#GOP Rep. Byron Donalds says McCarthy ‘in trouble’ 

#GOP Rep. Byron Donalds says McCarthy ‘in trouble’ 

Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) said Sunday he thinks House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is “in trouble” after Congress averted a government shutdown by approving a “clean” stopgap measure brough to the House floor in a suprise move by the Speaker. The measure won more support from Democrats in the House than Republicans, but McCarthy said…

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#Gaetz says he’ll push to unseat McCarthy this week

#Gaetz says he’ll push to unseat McCarthy this week

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) on Sunday said he will push to unseat House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) this week, vowing to make good on his threat after McCarthy backed a measure to prevent a government shutdown a day earlier that won broad bipartisan support. “I do intend to file a motion to vacate against Speaker…

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#Shutdown averted: Political winners and losers

#Shutdown averted: Political winners and losers

The House and Senate cleared a “clean” stopgap spending bill on Saturday, averting a government shutdown and capping off a chaotic three weeks in the Capitol that brought Washington hours away from a lapse in funding. The continuing resolution funds the government at current spending levels until Nov. 17 and provides $16 billion in disaster relief….

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#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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#Congress votes to avert shutdown

#Congress votes to avert shutdown

Congress has averted a shutdown with just hours to spare, capping a dramatic day that started with a lapse in government funding appearing all but inevitable. The Senate voted 88-9 to pass a “clean” continuing resolution (CR) that funds the government at current levels through Nov. 17 and gives the Biden administration $16 billion it…

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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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