#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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#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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#Conservative revolt in House alarms Senate GOP

#Conservative revolt in House alarms Senate GOP

Senate Republicans are growing increasingly concerned with the antics of House conservatives as they paralyze business in the lower chamber with key legislative battles looming in the coming months. Eleven conservative members blocked a handful of messaging bills from reaching the House floor for votes last week — and vowed to keep doing so —…

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#Republican vs. DC battle set for Round 2

#Republican vs. DC battle set for Round 2

Republicans are gearing up for the next frontier of their fight against the District of Columbia, setting their sights on tanking a policing bill just weeks after they successfully pressured President Biden and Democrats to help nix an update to the city’s criminal code.  Attacking crime and policing practices in the capital city serves a…

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#Senate Republicans distance themselves from DeSantis’s Ukraine stance

#Senate Republicans distance themselves from DeSantis’s Ukraine stance

Senate Republicans distance themselves from DeSantis’s Ukraine stance Senate Republicans on Wednesday signaled growing concerns about Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R) stance on Ukraine after he likened Russia’s invasion of the country to a “territorial dispute” and argued becoming further involved is not a “vital” national interest for the U.S. Multiple Republicans took aim at…

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#McConnell on Jan. 6 criminal referral of Trump: ‘Entire nation knows who is responsible for that day’

#McConnell on Jan. 6 criminal referral of Trump: ‘Entire nation knows who is responsible for that day’

McConnell on Jan. 6 criminal referral of Trump: ‘Entire nation knows who is responsible for that day’ Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Monday issued a terse response to the House Jan. 6 select committee’s decision to refer criminal charges against former President Trump to the Justice Department.   “The entire nation knows who…

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