U.S. House of Representatives House passes Trump's "big, beautiful bill" in razor-thin vote The budget package addresses President Trump's tax, defense and energy priorities. It now heads to the Senate, where
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WASHINGTON, March 9 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday night passed a 1.5-trillion-U.S.-dollar omnibus spending bill for the fiscal year 2022 to fund the federal government through the end of September. The bill includes 730 billion dollars in non-defense funding, ...
28. "Instead of taking action, Republicans on the Hill went on a two-week vacation," President Bidensaidin a social media post on Monday. He has been urging House Republicans to pass national security funding, and specifically aid for Ukraine, which has been at the center of House gridlock...
Republican Kevin McCarthy was elected speaker of the US House of Representatives early on Saturday (7 January), after making extensive concessions to a group of right-wing hardliners that raised questions about the party's ability to govern. The 57-year-old Californian suffered one...
All the while, government funding is on the line ahead of the Nov. 17 deadline, and aid for Israel and Ukraine is still in limbo. Even if the Senate passes anything, sending legislation to the House right now would be the equivalent of tossing a bill into a black hole. “External forc...
Gaetz, who led the push to oust Kevin McCarthy as speaker, also said that he was “heartened” by the candidates who bought into advancing single-subject spending bills “rather than linking disparate issues like Ukraine funding and Israel funding together,” praising the plans of both Kevin He...
The US House of Representatives has elected representative Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) as its new speaker, appointing a relative newcomer to lead the chamber ahead of upcoming fights to fund the government and provide military aid to Ukraine and Israel. The Republican-led House voted 220-209 to ...
Jeffries urged swift action on a package to provide aid to Israel, Ukraine and other U.S. allies, which the White House has requested. "The House of Representatives should take up this national security package and humanitarian relief package immediately, in totality and without delay," he said...