#House, Senate take starkly different approaches with funding bills

#House, Senate take starkly different approaches with funding bills

Congressional negotiators are fast at work in advancing 12 annual government funding bills out of committee, but the chambers are moving in very different directions. For weeks, House Democratic negotiators have bemoaned the partisan bills the GOP-led spending committee has advanced without bipartisan support, as Republicans seek to cut funding beyond the spending limits set in a budget cap deal negotiated…

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#Democrats see hope in House, gloom in Senate

#Democrats see hope in House, gloom in Senate

Democrats see a clear path to winning back the House majority in next fall’s elections, even as their worries grow that they could lose their hard-fought Senate majority.  In the House, Democrats need to pick up five seats to take back their majority, and the House map includes close to a dozen seats being defended…

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#Senate rankings: five seats most likely to flip

#Senate rankings: five seats most likely to flip

The 2024 battle for the Senate started with a bang earlier this year and has not let up, as candidates in top races continue to roll out their campaigns and incumbents scratch and claw to win reelection. Their efforts will determine who will control the upper chamber for the next two years. Democrats are trying to play defense in…

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#GOP Rep. Rosendale weighing bid to challenge Tester in Montana

#GOP Rep. Rosendale weighing bid to challenge Tester in Montana

Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.), a second-term conservative firebrand, is taking steps toward launching a challenge against Democratic Sen. Jon Tester (Mont.) in the 2024 elections, according to a number of sources familiar with the situation. Rosendale has not confirmed his candidacy, which would set up a rematch after he unsuccessfully ran against Tester in 2018….

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#Julie Su stares down rocky road to Labor secretary

#Julie Su stares down rocky road to Labor secretary

Julie Su will appear before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee on Thursday for her hearing to become Labor secretary as she tries to navigate a field of landmines en route to winning confirmation to the post.  And it’s not just Republican lawmakers standing in the way. Some business groups and coalitions…

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