Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for Responsible Federal Budget, recently said in a statement that the stopgap spending bill will hopefully allow Congress to pass appropriations bills in the next few weeks before the con...
Photo provided by Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Dec. 21, 2016 shows top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Jong Un (unseen) recently guiding a firing training among multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) batteries selected from large combined units of the Ko...
Congress Listened and Passed Bills
Congress will eventually have to pass the 12 bills to fund the government and avert a partial shutdown of federal agencies that would otherwise begin on March 1. KEY QUOTES “We’re on it. We're going to continue to focus on that until we get them done,” sa...
Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama had for months blocked the promotion of more than 400 senior military leaders over his objections to the policy. Herecently dropped most of his holdsexcept for four-star generals and admirals, but many House Republicans were supportive of his effort and...
Getting anything passed by the House has proven to be a difficult task in recent months, with the sharply divided GOP majority in the chamber. Johnson is likely to be forced to move the spending bills under suspension of the rules — a maneuver that requires the help of Democrats, since pa...
government is set to run out of money to pay some of its bills by then, U.S. President Joe Biden and Republicans may have just seven working days to craft a deal. That's the length of time in which the House, Senate and the president are all physically in ...
The House passage of the spending bill was always considered the most difficult step, since it needed a combination of Republican and Democratic votes — due to deep ideological concerns on both sides over other issues. It was uncertain as recently as Thursday that there would be enough votes....
Every year, Congress passes bills directing the funding for various departments and agencies. Sometimes, this goes swimmingly: congress recently told NASA to attempt a landing on Europa, Jupiter’s ice-covered moon. Sometimes, it doesn’t go as well.The draft of the FAA Reauthorization act of ...
The owner of the auto shop where Trump appeared — with a backdrop of rubble and damaged homes — said he had remarked recently that he hoped Trump would come visit, and that it was reassuring Trump had come. “We need to know we’re going to be OK and no...