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Missouri Republican Rep. Eric Burlison called the speaker's funding plan presented at the conference meeting a "total dumpster fire."

'The [continuing resolution] is coming together. Bipartisan work is ongoing,' the House speaker told reporters during a Dec. 17 press conference.

Leaders in Congress have yet to unveil their plan to keep the government funded, facing a Friday night deadline to avert a government shutdown.

House Republicans are fuming at Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) handling of an end-of-year measure to extend government funding until March, saying it is more like a sprawling omnibus — which they abhor — than a simple temporary funding measure. The continuing resolution (CR), which will keep government funding at current levels through March 14, is also [...]

Top Republicans are signaling progress in government funding talks as leaders look to clinch a deal ahead of a looming Friday deadline. House Appropriations Chair Tom Cole (R-Okla.) told reporters on Monday that the “differences are narrowing” between all sides as they try to hash out the last significant funding deal in the divided Congress. [...]

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Congress hasn't voted to create DOGE, and there's been no executive order, but President Trump-elect advisers Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are spearheading the enterprise anyway.

Senate Republicans under incoming leader John Thune, seen in the Capitol last month, are planning as much as $85 billion for border security as part of an initial bill for budget reconciliation. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy met with members of the House and the Senate on Thursday to discuss plans for the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

'This is the natural way of things for Republicans in Washington'

'Personally lobbying'

John Kerry suggests Africans without electricity should "choose the right kinds of electricity," and the U.S. should help them pay for it.

Legal experts and members of the House GOP are at odds over whether Speaker Johnson and President-elect Trump could, and should, bypass the Senate.

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy aren’t the first high-profile outsiders asked to make budget recommendations.

Rep. Matt Gaetz was accused of having sex with a teenager in the House Ethics Committee's probe.

Trump has championed him on his health background and has said he would let him "go wild" should he win the Nov. 5 election.

Milwaukee: A military judge has reinstated the plea deal for three 9/11 defendants, including alleged mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who are being held at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp. The pre-trial agreement had been thrown out by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — Before the election results began rolling in, Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly took the stage, confident that Democrats could break the long-held Republican supermajority that has thwarted many of her legislative priorities.

The House members of the "Squad" and Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders are some of the prominent figures who have been re-elected to office.

Former President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he will end the use of billboards to advertise illegal immigrant rights to those in federal custody.

Key Trump adviser says a Trump administration will seek to make civil servants miserable in their jobs

'This is an unacceptable dereliction of your duty'

How do you get people to the polls when they lack power, gas, water, or usable roads? That’s the challenge facing the North Carolina Board of Elections since Hurricane Helene made landfall on Sept. 26.The deadly storm washed away homes, destroyed businesses, and claimed over 230 lives, with the toll expected to rise. Thirteen of North Carolina's 100 counties were affected, forcing the elections board to combat politically charged lies and conspiracy theories while implementing measures to ensure impacted residents can vote in the upcoming Nov. 5 election.As of Oct. 7, all 100 county election offices were open, including those in hurricane-affected areas. A new bipartisan resolution passed unanimously by Republican and Democratic elections officials aims to assist voters in these counties. Joanna Brown, a 37-year-old resident of Henderson County, expressed uncertainty about being able to cast her ballot. She said immediate needs like “searching for loved ones, salvaging what they can from homes and businesses, and figuring out how to survive day-to-day” are a priority right now.“My current early voting location is inaccessible due to flood damage,” Brown said. “And the route I would take to get to my county’s election office is impassable. The roads are no longer there.”

New Report from SEMI, TECHCET and TechSearch International Highlights Growth Drivers through 2028 MILPITAS, Calif., Oct. 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Powered by strong semiconductor demand across diverse end applications, the global semiconductor packaging materials market is expected to start...

Legislation that would reform some aspects of Social Security is gaining steam in Congress. The measure, dubbed the Social Security Fairness Act, seeks to do away with tax rules that proponents say have led to unfair reductions in benefits for those who have worked in public service for much of their careers. But the bill [...]

Some House Republicans are mulling legislation to move the Secret Service out of the Department of Homeland Security after two attempts on former President Trump's life in two months.

Some lawmakers back more funding to hire more agents, but others say manpower allocation is the key.

Wednesday night’s vote also showed that former President Trump is intent on forcing a government shutdown, as are other Republicans unwilling to work with Speaker Johnson.

Welcome to At the Races! Each week we bring you news and analysis from the CQ Roll Call campaign team. Know someone who’d like to get this newsletter? They can subscribe here. When House and Senate primary season began on March 5, Super Tuesday, President Joe Biden was running for reelection and Nikki Haley was still [...]The post At the Races: Recapping the season appeared first on Roll Call.

A growing number of House Republicans say they know how the current government funding drama ends: with a clean continuing resolution (CR) that kicks the shutdown deadline to after Election Day. The question is how Congress arrives at that conclusion. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) scrapped plans for the House to vote on his conservative funding [...]

'I believe we'll get there'

“I wish that my son, Aiden Clark, was killed by a 60-year-old white man,” said Nathan Clark, denouncing “morally bankrupt” Republicans using his son for political gain.

Congress is staring down a time crunch to avert a shutdown, with both parties digging in their heels and some Republicans expressing skepticism about their own party’s plans less than a month before government funding is set to run out. Lawmakers return to Washington on Monday facing a Sept. 30 deadline to avert a government [...]

Former President Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, talks with Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., on the third night of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on July 17.

'I hope it doesn’t hold up the funding'

Majority Leader Chuck Schumer responded to a GOP plan to attach a bill mandating proof of citizenship in order to vote to a must-pass short term spending package.

House Republicans are expected to vote on a stopgap spending bill that House Speaker Mike Johnson is backing sometime this week.

Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., talks with reporters after his weekly news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center on July 23.

Rep. Chip Roy is leading the push for House leaders to attach the SAVE Act to a stopgap funding bill to avoid a government shutdown.

'Outrageous partisan poison pills is a nonstarter'

Earlier this year, the Smokehouse Creek wildfire destroyed hundreds of farms and ranches and killed thousands of livestock in North Texas. Many farmers will never recover. Meanwhile, Texas A&M’s 2024 climate report says that “climate change is increasing the number...

The weapons of war are EVs and references to Menards.

Reps. Mike Kelly, R-Pa., and Jason Crow, D-Colo., are leading the official probe, which is being paralleled by an unsanctioned group of lawmakers and experts.

Dueling Monday events focused on the assassination attempt against former President Trump highlighted the challenge that the official House task force investigating the attack could have in keeping the effort bipartisan and apolitical. In its first in-person and public official action, members of the bipartisan task force toured the Butler, Pa., Farm Show site where [...]

The Erie County Fair was established in 1820 by the Erie County Agricultural Society, which is the oldest civic, community member organization in Erie County.

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) faces a primary challenge on Tuesday as former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and his allies seek revenge against the Republicans who ousted him nearly a year ago. That revenge tour will reach its apex with the multi-million dollar effort to defeat Gaetz, a conservative rabble-rouser who spearheaded the effort to take [...]

Erick Woods Erickson, a U.S. conservative talk radio host, will host the 2024 Gathering from Aug. 9 to 10. The event will feature conservative governors, senators, congressmen, candidates, and others on stage to discuss their opinions on the nation’s future. Schedule: (Aug. 10) 8:45-9:00 – Erick Open 9:00-9:30 – Erick and former Sen. Kelly Loeffler [...]

Meta and Google both admitted moderation errors related to content surrounding the assassination attempt against Trump.