Neither the Senate nor the House are in session today, after the Senate on Thursday evening passed a short-term spending bill that punts this weekend’s shutdown threat to later in the month, but leaves questions about how Congress will fund the government through the rest of the year. Senators voted 77-13 to send the funding… Read More
Lawmakers plan to move quickly Thursday to pass yet another short-term government spending bill, delaying a shutdown deadline past the weekend to buy more time to finish delicate negotiations on funding the government. Congressional leaders reached a deal Wednesday on a short-term funding extension to head off a partial government shutdown on Saturday with a… Read More
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) said on the Senate floor this morning that negotiators are “very close” to a government funding agreement. This follows a Tuesday meeting with President Joe Biden and the top four congressional leaders as they scramble to send military aid to our foreign allies and avert a partial government… Read More
There is still no clear path to avert a partial government shutdown at the end of the week, with just four days until Congress runs into a key funding deadline at midnight Friday. Funding for military construction and the departments of Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, Energy, Transportation and Housing and Urban Development will expire after March… Read More
As the House is set to adjourn for Presidents Day recess today, Republican Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) said Wednesday the House will not feel “rushed” to pass the $95.3 billion foreign aid package for Ukraine, Israel and other allies, signaling a further stall over sending military hardware and munitions that the country badly needs to… Read More
The Senate passed a $95 billion national security package to aid Israel, Ukraine and other U.S. allies very early Tuesday morning after a months-long debate that has deeply divided congressional Republicans. The bill passed 70-29, after 22 Republicans joined Democrats in approving the aid. Its path will still be very tricky in the House, given… Read More
Working into its scheduled recess, the Senate voted Sunday for the third time in the past week to advance funding for Ukraine and Israel despite strong opposition from conservative Republicans who balked at the package not including a House-passed bill to tighten the southern border and questioned the end game for the war in Ukraine. … Read More
The foreign aid supplemental spending package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan now stands between the Senate and a two-week President’s Day recess. Yesterday, the Senate cleared a critical hurdle toward passing the $95 billion national security-focused bill aimed at fortifying Ukraine, Israel and other allies, voting to move to debate an issue that has divided… Read More
The Senate just voted to advance a $95 billion emergency security spending bill with $60 billion to support the war in Ukraine, but without a bipartisan border security bill that ran into stiff opposition from Republicans. The vote was 67-32 to advance a legislative vehicle that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) says will… Read More
After a day of chaos that saw House Republican leadership lose two embarrassing votes on the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas, and a stand alone bill for aid to Israel, plus a federal appeals court rejecting former President Donald J. Trump’s claim that he was immune from prosecution on charges of plotting… Read More
