

Politics Dec 18

The legislative branch of government is rapidly moving to receive the coronavirus vaccine, with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi getting the shot on Friday and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell saying he will "in the coming days."…
By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press
Politics Sep 22

Democrats and Republicans in a bitterly divided U.S. House have voted to take a government shutdown off the table this fall, giving a big, bipartisan vote to a temporary government-wide funding bill Tuesday night.
By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press
Politics Sep 21

Democrats controlling the House have unveiled a government-wide temporary funding bill to keep federal agencies up and running into December.
By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press
Politics Sep 18

House Democrats are preparing a temporary spending bill that’s needed to avert a government shutdown at the end of the month. It’s a lowest-common-denominator, bare-minimum measure that befits a deeply polarized Congress.
By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press
Dec 17

By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press
The spending legislation would forestall a government shutdown this weekend and give Trump steady funding for his U.S.-Mexico border fence.
Dec 12

By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press
The nearly $1.4 trillion government-wide spending bill would stave off a federal shutdown next weekend.
Jul 22

By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press
The deal, announced by Trump on Twitter and in a statement by Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer, will restore the government's ability to borrow to pay its bills past next year's elections and build…
Mar 09

By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press
President Donald Trump will be making a significant request for border wall funds and seeking money to stand up Space Force as a new branch of the military in the White House budget being released next week, an administration official…
Opponents of President Donald Trump’s declaration of a national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border appear to have enough Senate votes to reject his move, now that Republican Rand Paul of Kentucky has said he can’t go along with the White…
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