Dec 21 Rejecting Trump’s demands, Congress averts government shutdown just after midnight By Lisa Mascaro, Farnoush Amiri, Matt Brown, Associated Press President Joe Biden signed a bill into law Saturday that averts a government shutdown, bringing a final close to days of upheaval after Congress approved a temporary funding plan just past the deadline and refused President-elect Donald Trump’s core debt… Continue reading
Dec 20 Watch 7:06 House votes to avoid government shutdown and approves bipartisan funding bill By Lisa Desjardins Days of chaos and uncertainty on Capitol Hill appear to be winding down. A bill backed by President-elect Trump to keep the government open was rejected by the House Thursday night. But on Friday, an apparent breakthrough was announced by… Continue watching
Dec 20 Watch 6:10 GOP Rep. Schweikert says Musk’s political influence in Washington is ‘wonderful’ By Geoff Bennett, Shrai Popat, Kyle Midura, Elizabeth Summers The back-and-forth on the stopgap spending bill has created fault lines among House Republicans. Many were unsatisfied with the original text, but some also rejected the revised bill, which included President-elect Trump’s demands to suspend the debt limit. One of… Continue watching
Dec 20 WATCH: House approves funding bill, sends to Senate hours before shutdown deadline By Lisa Mascaro, Farnoush Amiri, Matt Brown, Associated Press Hours to go before a midnight government shutdown, the House approved a new plan late Friday from Speaker Mike Johnson that would temporarily fund federal operations and disaster aid, but drops President-elect Donald Trump's demands for a debt limit increase… Continue reading
Dec 19 Watch 7:17 GOP Rep. McHenry gauges Capitol Hill dysfunction as he leaves Congress after 20 years By Lisa Desjardins, Kyle Midura Rep. Patrick McHenry of North Carolina is retiring after 20 years in Congress. He has the distinction of being the only person to serve as speaker pro tempore of the House, a job that was forced on him for three… Continue watching
Dec 19 WATCH: House rejects Trump-backed stopgap funding bill, leaving next steps uncertain By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking, Associated Press In a hastily convened evening vote punctuated by angry outbursts over the self-made crisis, the lawmakers failed to reach the two-thirds threshold needed for passage — but House Speaker Mike Johnson appeared determined to regroup, before Friday's midnight deadline. Continue reading
Dec 19 WATCH: Senate debates spending bill as House grapples with stopgap deal By Meg Kinnard, Associated Press A debate over the debt ceiling is at the center of a dispute over funding that is pushing Washington to the brink of a federal government shutdown. Continue reading
Dec 17 Watch 5:20 Congress working on budget deal to avoid government shutdown, fund hurricane relief By Lisa Desjardins, Shrai Popat Congressional leaders should be ready to go home for the holidays. Instead, they are staring at another government funding deadline and scrambling to make it. The deal coming together could have much larger implications, but lawmakers have not yet released… Continue watching
Dec 11 7 key dates before Trump returns to office By Kyle Midura Several procedural steps remain before the next Congress and president can get to work. Continue reading
Dec 10 Report urges Secret Service to limit protection of foreign leaders in wake of Trump assassination attempts By Rebecca Santana, Associated Press The report's authors noted that the number of people the agency is tasked with protecting has “greatly expanded.” At the same time, the presidential campaign season is getting longer and more intense. Continue reading