakers had floated…

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