Johnson to sidestep GOP rebels on government funding, seek Dem support to avoid shutdown
House Republican leaders are poised to fend off GOP opposition to a federal funding plan as they race against the clock to prepare for a partial government shutdown. “There are a lot of people out there who really think a government shutdown is a good idea, or at least don't want to take responsibility for […]
Issa rips State Department for spreading ‘knowingly false’ info on funding migrant counseling to enter US
Exclusive: Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, accused President Biden's State Department of misconduct over the use of taxpayer money to provide counseling to migrants on how to use the asylum process to enter the United States. “Your department is responsible for knowingly providing false information,” Issa told Julieta […]
Pelosi Gives Caveat To More Trump Secret Service Funding — But Quickly Demanded Extra Money For Capitol After J6
Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., laid out conditions Wednesday on whether she would support additional funding for the Secret Service in the wake of two recent assassination attempts on former President Donald Trump, but quickly called for additional funding for the Capitol after the Jan. 6, 2021, riot. Pelosi Written On February 2, 2021, she told […]
House Democrat hits GOP funding fight
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Dem lawmakers push bill to restore funding to controversial UN agency
A group of Democratic lawmakers is calling for the United States to restore funding to a controversial United Nations agency that helps provide desperately needed humanitarian aid to Palestinian refugees but whose staff members face accusations that they took part in the October 7 attack on Israel. At a press conference outside the U.S. Capitol […]
Funding focus shifts to Senate
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Jeffries: New election rules are 'nonstarter' for Democrats in funding fight
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-New York) said Thursday that Democrats will oppose any federal budget bill that includes riders on conservative policies promoted by former President Trump. “Donald Trump has ordered radical MAGA Republicans in the House of Representatives to shut down the government if they cannot impose some of Trump's Project 2025 policies […]
Senate will move stopgap funding bill as government shutdown looms
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., announced Thursday that he would act later that day to advance a bipartisan government funding bill after House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, failed to pass a partisan six-month funding bill related to voter registration reform. Schumer said a government funding bill will be considered by the House of Representatives, […]
These 3 Dems, 14 Republicans crossed aisle on funding bill vote
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana)'s government funding bill died Wednesday after a joint effort by Democrats and Republicans in the House. Fourteen members of Johnson's own party voted against the Louisiana Republican's spending plan, which was combined with a six-month stopgap bill that included a measure aimed at requiring proof of citizenship to vote, but […]
House Fails To Pass Six-Month Government Funding Bill
People walk across the East Front of the U.S. Capitol as night falls in Washington, DC on December 17, 2019. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images) By OAN Staff Member Sofia FloresWednesday, September 18, 2024 5:39 PM The House failed to pass a stopgap government funding bill that would maintain current levels of funding through March […]