Senate Democrats are reportedly set on continuing to drag out the government shutdown with another “no” vote on Friday, with members claiming that “people want us to fight” and that the caucus is “unified” in how they are going to do so.
A senior White House official reportedly said Democrats “will pay a huge price” for the government shutdown expected to come next week, telling Politico that Republicans have no plans to negotiate with Democrats to pass their version of a stopgap spending measure.
Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has entered week two of his apology tour, after caving and backing the Republican spending bill to fund the government until September, telling CBS’s left-wing late-night host Stephen Colbert even though he caved once, it won’t happen again because “we are going after Trump in every way.”
Senate Republicans may not be able to pass President Donald Trump’s border security, energy, and tax agenda until July at the earliest due to internal differences, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) reportedly warned.
President-elect Donald Trump faces a “big mess” in the aftermath of a spending bill passed to avoid a government shutdown.
There is a “cognitive disconnect” among colleagues who hate Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) spending bonanza but are planning to formally vote for him as speaker in January, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) pointed out this week.
On Thursday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “Cuomo,” Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) criticized Republicans for expecting Democrats to vote for a government spending bill that lifted the debt ceiling and added to the deficit “without making any commitment of not doing the
On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “The Bottom Line,” Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD) stated that many Republicans aren’t opposed to raising the debt limit, but need spending concessions to go with it and that he believes it’s better
During an interview with CBS News on Thursday, Rep. Rich McCormick (R-GA) stated that he needs “something conservative back” in exchange for raising the debt limit in the government funding bill and pointed to taking FEMA funding that is allocated
The controversial continuing resolution is “classic D.C.,” and a government shutdown is possible, Rep. Tom Tiffany (R-WI) said.
The new spending bill from House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) not only funds programs antithetical to Republican causes but also contains woke language that redefines long established words like “criminal” and “homeless.”
On Wednesday’s broadcast of Bloomberg’s “Balance of Power,” Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) stated that a spending bill must include disaster relief funding and money for farmers, but that spending has to be totally offset by other spending cuts to programs
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) told “The Alex Marlow Show” that House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA)’s spending bill will be “hugely harmful” to President-elect Donald Trump if it passes Congress.
The pork-packed spending bill negotiated by House Speaker Mike Johnson and unveiled days before its Friday deadline is an “embarrassment,” Sen. Josh Hawley said during an appearance on “The Alex Marlow Show.”
On Wednesday’s edition of NBC’s “MTP Now,” House Budget Committee member Rep. Buddy Carter (R-GA) responded to criticism of the spending bill by stating that “Democrats are in a pretty strong position to be negotiating, to be quite honest with
On Wednesday’s edition of NBC’s “MTP Now,” House Budget Committee member Rep. Buddy Carter (R-GA) argued that the disaster relief and agriculture provisions of the spending bill have to be passed and there are good provisions “particularly when it comes
“The 1,547-page Christmas omnibus is an insult to the American voters who demanded change from the inside out,” Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) said of the spending bill.
Voters sent a clear message they want transformative changes throughout their government, but don’t expect Congress to begin delivering on that mandate this year.
Congress on Wednesday passed legislation that would fund the government through nearly the end of December.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) are rushing through a three-month spending bill Wednesday in a whirlwind development that will send Congress home through the election.
Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) gambit to attach the SAVE Act to a stop-gap spending bill failed in the House on Wednesday after Republicans opposed the bill.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and House Republican leadership are discussing attaching a bill to require proof of citizenship to a stop-gap spending bill, according to a Monday report.
The $1.2 trillion government spending package contains earmarks for LGBTQ+ facilities and a late-term abortion clinic.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) passed a massive $1.2 trillion government funding plan despite the objections of the majority of House Republicans, violating the Hastert Rule and crossing the Rubicon into dangerous territory for the future of his speakership.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) filed a motion Friday that could force a vote to strip the gavel from Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA).
Lawmakers should not vote for the $1.2 trillion spending bill released in the dead of the night, Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) said on Thursday, warning that members of Congress have not even had the proper time to review it.
Congress will vote Friday on a $1.2 trillion, 1,000-plus page spending bill revealed Thursday just before 3:00 a.m.
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.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) offered to make President Joe Biden a “soft food” lunch in order to meet in person to talk about the debt limit.
On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Mornings with Maria,” Rep. Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI) said that he is on board with “the suggestion that’s going around right now from a lot of members” that the House of Representatives won’t
The $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill contains millions in wasteful spending, including $575 million for “reproductive health” where population growth “threatens biodiversity,” $11 million for LGBT-related projects, and millions more for border security for other countries.
Republican senators have warned that Democrats will “pay the price” for passing the $700 billion “Inflation Reduction” bill.
80 Democrats sent a letter to President Joe Biden urging him to prioritize fighting climate change in resurrected social spending bill.
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) continues to express concerns about inflation regarding the Democrats’ massive $1.75 trillion social spending bill Democrat leaders hope to pass by the year’s end.
Jarome Bell served in the United States Navy for 27 years, but now he’s running for Congress to prevent a Communist takeover of the American government.
Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) ripped through the Democrats’ 2,300-page $1.8 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act before a vote by the entire U.S. House of Representatives on Friday night.
Democrats’ spending bill could end up costing double what they are publicly claiming, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Most Americans are not aware of what is in Democrats’ spending bills, and many doubt the programs would improve their lives or the economy.
The Democrats’ $1.5 trillion entitlement spending bill includes billions for left-wing environmental activists’ pet projects, including planting more trees in low-income neighborhoods to create tree equity.
The Democrats plan to drop paid leave from President Biden’s spending bill due to Sen. Joe Manchin’s (D-WV) opposition.
