Watch live: House Republican leaders give remarks amid spending battle
House Republican leaders are expected to make the remarks Wednesday after meeting privately as part of the party's efforts to avert a government shutdown. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) told The Hill that the decision to change the date for the partisan spending plan vote means Congress doesn't appear to be any closer to passing […]
Massie: Johnson spending plan is 'an undead but doomed zombie'
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) on Tuesday criticized House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) after news broke that Republican leaders plan to bring a budget bill up for debate this week despite opposition from various factions in Congress. “Like an immortal but doomed zombie, the CR+Save rule is back,” Massey said. I wrote in the post On […]
Secret Service could get more funding in stopgap spending bill: Schumer
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-New York, announced Monday that Senate Democrats are willing to provide more funding to the Secret Service after former President Trump was the target of a second assassination attempt over the weekend. Schumer said he spoke with Acting Director of the Secret Service Ronald Rowe Jr. on Sunday after the […]
Democrats Not Spending in Florida, Surrender State to Republicans
Democratic campaigners have essentially abandoned Florida, spending almost no money promoting Vice President Kamala Harris in the nation's biggest battleground state, where polls show former President Donald Trump with a large lead. In September 2020 alone, President Joe Biden's campaign spent $38 million on television advertising in the state, while President Trump spent $19 million, […]
Ohio governor to answer Haitian migrant surge with additional law enforcement, $2.5M health spending
Ohio Republican Gov. Mike DeWine announced that under the Biden-Harris administration, he will dedicate resources to mitigating the influx of about 20,000 Haitian migrants who have arrived legally in the city of Springfield over the past few years. “As these numbers increase dramatically, the federal government has an obligation to support local communities that are […]
Speaker Mike Johnson Yanks Vote on Stop-Gap Spending Bill
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, announced Wednesday he would postpone a vote on a stopgap spending bill because all Republicans in the House are opposed to the measure. Johnson said A stopgap spending bill that would have funded the government until March 28 was delayed because Republican leaders needed to work on “consensus building” through […]
Trump calls on Republicans to demand ‘absolute assurances on election security’ in gov spending fight
Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday urged Republicans to vote against a short-term government spending package unless they have “absolute assurances” that it will strengthen “election security.” “Unless House and Senate Republicans can get absolute assurances about the security of our elections, they should not move forward with a continuing budget resolution of any kind.” […]
Democrats whipping against GOP’s short-term spending bill: ‘A waste of time’
House Democratic leaders have been aggressively opposing the Republican short-term spending bill, denouncing the plan as a threat to military readiness and warning that GOP leaders are on the cusp of a government shutdown. Leaving a closed-door meeting of Democratic caucus members in the basement of the Capitol, party leaders said the Republican six-month budget […]
Government could shut down before election as Democrats balk at citizen voting rule in spending bill
WASHINGTON — The U.S. government could shut down nonessential functions just weeks before the Nov. 5 presidential election as congressional Democrats signal their opposition to a House Republican spending bill that would establish stricter rules for proof of citizenship to vote. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) included language from the Protecting American Voter Eligibility Act […]
Massachusetts Welfare Recipients Are Spending EBT on Tropical Vacations
A Massachusetts investigation found that welfare recipients in the state were using their EBT cards while traveling to tropical destinations, including Hawaii, the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, thousands of miles from home. Boston Herald Revealed. Public records obtained by the outlet show dozens of EBT card spending in several popular vacation destinations, including California, […]