Democrats are gearing up to reject a GOP stopgap funding bill and potentially spark a government shutdown. What happens then, no one seems to know. Two weeks ahead of the key deadline, party leaders are staking out a rhetorical hard line demanding that their Republican counterparts come to the negotiating table to discuss concessions on…
Read More President Donald Trump and GOP leaders need the support of at least seven Senate Democrats to break a filibuster to keep the government open past September 30th. To entice Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York), they’re advancing a straight extension, which was released yesterday, of government funding until November 21st – without poison pills…
Read More House Republicans just released text for a stopgap bill that funds the government at current levels through November 21st and boosts security funding for public officials. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) said the House plans to vote “by Friday” on the measure, saying it “will keep the government funded and operating at current levels while we…
Read More As the Senate continues to try to clear nominations, the upper chamber will take up Confirmation of Executive Calendar #113, Tyler Clarkson, of Virginia, to be General Counsel of the Department of Agriculture, Confirmation of Executive Calendar #172 Gadyaces Serralta, of Florida, to be Director of the United States Marshals Service, Confirmation of Executive Calendar…
Read More As the Senate continues its slog to process outstanding nominations, today the upper chamber will take up Confirmation of Executive Calendar #182 Thomas Gaiser, of Ohio, to be an Assistant Attorney General, Confirmation of Executive Calendar #95 Joseph Kent, of Washington, to be Director of the National Counterterrorism Center- Office of the Director of National…
Read More The Senate will spend today continuing to process through a list of 135 outstanding nominations by taking up Confirmation of Executive Calendar #110 Earl Matthews, of Virginia, to be General Counsel of the Department of Defense, Confirmation of Executive Calendar #94 William Kimmitt, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, Confirmation…
Read More The Senate is back in session for the week and hoping to make some progress on both the government funding process and President Donald J. Trump’s backlog of almost 150 nominees before heading home for August recess. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-South Dakota) is hoping to get the first appropriations package through the chamber…
Read More While the House is now in recess until Tuesday, September 2nd, the Senate will wrap up its week by taking up Confirmation of Executive Calendar #131 Matthew Lohmeier, of Arizona, to be Under Secretary of the Air Force, Confirmation Executive Calendar #87 Richard Topping, of Ohio, to be Chief Financial Officer- Department of Veterans Affairs…
Read More Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) is sending lawmakers home early for their summer recess today to avoid dragging out a fight within the GOP over the Jeffrey Epstein saga. The move came after the GOP-led Rules Committee — which was working on advancing a slate of unrelated bills — came to a halt Monday…
Read More The Senate has approved the Trump administration’s $9 billion rescission package aimed at clawing back money already allocated for public radio and television — a major step toward winding down nearly six decades of federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). CPB stands to lose $1.1 billion dollars meant to fund it through…
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