Tag: Appropriations

Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) sits for an interview on Oct. 22, 2025.

House appropriators eye smaller spending deal to avoid ‘nightmare’ January

Rachel Schilke · December 5, 2025 6:00 am

Rep. Rosa DeLauro, joined by Appropriations Chairman Tom Cole, R-Okla., answers a question from a Republican member of the House Rules Committee.

Congress barrels toward new shutdown deadline with ‘lack of trust’ and little time

Rachel Schilke · November 14, 2025 10:22 am

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks to reporters as he arrives at his office following a weekend vote to move forward with a stopgap funding bill to reopen the government through Jan. 30, at the Capitol in Washington

Senate races to pass government funding deal by end of day

Ramsey Touchberry · November 10, 2025 4:04 pm

An employee puts away product at Cloud 9 Cannabis.

Hemp ban makes it into funding bill: ‘Soon be banned nationwide’

Molly Parks · November 10, 2025 12:48 pm

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) departs a press conference.

Johnson prefers January spending bill and wants to avoid Christmas omnibus ‘PTSD’

Lauren Green · November 4, 2025 2:28 pm

GOP women who share relationships to help them legislate.

Republican women lean on relationship building during a time of dysfunction

Lauren Green · October 26, 2025 7:00 am

Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) sits for an interview on Oct. 22, 2025.

Top House appropriator bullish on post-shutdown breakthrough

Rachel Schilke, Lauren Green · October 23, 2025 6:00 am

Rep. Tom Cole, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, sits down for an interview on Oct. 22, 2025 at his office in the U.S. Capitol. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Top House GOP appropriator concedes Congress will need new spending deal

Rachel Schilke, Lauren Green · October 22, 2025 4:33 pm

From left, Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, Rep. Ben Cline, R-Va., and Rep. Mark Alford, R-Mo., talk as the House Appropriations Committee holds a markup on the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Bill, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Shutdown frustrates GOP appropriations cardinals as standoff freezes funding process

Rachel Schilke · October 17, 2025 6:00 am

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) speaks to reporters during a press conference on Capitol Hill on Oct. 15, 2025. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

House Republicans target Democrats over shutdown pay for troops in new ad

Rachel Schilke · October 15, 2025 6:00 am

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., is joined by Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., right, as they speak with reporters following a closed-door Republican strategy session as the government shutdown heads toward a second week, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025.

Thune on board for shutdown solution that would pass appropriations bills one by one

Emily Hallas · October 9, 2025 9:13 am

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. speaks at a press conference ahead of House votes on H.R. 7027 - the Child Care Is Essential Act and H.R. 7327 - the Child Care for Economic Recovery Act on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, July 29, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Pelosi blames GOP for looming shutdown: ‘Republicans are on vacation’

Heather Hunter · September 30, 2025 4:56 pm