Category: Congress News
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Speaker Kevin McCarthy Faces Potential Challenge Amid Funding Bill Shift
The bill was finished just before midnight on Friday. But House Speaker Kevin McCarthy didn’t unveil his plans to take up the bill until almost 11 ho [...]
President Biden Averts Government Shutdown, but Ukraine Aid Remains Uncertain
President Joe Biden (right) and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (left) walk to the Oval Office of the White House on Sept. 21. | Evan Vucci/A [...]
Capitol Hill Braces for Showdown Amid Speaker Threats
Rep. Matt Gaetz is vowing to keep trying over and over, forcing the House to start each morning, he says, with “the prayer, the pledge and the motion [...]
Federal Judge Blocks Key Provisions in North Carolina’s Controversial Abortion Law
U.S. District Judge Catherine Eagles issued a ruling on Saturday, September 30, 2023, effectively blocking two crucial provisions of North Carolina's [...]
On the brink of a federal shutdown, the House passes a 45-day funding plan and sends it to Senate
House Television via AP.
Amidst the shadow of an impending federal government shutdown, the hallowed halls of the House witnessed a swift and [...]
Supreme Court’s Narrow View of Anti-Corruption Laws at Center of Menendez’s Defense
Sen. Bob Menendez is counting on the U.S. Supreme Court's increasingly narrow interpretations of public corruption to help him fight his federal indi [...]
Congress Grapples With Shutdown Threat Amid Increasing Dysfunction
With plenty still to do ahead of the impending shutdown, the House is essentially paralyzed as McCarthy faces the most serious threat yet to his gave [...]
House Republicans Fail to Pass Stopgap Funding Bill, Government Shutdown Looms
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.).
In a high-stakes political standoff, House Republicans have failed to pass a stopgap government funding b [...]
Government Shutdown Looms as GOP Infighting Threatens Funding Bills
In a dramatic turn of events on Capitol Hill, the impending government shutdown looms large as Republican infighting threatens to derail cruc [...]
Senator Bob Menendez Steps Down from Senate Foreign Relations Committee Amid Bribery Indictment
Bob Menendez accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes in exchange for using his position to benefit the Egyptian government, according to [...]
