Speaker Johnson says House will not approve ‘Christmas omnibus’

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) has pledged that the House will not approve a single giant bill for government-wide funding in December, a scenario that conservatives fear, even though a stopgap bill that expires Dec. 20 is expected to pass the House this week. “There will be no Christmas comprehensive bill,” Johnson said at a […]

Nassau County PBA backs Democrat Tom Suozzi’s re-election for House seat

The Nassau County PBA is now focused on supporting Democrat Tom Suozzi in his bid for re-election to the House of Representatives after backing his Republican opponent in a special election earlier this year. The local police union's shift in favor of Suozzi, 61, is seen as an advantage for the moderate, who has faced […]

House Rules Committee nixes vote on short-term spending bill 

The House Rules Committee decided Monday to postpone a vote on a short-term spending bill that would avert a government shutdown, setting up a scenario in which House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) may have to turn to Democrats to pass the controversial legislation. Johnson's three-month continuing resolution, which would keep the government funded through Dec. […]

House GOP swerves around conservative opposition for stopgap spending bill

House Republican leaders changed course on a three-month process for considering government funding bills, abandoning plans to move the bill through the normal process after opposition from some on the right threatened to block it. The stopgap measure, which would currently fund the government through Dec. 20, is expected to be introduced in Congress this […]

‘No dictators’: Top Democrat signals effort to restrain Trump if he wins White House

The top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee has spoken out against the Supreme Court's recent ruling on presidential immunity, suggesting Democrats are looking for ways to limit former President Trump's powers that were expanded by the court's ruling. “It is the responsibility of Congress, the representative body of the people, to protect the constitutional […]

House Speaker Mike Johnson Announces Vote On Bill To Avert Government Shutdown 

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) speaks to the media after voting on a government funding bill at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, September 18, 2024. (Photo by Tassos Katopodis/Getty Images) OAN Staff Avril ElfiSunday, September 22, 2024 3:49 PM House Speaker Mike Johnson announced that the House will vote on a three-month […]