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Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas,
a leader of the Freedom Caucus, boycotted a GOP policy retreat and made clear his opposition to a preliminary budget plan.

House GOP in a quandary

Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, center, speaks during Senate Democrats’ news conference Tuesday on the Trump administration’s spending freeze on federal assistance. Also seen are, from left, Sens. Jeff Merkley of Oregon, Amy Klobuchar, of Minnesota, Patty Murray of Washington and Andy Kim of New Jersey.

Funding freeze turmoil

Elon Musk is seen on a television during a watch party for the second inauguration of President Donald Trump at Union Pub on Capitol Hill on Monday.

‘DOGE’ to have its day — in court

Speaker Mike Johnson, center, appears in the House chamber on Friday with vote flippers Ralph Norman, second from right, center, and Keith Self, far right, who were critical to his election.

GOP’s fragile majority

President-elect Donald Trump arrives to deliver remarks on New Year's Eve at his Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Fla.

Trump open to two-step budget plan despite earlier comments

Speaker Mike Johnson, arriving in the House chamber after winning the gavel for the 119th Congress on Friday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Quick action planned for ‘big, beautiful’ budget bill

Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., conducts a news conference after the Senate luncheons in the Capitol on Tuesday.

No shutdown: Biden signs three-month stopgap funding bill

Tesla founder Elon Musk co-chairs a new Department of Government Efficiency that promises to slash federal spending and regulations.

The meaning of DOGE

Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene will head a new House subcommittee designed to help curb federal spending.

Disaster aid scrubbing

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., leaves the Capitol after votes on Sept. 12.

Rep. Greene to helm new ‘DOGE’ subcommittee in House

Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., has ruled out a Christmas omnibus spending package as lawmakers brace for a difficult lame-duck session.

Post-election endgame

President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the ongoing response to the aftermath of Hurricane Helene in the White House on Monday. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

Biden floats recess action on Helene supplemental

Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., paved the way for a bipartisan stopgap funding bill after shelving a push for an election security measure.

Finish line in sight

Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks during the Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal ceremony in Emancipation Hall in the Capitol on Wednesday.

Johnson’s stopgap funding package goes down to defeat

Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks during the Congressional Gold Medal ceremony for fallen servicemembers killed in the 2021 terrorist attack at the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, in the Capitol Rotunda on Tuesday.

Six-month stopgap funds bill yanked from House floor

Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., pulled two spending bills that had been slated for floor votes this week as the appropriations process slows to a crawl.

Appropriations derailed

Rep. David Valadao, R-Calif., in his first outing as an Appropriations subcommittee chair, saw the Legislative Branch spending bill defeated on the House floor Thursday.

Legislative Branch spending bill defeated in House

Senate Appropriations ranking member Susan Collins, R-Maine, criticized the Biden administration for not notifying her of a weapons freeze to Israel.

Weapons freeze backlash

House Appropriations Chairman Tom Cole, R-Okla., at left, issued new restrictions on House earmarks that angered Democrats and nonprofit groups.

Earmarks culture war

Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., at center on the House floor Thursday, is trying to find a path for Ukraine and Israel aid as Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., at right, threatens to oust him.

Johnson’s conundrum

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is pushing for a war funding package that many in his conference have resisted.

War funding makes headway

Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, at left, and Speaker Mike Johnson, center, are trying to pass a short-term funding patch this week to head off a partial shutdown.

Under the gun

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., arrives for the last votes of the week on Friday.

March stopgap funding bill unveiled ahead of Friday deadline

Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., has held up an aviation extension as leverage to keep senators in town.

Senators to punt on border, fly home after FAA, nominations