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Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., delayed the holiday recess to try to reach a border security deal for a war funding package.

Showdown on the border

By David Lerman, Aidan Quigley and John M. Donnelly
Posted December 15, 2023 at 2:46pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is taking a hard line on fiscal 2024 spending limits that makes a topline deal elusive.

Crunch time for topline funding deal, supplemental

By Peter Cohn and Aidan Quigley
Posted December 8, 2023 at 2:34pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., says Republican immigration demands are holding up aid to Israel and Ukraine.

Hard slog on war funds and appropriations

By David Lerman, Aidan Quigley and John M. Donnelly
Posted December 1, 2023 at 2:26pm
Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, a leader of the rebellious Freedom Caucus, helped derail fiscal 2024 spending bills amid a battle over funding levels.

Stormy talks ahead

By David Lerman, Aidan Quigley and Peter Cohn
Posted November 17, 2023 at 3:22pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is pushing for a two-tiered stopgap funding measure without spending cuts or emergency military aid.

Showdown week for stopgap funding

By David Lerman and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted November 13, 2023 at 1:45pm
Senate Appropriations Chair Patty Murray, D-Wash., is pushing for domestic spending as part of an emergency foreign aid package.

Funding mess ahead

By David Lerman, Caitlin Reilly and John M. Donnelly
Posted November 6, 2023 at 3:08pm
Newly elected Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., has three weeks to broker a stopgap funding measure before the government runs out of money.

New speaker’s agenda

By David Lerman, Aidan Quigley and Peter Cohn
Posted October 27, 2023 at 2:04pm
House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., is one of nine Republicans competing to win the GOP nomination for speaker.

Scramble for speakership

By David Lerman, Laura Weiss and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted October 23, 2023 at 1:18pm
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, is seen in a House Republican Conference speaker election meeting after he was voted the party’s nominee for speaker Friday.

Race for the gavel

By David Lerman, Laura Weiss and Aidan Quigley
Posted October 16, 2023 at 5:44pm
Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., made an 11th-hour bipartisan push to avoid a government shutdown.

Bipartisan truce

By David Lerman and Peter Cohn
Posted October 2, 2023 at 4:06pm