On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Source,” Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) responded to a question on whether he’d hold up a bill to prevent a government shutdown if it doesn’t have Ukraine funding by stating that “we’re going to do
On Monday’s broadcast of CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” White House Council of Economic Advisers Chair Jared Bernstein stated that it’s “clear we have to support” funding for Ukraine and “we can’t let a small group of extreme Republicans block this critically
The Senate on Saturday night passed a stop-gap spending bill, providing no Ukraine aid, and sending the bill to President Joe Biden’s desk.
Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), a former school principal who pulled a fire alarm in the U.S. Capitol complex moments before the House was scheduled to vote on a bill preventing a government shutdown, did so because he thought it would “open the door.”
Speaker Kevin McCarthy scored a shocking victory over the deep state Saturday by securing House passage of a 45-day stopgap bill to keep the government open and cut off funding for Ukraine.
Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) allegedly pulled a fire alarm in the U.S. Capitol complex moments before the House was scheduled to vote on a bill preventing a government shutdown, according to the House Administration Committee.
Democratic consultant and political commentator James Carville said Friday on MSNBC’s “The Beat” that the House Republicans who voted against a short-term funding bill likely bringing a government shutdown are “very cruel people.”
On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Katy Tur Reports,” Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) commented on keeping the government open and stated that he wants to stay with the debt ceiling deal that was made, but if people want to add Ukraine
Donald Trump Jr. is aggressively calling out establishment Senate Republicans over advocacy for continued aid to Ukraine.
The House rejected a short-term spending bill on Friday designed to keep the government open through the September 30 deadline, making a government shutdown almost inevitable.
American taxpayers will provide an additional $300 million for Ukraine’s war effort if a bill passed late Thursday night by the House becomes law.
Gov. Gavin Newsom faces pressure to quickly appoint a successor to late Sen. Dianne Feinstein as a government shutdown looms.
Representative Nancy Mace (R-SC) said Wednesday on Fox News Channel’s “Your World” that her Republican colleagues’ inability to strike a deal to avoid a government shutdown was a “huge mess.”
The House of Representatives will vote this week to beef up border security and keep the government open, sparking a showdown with an obstinate Senate desiring the status quo at the southern border.
There will be a government shutdown if Joe Biden “stays on the sidelines while our border is destroyed” Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) told reporters.
Americans have “had enough” of Democrat policies “destroying” our economy and security, according to House Republican Conference Vice Chair Mike Johnson of Louisiana, who asserted that the GOP seeks a change in how Washington works and is genuinely trying to prevent a government shutdown.
The House of Representatives finally overcame a procedural hurdle Tuesday night to allow votes on spending bills after defeating a similar motion twice last week.
Representative Tim Burchett (R-TN) said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that he would “strongly” consider supporting removing House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) if he made a spending deal with House Democrats.
House GOP efforts to advance government funding vehicles that would exert the leverage of the party that controls just one half of one-third of government have thus far failed, and with a Sept. 30 deadline just days away, several top conservatives are concerned that the Republicans might have blown it.
Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD) said Friday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” that he believes Reps. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) and Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) will “end their political careers by shutting down the government for no reason.”
Katherine Clark plans to use Matt Gaetz’s effort to remove Speaker Kevin McCarthy to end the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.
A poll found that a plurality of Republican primary voters believe that the GOP would be blamed for a potential government shutdown.
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) announced Wednesday he would not pass any short-term spending package to fund the government that includes additional funding for the Ukrainian war effort, just ten days before the federal government is set to shut down if a deal is not reached.
A coalition of moderates is quietly working on a government funding deal to avert or minimize a shutdown and leave House conservatives out to dry once again.
Conservative leaders are urging Republicans in Congress to take a government shutdown fight “head-on” and reject the Continuing Resolution.
On Wednesday’s broadcast of C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal,” Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-MI) argued that we can’t push for spending levels below the two-year flat level agreed to in the debt limit deal because doing so would cause a shutdown, which is the
Nearly 30 percent of U.S. adults say they have been diagnosed with depression at some point in their lifetime, and 17.8 percent say they currently have or are being treated for depression, a Gallup poll found.
The Biden administration seems keener on letting a U.S. debt default occur than coming to an agreement with Republicans to extend the limit, Kevin McCarthy has claimed.
Young adults under 30 and people in lower-income households report being lonelier than those in other groups, a Gallup News survey found.
Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) is among House Republicans rejecting the $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill, concluding that Americans are sick of bad deals and promising to stand against the measure, as well as against senators who support it.
There are over 7,500 earmarks totaling $16 billion lawmakers are trying to negotiate to be in a year-long “omnibus” spending bill that would expire at the end of the current fiscal year — September 2023.
Key lawmakers on Tuesday announced that they had struck a deal on the framework for funding the government through the end of the current fiscal year, with government funding set to run out on Friday.
On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Kudlow,” Senate Minority Whip Sen. John Thune (R-SD) responded to a question on the possibility of a government shutdown by stating that “anything right now is on the table” and whether a
On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Kudlow,” Senate Minority Whip Sen. John Thune (R-SD) argued that there need to be budgetary consequences for Congress failing to pass budget and appropriations bills and waiting until the end of the
On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Mornings with Maria,” Rep. Carlos Gimenez (R-FL) stated that there is “a distinct possibility” of a government shutdown at the end of the week and that Republicans are serious about the border.
According to an excerpt from Jared Kushner’s forthcoming book exclusively provided to Breitbart News, then-President Donald Trump told his son-in-law and senior adviser that Trump would go to the mattress to fight for border wall funding.
The Senate passed a stop-gap funding bill on Thursday night, averting a government shutdown.
On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) argued that there’s a good chance that the federal vaccine mandate will either be struck down by the courts or that the Senate will
On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America Reports,” Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) said that if he thought shutting down the government would eliminate the federal vaccine mandate, he would join with Senate Republicans who are pushing to defund
The Democrat-controlled federal government may shut down on Friday if a few Senate Republicans continue to insist that funding the government must address the needs of American families.
