Republicans Defy Trump on Shutdown Threat
Vice President Kamala Harris campaigned on reproductive rights this afternoon in Atlanta before heading to Madison, Wisconsin, for an evening event. It’s her fourth visit to the Badger State, a key battleground,
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The House is stumbling toward another shutdown — and another Trump loss
After all the buffoonery of the last year, Trump and his putative allies in the House have finally figured out how to irrevocably wreck his candidacy and potentially nuke the House Republican majority — a perfectly timed government shutdown.
Government Shutdown Looms As House Republicans Face Senate Showdown Over Funding
Writing to his Democratic colleagues Sunday, Schumer said his party is in favor of a short-term funding extension, or CR, and urged Republicans to back a bipartisan effort.
Republicans Defy Trump as Congress Works to Defuse Shutdown Threat
Congressional appropriators are reportedly preparing a bipartisan government funding bill to be voted on in the House early next week, moving ahead with a plan that always appeared to be the inevitable conclusion to a potential showdown between Republicans and Democrats.
House Republicans work to defuse Trump as they defy shutdown demands
GOP appropriators have been calling their presidential nominee, trying to convince him his calls to shut down the government over a voting bill are a bad idea.
House Republicans Defy Trump’s Call for Brinkmanship on Shutdown
WASHINGTON—House Republicans signaled Thursday they have no appetite for a government-shutdown battle right ahead of the November election, ignoring exhortations from former President Donald Trump to hold the line on an election-security bill opposed by Democrats.
House Republicans reject their own funding bill with a shutdown around the corner
House Republicans are expected to derail their own plan to avert a government shutdown, which they've tied to a Donald Trump-backed bill on noncitizen voting.
Shutdown Showdown
Lawmakers rejected an effort to combine government funding with a bill about the illusion of a threat of illegal voting, and it could mean a shutdown is in the government’s future.
Congress returns — and so does political drama over avoiding a government shutdown
Congress comes back on Monday after a six-week summer break that included a transformed presidential race and tightening ...
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House Vote on Spending Bill and Voting Rules Set for Showdown
The Republican-controlled House of Representatives is set to vote on a must-pass spending bill paired with tighter voting rules, leading to a clash with the Democrat-majority Senate. The bill faces ...
White House rebukes Republicans over partisan plan to avert shutdown
The White House on Monday issued a strong rebuke to a partisan proposal recently rolled out by GOP leadership to avert a ...
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