House GOP eyes plan C that cuts Trump debt ceiling demand
House Republicans are eyeing new spending proposals to increase votes on three separate measures: funding the government, adequate disaster relief and allocating agricultural aid, three people told The Hill. Ta. But in a shift from previous strategy and in defiance of President-elect Trump's requests, the new plan does not include any measures to raise the […]
Democrats pledge to work through Christmas on funding to rebuff Trump’s demands
Senate Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray (D-Wash.) said Friday she will be in Washington “until Christmas” to counter President-elect Trump's demands to remove a negotiated provision from the government funding bill through 2025. He said he was prepared to stay. Murray, the top Senate Democrat, accused billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, one of Trump's top advisers, […]
Cavuto 'not leaving journalism': 'I’m just leaving here'
Former Fox News host Neil Kabuto, who recently announced his departure from the network after 28 years, said he is not leaving the industry. “At the end of the day, I've been here doing this for almost 30 years,” he told viewers Thursday afternoon. That's how old I am. ” “But I'm not quitting journalism. […]
Will Amazon strike affect your holiday packages?
About 10,000 Amazon workers in the Teamsters union are striking across the U.S. ahead of the Christmas holidays, but the online retailer says it doesn't expect the strike to affect holiday gift deliveries. . Picket lines can be seen in cities including New York, Chicago and Atlanta as workers walk off the job as the […]
Republicans scramble for funding plan C as shutdown deadline draws near
With Congress hurtling toward a shutdown at the end of Friday, Republicans appear no closer to finding a way forward to keep the lights on and appease President-elect Trump. On Thursday night, a group of Democrats and Republicans rejected a bill that would have combined a three-month extension of government funding, $110 billion in disaster […]
White House blasts GOP funding bill ahead of vote
The White House on Thursday denounced the newly announced Republican funding bill as a “gift to billionaires” ahead of a vote in the House. “Republicans are pandering to their billionaire benefactors at the expense of hardworking Americans,” press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement. He accused Republicans of “breaking their promise to support a […]
House rejects Johnson's plan B to prevent shutdown
The House of Representatives on Thursday killed Speaker Mike Johnson's (R-Louisiana) Plan B to avoid a government shutdown and suspend the debt ceiling, dealing a blow to Republican leadership and sending the session to a halt with an eye on Friday's funding deadline. I returned it to . The bill, launched by Johnson about three […]
5 things to know about Trump's call to scrap debt ceiling
President-elect Trump called for lifting the debt ceiling days before a potential government shutdown, disrupting government funding negotiations. Republican lawmakers are already deeply divided over the future direction of the spending bill after Elon Musk prompted a Republican revolt against the bipartisan spending bill. President Trump's call for a permanent repeal of the federal debt […]
House GOP eyes plan B stopgap with separate 2-part debt limit commitment
House Republicans are eyeing an alternative government funding stopgap that excludes raising the debt ceiling, and are instead working on a pledge to raise the borrowing limit twice next year to appease President-elect Trump. People's sources told The Hill. The new continuing resolution is still under consideration and subject to change, but includes some language […]
Trump says US should get rid of debt ceiling
President-elect Trump said Thursday he supports lifting the debt ceiling, pushing the issue to the center of government spending talks with just days left to avoid a government shutdown. playing cards told NBC News He said in an interview that the “smartest thing” lawmakers could do would be to eliminate the debt ceiling. Trump had […]