The agriculture bill could face resistance from more moderate Republican lawmakers, including some who oppose its restrictions on abortion services. Representative Don Bacon said the legislation could also lose
The House voted 212-214 against beginning debate on the fiscal year 2024 defense spending bill, dealing another blow to Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), who has seen his efforts to pass legislation frustrated by the far-right flank of his own party. Five Republicans broke ranks in voting ...
Boehner blamed the defeat of the Patriot Act — the post-9/11 national security law — on the 36 Democrats who voted against the bill on Tuesday after supporting similar provisions in the 111th Congress. “If the Democrats who voted for these same provisions last year would have voted for...
If the President credibly drew a line in the sand and said “I’ll veto any spending bill that is over X”, that would change behavior on Capitol Hill. But Members of Congress believe (correctly, it seems) that Trump has no interest in fiscal restraint. So without any leadership from ...
Congress is drafting President Donald Trump’s big bill of tax breaks, spending cuts and beefed-up border security and deportation funds.
Newhouse is one of the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach President-elect Donald Trump in 2021 over the Capitol riot. He's one of two who still remain in Congress. Under Washington's primary system, the top two candidates with the most votes advance to the general election, even if...
Republican Reps. Dusty Johnson (S.D.) and Marjorie Taylor Greene (Ga.), who supported the measure, were also in the huddle. 5 months ago 2 Democrats voted for Johnson’s failed spending plan Filip Timotija Reps. Kathy Castor (D-Fla.) and Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-Wash.) ...
Sens. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, two Republicans who voted to convict Trump after his second impeachment trial in 2021, objected to his decision to give blanket pardons. Cassidy, who is up for reelection and facing a primary, told CNN: “I’m a ...
Senate Republicans are vowing to move quickly on a budget plan that could pave the way for about $340 billion in additional border security and defense spending.
That’s a good sign for appropriators, who reiterated Tuesday night that they want some clearer answers on the spending bills — as soon as this morning’s private House GOP conference meeting. Energy and Water Subcommittee Chair Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.) said they’ve been “hoping fo...