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</p> </p> </p> He said Democrats were discussing the potential need for another stopgap bill to keep the government open and they would make a decision Monday about how to move forward if Trump has
</p> You have to admit, 2020 was an unforgettable year — challenging, dark and absurd.
</p> Editor’s Note: Bill Clark is a D.C.-based photojournalist with CQ Roll Call. This is the final part of a series where our photo staff shares their most iconic images of the year 2020.
</p> And the two lawmakers, rather than cave to the attack from the White House, threw out the anchors, absorbed the explosion and watched as the State Department authorization bill was scuttled by the
</p> Trump needs to decide Wednesday whether to formally veto the fiscal 2021 defense authorization bill or sign it or allow it to become law without his signature.
</p> [3 Defense takeaways from the massive spending bill]
President Donald Trump on Wednesday vetoed the fiscal 2021 defense authorization bill, making good on repeated vows to do so and setting the stage for an eleventh-hour override vote in Congress.
</p> In a video posted Tuesday night on Twitter, Trump called the massive spending bill that Congress passed Monday, which included $900 billion in pandemic relief, a “disgrace.”
</p> The bill expressly avoids funding for FBI headquarters construction, which Trump has been seeking to keep at the current location on Pennsylvania Avenue.
The Senate cleared the spending bill Monday. </p> House Interior-Environment Appropriations Subcommittee Chairwoman Betty McCollum, D-Minn., lamented the absence of the monument provision.
</p> As the two sides talked, caucus members remained engaged, trading ideas and paper without choosing a corner. </p> “We became the Switzerland,” New York Rep.
</p> The huge bill “they are now planning to send back to my desk is much different than anticipated.
Josh Hawley, R-Mo., to insist on the $600 checks in the bill cleared Monday night.
Watch as CQ Roll Call’s John Donnelly discusses some of the big takeaways on defense spending in the massive year-end spending bill that Congress passed before leaving town for the holidays.
</p> A frequent Trump critic, Democratic Rep. Bill Pascrell of New Jersey, called the actions “pardon abuse” in a post on Twitter.
</p> <p class="has-text-align-center">’Twas three days before Christmas When through the House and the Senate A shutdown was averted at the last minute.
</p> Overall, the bill would boost spending on Congress by about $251 million over current law.
</p> The Friends of the American Latino Museum issued a statement at the time calling Lee’s decision to block the bill “insultingly dismissive, condescending, and misguided.”
</p> The massive bill will then go to the Senate for one final vote before heading to Trump’s desk for a signature.
</p> Tucked deep inside the 5,593-page omnibus bill is bipartisan legislation authored by both sets of Illinois and Missouri senators and seven House lawmakers from the two states that would reverse an