Sen. Schumer Announces Plans To Advance Bill To Avoid Govt Shut Down Amid Lack Of Progress In The House
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks during a press conference about “Project 2025” at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, September 19, 2024. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) By Frank Lara Lisko, OAN StaffThursday, September 19, 2024 1:05 PM The Senate is moving forward with plans to pass its own continuing resolution to avert […]
Shutdown fears move House Republicans to protect military paychecks
First appeared on FOX: House Republicans are working to protect the pay of U.S. troops in the event of a partial government shutdown. Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-Va.) plans to reintroduce the military pay bill on Thursday with the support of at least 20 House members (16 Republicans and four Democrats). This came a day after […]
Iran envoy Malley may have been on ‘classified White House call’ after clearance suspended, watchdog finds
A new report from the State Department inspector general says Iran envoy Robert Malley may have participated in a “classified conference call” with the White House after his security clearance was suspended. The State Department's Office of Inspector General did not interview Malley and could not confirm whether he was on the call, but his […]
Biden, Harris to host Zelensky at White House next week
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is scheduled to visit the White House next week and meet with both President Biden and Vice President Harris to discuss the current status of the war with Russia. Zelensky is scheduled to visit the White House on Thursday, September 26, and White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Zelensky will […]
New swing-state polling puts Trump in the White House
A new set of battleground state polls suggests Donald Trump will return to the White House, with battleground state voters paving the way for him. According to an Emerson College poll conducted in seven battleground states from September 15 to 18, the former president is leading by five electoral votes, which would give him 281 […]
The Switch Up Election Series — DNC chief stresses vitality of Black voters in race for White House
Jaime Harrison made history in 2013 when he became the first African American to serve as chair of the South Carolina Democratic Party. Just seven years later, in 2020, Harrison became chairman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC). On today's episode of The Switch Up special election series, Harrison discussed the historic nature of this […]
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 […]
Speaker Johnson’s funding bill with voter integrity add-on defeated in House; 14 Republicans vote with Democrats
Fourteen Republicans joined Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday. defeat The bill aims to fund the government and avert a government shutdown at the end of the month. The funding bill failed by a vote of 220-202. “The play we executed tonight was the right play. … It's very unfortunate that it […]
US House fails to pass federal funding bill as shutdown deadline nears | House of Representatives
A government funding package pushed by Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson failed to pass Wednesday. There are less than two weeks left to avoid a shutdown starting October 1st. The final vote is 202 to 220, 14 Except for House Republicans three House Democrats opposed the bill. Two Republicans voted “no.” The bill was not […]
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 […]