Spending Deal Goes Down in Flames as House Republicans Confront Difficult Questions
House Republicans are going back to square one after the deal negotiated on Thursday failed decisively just hours later. The deal, the result of daylong negotiations between various ideological wings of the House Republican Conference and President-elect Donald Trump's team, failed 174-236 with one person present and 20 absent. . An astonishing 38 Republicans voted […]
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 […]
These 38 Republicans voted against the Trump-backed spending bill
Thirty-eight House Republicans voted against President-elect Trump's government spending bill, but it failed to pass the House with just over a day left before the shutdown. Those Republican representatives on Thursday voted against legislation that would prevent a government shutdown and suspend the debt ceiling. Aaron Bean (Florida) Andy Biggs (Arizona) Josh Brechen (Oklahoma State) […]
38 Republicans vote to block Trump-backed funding bill
The House blocked Speaker Mike Johnson's new and improved continuing resolution on Thursday night, even though it had support from President-elect Donald Trump. CR was rejected by a vote of 235-174, with 172 Republicans and two Democrats voting in favor of the 116-page bill, with 38 Republicans joining 197 Democrats in blocking it. Since voting […]
House Republicans Strike Spending Deal After Trump Steps In House Republicans Strike Spending Deal After Trump Steps In
Just 24 hours after the deal negotiated by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) collapsed, President-elect Donald Trump stepped in to offer a possible path averting a government shutdown. Republicans from across the caucus's ideological spectrum shuffled through the hallways of the Capitol, mostly between the speaker's office and the office of Majority Whip Tom Emmer […]
Republicans announce funding agreement, Thursday vote as shutdown looms
House Republicans have reached agreement on a Plan B to avert a government shutdown ahead of a Friday deadline and plan to vote on it Thursday, lawmakers announced. The bill, titled the American Rescue Act, includes a three-month continuation of government funding and a two-year suspension of the debt ceiling, provisions that President-elect Trump called […]
Hillary Clinton says Republicans are taking orders from ‘world’s richest man’ to shut down government
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton weighed in on Thursday about Elon Musk's influence on the spending drama on Capitol Hill. “If you just want to catch up: Republicans, at the behest of the world's richest man, intend to shut down the government over the holidays, and just in time for the end of the […]
Republicans reportedly planning to follow through on Matt Gaetz threat to expose sex harassment hush fund for Congress
A group of Republicans is reportedly planning to carry out threats against former Florida congressman Matt Gaetz after he voted to release a report into sex trafficking allegations against him. Gates resigned from the House of Representatives after members of Congress expressed concerns about President-elect Donald Trump's nomination of him as U.S. attorney general. Gates […]
Republicans Float Musk As ‘Potential Replacement’ For House Speaker As Officials Slam Johnson’s CR Bill
(L) Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) speaks. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) / (R) Elon Musk attends the America First Institute for Policy Studies Gala at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida on November 14, 2024. President-elect Donald Trump has announced a number of candidates for his next administration. (Photo by […]
House Republicans strike agreement to forestall government shutdown — and Trump wants it to pass tonight
House Republicans have reached an agreement on a path to avert a looming government shutdown, and President-elect Donald Trump is calling on all members of the chamber to pass it as soon as Thursday night. The new funding agreement keeps the government's lights on for three months, re-increases agricultural aid, adds a two-year suspension of […]