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Speaker Mike Johnson’s Spending Bill Fails After Republican Opposition

A plan by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) to attach the SAVE Act to a stopgap spending bill died in the House on Wednesday after Republicans opposed the measure. A six-month stopgap spending bill, also known as a continuing resolution (CR), failed 202-220. Fourteen Republicans voted against the bill and two voted “abstain,” while three […]

House GOP torpedoes Speaker Johnson’s funding bill

A diverse House Republican caucus on Wednesday rejected Speaker Mike Johnson's (R-Louisiana) budget plan, dealing an embarrassing blow to GOP leadership and undermining a strategy to avert a government shutdown at the end of the month. Fourteen Republicans joined nearly all Democrats in voting against the spending plan, which combined a six-month stopgap measure with […]

Speaker Mike Johnson’s Spending Bill Vote Expected to Fail

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) is pushing ahead with a vote on the six-month spending bill Wednesday night, despite the expected defeat. During the August recess, Johnson announced he would combine a six-month continuing resolution with the Protecting American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, which would require proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections, in […]

Senate Democrats aim to bolster tenant organizing in new housing bill

The new bill from Senate Democrats would expand organizing and advocacy protections for low-income tenants and is one of a growing number of proposed bills aimed at addressing the national housing shortage ahead of next year's legislative session. The bill, introduced by Sens. John Fetterman (D-PA), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Bernie Sanders (I-VT), would expand […]

Sen. Tom Cotton and CNN’s Kaitlan Collins clash over IVF bill

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and CNN host Kaitlan Collins got into a tense debate about fertility treatments on Tuesday night, but Republican lawmakers forcibly blocked the host from speaking. “No, Kaitlan, you can't stop me there,” the Alabama senator told Collins, who accused him of misrepresenting his position on IVF. Collins invited Cotton onto her […]