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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
Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., is walking a tightrope in trying to find a stopgap funding formula that would unite his fractious conference. Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., is walking a tightrope in trying to find a stopgap funding formula that would unite his fractious conference.

Stopgap funding troubles

By David Lerman, Aidan Quigley and John M. Donnelly
Posted September 22, 2023 at 2:55pm
Sen. Ron Johnson blocked consideration of a three-bill spending package on the floor.

Appropriations on the skids

By David Lerman, Peter Cohn and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted September 15, 2023 at 2:43pm
Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., is under pressure from his party's right wing to hold up Ukraine aid for a separate vote.

Emergency spending clash

By David Lerman, Peter Cohn and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted September 8, 2023 at 5:02pm
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., is caught between competing GOP factions in a battle over spending priorities.

Spending battle preview

By David Lerman and Aidan Quigley
Posted July 28, 2023 at 2:34pm
Senate Appropriations Chair Patty Murray, center, and ranking Republican Susan Collins, right, are plowing through their fiscal 2024 bills with bipartisan support, unlike their House counterparts.

Divergent spending paths

By David Lerman, Paul M. Krawzak and Aidan Quigley
Posted July 21, 2023 at 3:59pm
Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, is one of the House Freedom Caucus members demanding steeper spending cuts.

Appropriations collision course

By David Lerman, Aidan Quigley and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted July 14, 2023 at 1:00pm
The size and scope of Pentagon spending remains up in the air as a push begins for a supplemental package for Ukraine and more.

Defense budget uncertainty

By David Lerman and John M. Donnelly
Posted June 30, 2023 at 1:43pm