Kamala Harris won’t say how she’ll pay for $1.7T spending plan in first solo sit-down with major news network
Vice President Kamala Harris refused Wednesday to explain how she plans to pay for a costly economic plan if Republicans in Congress block her presidential agenda, one of several questions she dodged in her first private interview with a major news network since becoming the Democratic nominee. “If you can't raise corporate taxes, or if […]
Reds star Jonathan India calls out team for lack of spending
Jonathan India is tired of being stingy. The Reds' star second baseman blamed the team's ownership and decision-makers for inaction and said big moves were needed after missing the playoffs for four straight years. Cincinnati has already fired head coach David Bell ahead of a crucial offseason. Katie Stratman – Imagn Images “We are tired […]
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 […]
Lauren Boebert likens Speaker Johnson’s failed spending bill to ‘Diddy Freak Off’
You can't scare her. Firebrand Rep. Lauren Boebert slammed House Speaker Mike Johnson's failed spending plan, claiming it would “ruin our country many times more than Diddy's fanatics.” Rep. Boebert, R-Colo., was one of 14 House Republicans who broke party lines on Wednesday to vote against a six-month stopgap measure backed by Johnson to avert […]
Schumer coins ‘Trump shutdown,’ slamming GOP amid spending fight
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., blamed former President Trump and Republicans for a possible partial government shutdown after the House failed to pass a stopgap spending bill on Wednesday. He filed for adjournment on Thursday as a procedural step to act as soon as possible once the House passes a continuing resolution (CR), a […]
‘Surrender Caucus’: 14 Republicans Join Forces With Dems To Torpedo Mike Johnson’s Revived Spending Bill
On Wednesday, more than a dozen Republicans joined 206 Democrats in voting to block House Speaker Mike Johnson from reinstating the funding, just a week after he initially withdrew the bill from the floor due to lack of support. Johnson Continuing Resolution In the House, 14 Republicans voted to block the budget bill, which failed […]
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 […]
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 […]
Speaker Johnson warns illegal immigrant voting could ‘throw an election’ as House readies spending bill vote
Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana has warned that “thousands” of people in the US illegally could change the course of the upcoming US election. Johnson told reporters at his weekly press conference on Wednesday that some House Republicans have won elections by just a few hundred votes – and sometimes by even less, […]