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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
Yet another was $1 billion — that’s how much the CR included to help low-income households deal with winter heating bills at a time when natural gas prices are, like seemingly everything else, climbing
Before the votes Speaker Nancy Pelosi reiterated that Democrats will not agree to a border wall but joked that she’d give Trump $1 for it. “A dollar?”
Watch: Pelosi seeks a return to regular order, like many before her [jwp-video n=”1″] After initially saying she would not put an end date on her speakership, as some of her opponents had
‘We’re Punctual People, We’re On Time,’ Senate Carolers and Holiday Shutdown Showdown: Congressional Hits and Misses [jwp-video n=”1″]
[jwp-video n=”1″] Trump began threatening to shut down the government if he didn’t get his funding months ago. In a Dec. 11 meeting with Senate Minority Leader Charles E.
2018 in 5 Minutes: The Best of Congressional Hits and Misses [jwp-video n=”1″] President Donald Trump has said he wants at least $5 billion in funding for a border wall for fiscal 2019, but
Those workers, plus those who are currently either furloughed or working without pay, would receive pay raises of 1.9 percent starting Jan. 1 under the Senate’s fiscal 2019 Financial Services spending
He may not be alone. https://t.co/6qnVFT5XtE — Niels Lesniewski (@nielslesniewski) December 21, 2018var rcrdTwitter = 1; 1:43 p.m.: “Get out of here, Chuck, go, go!”
line on the problems at the border On his way there he told reporters he agreed with Trump that there’s a “good chance” for a shutdown — Kasie Hunt (@kasie) December 21, 2018var rcrdTwitter = 1;
[jwp-video n=”1″] “There’s nothing like getting a challenge from the other side’s leader that says you don’t have the votes,” Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., said before the vote Thursday evening.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell made Democrats an offer on Tuesday that would have done just that but also included an additional $1 billion for addition border security measures that Democrats
Leader Mitch McConnell earlier in the day had tried unsuccessfully to sell Schumer on a plan to use the base Senate Homeland Security spending bill, with $1.6 billion for border fencing, plus another $1
Watch: What Really Happens During a Government Shutdown, Explained [jwp-video n=”1″] But other officials were working with Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill on trying to find enough
The extenders include a seven-year extension and phaseout of the $1 biodiesel tax credit favored by Sen. Charles E.
Decoding This Jargon as Congress Eyes a Shutdown [jwp-video n=”1″]
Watch: Pelosi on Trump Shutdown, Border Wall, Mexico and Press Coverage [jwp-video n=”1″] ‘Really? Really?’
/p> A quirk of the 2019 calendar provides for a two-week recess for each chamber at the end of September and start of October, based on Rosh Hashanah falling from the evening of Sept. 29 through Oct. 1,
Watch: GOP Puts Border Security First in Lame Duck Agenda [jwp-video n=”1″]
Watch: Border Wall Meeting Gets Hectic Between Trump, Schumer, Pelosi [jwp-video n=”1″] At no point did Trump signal he is pushing for one penny less than the $5 billion previously mentioned