As the House and Senate work to complete various year end items, funding for Israel and Ukraine remains elusive. President Joe Biden will host Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House on Tuesday, the administration announced Sunday, as Congress looks increasingly unlikely to pass additional funding for Ukraine and as U.S. officials warn that… Read More
The Senate failed Wednesday to begin debate on President Joe Biden’s national security package, with Republicans unifying to filibuster it due to a lack of immigration limits that they have demanded be a condition for winning their support. The vote was 49-51, with Republicans voting against moving forward with the bill, along with Senator Bernie… Read More
Ahead of a key procedural vote this afternoon, Senate Republican leaders are urging their GOP colleagues to block legislation to provide more than $61 billion in military and foreign aid for Ukraine because the package does not include immigration and asylum reforms. Any hopes of getting a bill passed this week were dashed when tempers… Read More
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) on Monday teed up the first procedural vote on President Biden’s $106 billion supplemental package to send aid to Ukraine, Israel, Indo-Pacific countries and for humanitarian purposes in Gaza. Leader Schumer set up the planned cloture vote on a shell bill, which is slated to take place Wednesday… Read More
As Congress reconvenes this week, the White House delivered a dire warning to congressional leaders Monday morning that time is running out for lawmakers to approve more assistance to Ukraine. In letters Monday to party leaders in the House and Senate, White House budget chief Shalanda Young warned that inaction before the end of the… Read More
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) told Senate Republicans on Wednesday he won’t be able to get a national security package with aid for Ukraine, Israel and border security through the House. Johnson said it would be nearly impossible to pass the entire package in the House, where Republicans hold an extremely narrow majority with too many… Read More
Both the House and Senate are back in session today after the Thanksgiving break. The House will be in session for just 16 legislative days before the January 19th first government funding deadline and lawmakers return this week to a long to-do list. In a Dear Colleague letter, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York)… Read More
The Senate voted overwhelmingly Wednesday night for legislation spearheaded by Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) to fund the government until early next year, wiping out the possibility that Congress will vote on another massive omnibus funding package before Christmas. The bipartisan vote was 87-11, with 10 Republicans and one Democrat — Senator Michael Bennet (D-Colorado) —… Read More
The House on Tuesday passed a stopgap bill to prevent a government shutdown, sending the unconventional two-step continuing resolution to the Senate and marking the first major hurdle Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) has cleared since winning the gavel. The chamber approved the short-term funding measure in a 336-95 vote, days before Friday night’s shutdown deadline…. Read More
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) and House Republican leaders are moving to pass a two-step stopgap government funding bill under a fast-track process that will require support from Democrats, an attempt to work around GOP opposition that threatened to tank the bill on a procedural vote. A scheduling notice from House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-Louisiana)… Read More
