Congress · 119th Congress
Government shutdown, reconciliation law highlight turbulent year in Congress
↵↵"Jan. 1 is coming. Republicans are responsible for what happens next."
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Congress · 119th Congress
A balancing act in planning for America’s 250th birthday party
development of plans that include sponsoring field trips to historic sites for students who submit presentations on America, raising funds from corporate sponsors and a program to be launched on Jan. 1
Congress · 119th Congress
Lawmakers hold hope for health care even with partisan Senate votes
↵↵"We're focused on No. 1, getting this vote and waiting," she said. "We've been waiting. They said after the shutdown, they would come to us with serious proposals." ↵↵Sen.
Congress · 119th Congress
House votes overwhelmingly to pass compromise NDAA
↵↵The potential for the military budget to meet or exceed $1 trillion in fiscal 2026 has defense hawks pleased, even if the authorized level does not meet the $924.7 billion that the Senate had endorsed
Congress · 119th Congress
Firefighting plan that tripped up spending package back on track
↵↵While Sheehy's hold may now be resolved, it also serves as a case study in how the most arcane policy dispute can tie up work on long-delayed appropriations for the fiscal year that began Oct. 1.
Congress · 119th Congress
House to boost member security program, launch mobile duress app
The additional funds will be available Dec. 1 and will allow members to hire security personnel or companies for personal protection.
Congress · 119th Congress
Little sign of spending progress as top appropriators meet
But there is no sign of any bipartisan agreement on overall spending limits, a major impediment to moving a package that would well exceed $1 trillion and make up the bulk of the year's discretionary spending
Congress · 119th Congress
Top four appropriators set to meet on spending package
The remaining nine bills left to be finalized make up the bulk of discretionary spending for the fiscal year that began Oct. 1.
Congress · 119th Congress
‘Things happen’: Trump defends MBS on Khashoggi murder, slams ABC reporter
↵↵Trump smiled wide when Prince Mohammed, who is also known by his initials MBS, said he would "definitely" increase a planned $600 billion investment in the United States to $1 trillion.
Congress · 119th Congress
Major spending package planned for Senate floor faces doubts
↵↵After finally bringing a 43-day partial government shutdown to an end, Senate leaders were eager to get going on long-delayed appropriations work for the fiscal year that began Oct. 1.
Congress · 119th Congress
In shutdown deal, bipartisan legislating trumped party unity
government, restoring food stamps to 45 million poor and working-class households that rely on them, avoiding chaos in the nation's air traffic system, unwinding layoffs and providing back pay to more than 1
Congress · 119th Congress
Senate payout provision defies typical legal concepts, experts say
Congress flouted several legal principles with an unusual provision creating a streamlined path only for senators to file lawsuits and collect at least $1 million each for government actions in the previous
Congress · 119th Congress
After shutdown delay, hearing set on congressional stock trading
↵↵But the push to ban members from owning or trading stocks, which goes back years and seemingly had been picking up momentum, was derailed by the shutdown that began on Oct. 1.
Congress · 119th Congress
‘Net neutral’: Shutdown unlikely to hobble Trump, former aides say
↵↵"The economy is going to be the No. 1 issue next year in the midterms," said the Republican strategist, granted anonymity in order to speak candidly.
Congress · 119th Congress
Trump signs spending bill to end longest government shutdown
↵↵Leaders of both parties have yet to agree on topline discretionary spending limits for the fiscal year that began Oct. 1, a critical step for passing most of the annual appropriations bills that remain
Congress · 119th Congress
Senate payouts unnerve some in House GOP ahead of shutdown vote
"The problem is, if we remove it … it has to go back to the Senate, and then you're right back to where you were 40 days ago," he said, referring to the start of the partial shutdown that began Oct. 1.
Congress · 119th Congress
Deal to end government shutdown advances in Senate
↵↵Another key provision for Democrats who'd been on the fence would reverse mass layoffs announced by the Trump administration since the shutdown began Oct. 1, at least while the government remains open
Congress · 119th Congress
Supreme Court stays lower court orders for USDA to pay November SNAP benefits
↵↵The administration has said since the partial government shutdown began on Oct. 1 that it couldn't use the contingency fund and then couldn't use Section 32 money, only to be directed by the court to
Congress · 119th Congress
‘Blocked, ruined, canceled’: Trump hosts Hungary’s Orban as shutdown rolls on
↵↵The president has been purposely detached from negotiations among rank-and-file Republican and Democratic senators since before the shutdown began on Oct. 1.
Congress · 119th Congress
No quick fix for Head Start funding as programs start to close
↵↵For instance, at the start of the shutdown, six Head Start recipients with Oct. 1 start dates went without further federal funding — but that figure jumped to 140 on Monday, according to the National