Senate negotiators unveiled their long-awaited bipartisan border deal (TEXT) Sunday night and it was met with immediate blowback. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) declared the measure “even worse than we expected” and predicted it is dead on arrival in the House, while conservative Republicans in the Senate slammed the measure and vowed to defeat it. … Read More
Moderate House Republicans from New York sent a warning shot to Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) on Tuesday, coming very close to blocking legislative action on the House floor in protest of the bipartisan, bicameral tax deal (TEXT; JCT MEMO) not including an increase in the state and local tax deduction (SALT). Taking a page out… Read More
Senate negotiators have indicated they will shortly release the text on a national security spending bill they hope can simultaneously fund Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan and offer legislative solutions to slow the surge of migrants at the southern border. Yet fresh criticism Monday from former President Donald Trump and other Republican leaders threatened to derail… Read More
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) on Wednesday floated the possibility to Senate Republicans of splitting Ukraine funding from border security reforms that are coming under heavy opposition from Senate conservatives. McConnell reportedly acknowledged to Republican senators at a Wednesday afternoon meeting that the politics of U.S. border security have turned out to be a… Read More
While negotiations continue on the final text for the bipartisan deal on border security measures that are designed to shake loose a multi-billion-dollar aid package for Ukraine and Israel, the Senate is expected to continue voting on nominations today. The Senate will take up the nomination of Jacquelyn D. Austin to be United States District… Read More
A bipartisan group of senators has agreed on a compromise to crack down on the surge of migrants across the United States border with Mexico, including reducing the number who are allowed to live and work in the country temporarily, but a final deal depends on resolving critical funding disputes. Much of the recent haggling… Read More
Both the House and Senate are spending today working to pass a short-term spending bill and avoid a government shutdown ahead of a winter storm that is set to hit Washington. Government funding is set to expire at midnight on Friday night, but the incoming weather is pushing lawmakers to wrap up work sooner than… Read More
The Senate on Tuesday took the first step toward passing a bill to keep the government funded into March, as leadership pushes for final passage in the days ahead to prevent a shutdown Friday at midnight. The upper chamber voted 68-13 to invoke cloture on a motion to proceed to a vehicle for a two-step… Read More
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) unveiled legislation on Sunday night to keep the government funded into March, with Leader Schumer saying he plans to take steps to move the legislation through his chamber as soon as tonight – just days before a key shutdown deadline. The text… Read More
Hard-line conservative House members who were furious about a top-line spending deal struck by congressional leaders left a meeting with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) on Thursday saying they are working on an alternative plan even though Johnson has not committed to pursuing any new spending levels. Backing out of the deal, if the Speaker goes… Read More
