Tag: Congress

From left, Rep. Rich McCormick, Rep. Ken Calvert, Rep. Mike Garcia, Rep. Derrick Van Orden, and Rep. Brandon Williams speak to reporters about the urgency of passing a defense funding bill.

GOP veterans admonish House Republicans who sank defense spending bill

Cami Mondeaux · September 19, 2023 9:12 pm

House fails to advance defense spending bill as government shutdown looms

Cami Mondeaux · September 19, 2023 7:37 pm

The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court gather for an official group portrait to include new Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch, top row, far right, Thursday. June 1, 2017, at the Supreme Court Building in Washington. Seated, from left are, Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy, Chief Justice John Roberts, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, and Associate Justice Stephen Breyer. Standing, from left are, Associate Justice Elena Kagan, Associate Justice Samuel Alito Jr., Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, and Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch.

Democrats re-up Supreme Court term limit bill that would shove Thomas into senior status

Kaelan Deese · September 19, 2023 7:27 pm

House delays procedural vote on stopgap spending measure as GOP leadership considers changes

Cami Mondeaux · September 19, 2023 4:26 pm

Weinberg compared the situation to a married couple where one spouse thinks the couple is slightly in debt, but the other spouse runs up their credit card debt without the other spouse's knowledge.

Beltway Confidential

The Credit Card Competition Act declines to protect consumers

Mike Viola · September 19, 2023 12:29 pm

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) stops for reporters' questions about passing a funding bill and avoiding a government shutdown at the Capitol on Sept. 18, 2023.

McCarthy struggles to find leverage in spending fight with Senate

David Sivak · September 19, 2023 10:00 am

Oklahoma schools chief says teachers unions aim to convert students to ‘Democratic voters’

Jeremiah Poff · September 19, 2023 9:00 am

Ted Cruz says government shutdown is ‘very likely’ amid spending fights

Emily Jacobs · September 19, 2023 3:13 am

Stopgap government funding measure overcomes first procedural hurdle in House

Cami Mondeaux, Reese Gorman · September 19, 2023 1:04 am

Passengers wait at the platform inside a railway station on Feb. 27, 2022, in Lviv, Ukraine. The city has been a refuge since the war began nearly a month ago, the last outpost before Poland and host to hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians streaming through or staying on.

Republican group launches $1 million ad campaign urging GOP to back additional Ukraine aid

Cami Mondeaux · September 18, 2023 7:24 pm

Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) on an elevator near the Senate Subway at the Capitol. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) amended Senate rules to permit more casual attire on the Senate floor.

Republicans criticize Schumer after Democrat quietly ditches Senate dress code: ‘Disrespectful’

Samantha-Jo Roth · September 18, 2023 7:24 pm

Rep. Annie Kuster (D-NH) welcomes 17 newly-elected members to join the New Democrat Coalition as she assumes the chairmanship for the 118th Congress at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Dec. 2, 2022.

House Democrats urge McCarthy to drop conservative demands and pass bipartisan spending deal

Cami Mondeaux · September 18, 2023 5:57 pm