Members of the House Freedom Caucus held a news conference regarding the $1.2 trillion budget deal intended to keep the government funded for the rest of fiscal year 2024. They criticized th…
2,539 views“Under no circumstances can we tolerate a government shutdown,” said House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) as he briefed the press on effort to pass a $1.2 trillion government spendin…
869 viewsDuring the weekly House Republican leadership news conference on their legislative agenda, Speaker Mike Johnson (LA) said he expected to shortly release the text of a bill that would extend …
468 viewsSen. Mike Lee (R-UT) and others spoke with reporters about the implications of the bipartisan federal budget deal reached over the weekend.
462 viewsHouse Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) criticized House Republicans during his weekly news conference from Capitol Hill for introducing two new bills that he said would “undermine repr…
491 viewsHouse Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (NY), House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (MN), and other House Republicans spoke with reporters about policy prioriti…
1,784 viewsHouse Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) gave an update on the status of the budget process and the funding deal he struck with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY). He said he had spoken to…
1,927 viewsRep. Matt Rosendale (R-MT) and Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) and several of their Republican colleagues called for withholding government funding until legislation was taken up to address the immigra…
1,406 viewsHouse Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) held a news conference to outline his strategy for passing a two-step continuing resolution and avoiding a government shutdown. The speaker predicted bipart…
2,507 viewsSenate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) spoke to reporters after the Senate passed a short-term spending bill to fund the government and avert a shutdown before a midnight deadline on No…
724 viewsDuring a news conference on Capitol Hill, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) expressed support for Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) continuing resolution to fund the government, saying…
1,356 viewsRep. Chip Roy (R-TX) held a news conference to discuss his opposition to a two-tiered continuing resolution proposed by newly-elected House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to fund the government…
1,172 viewsHouse Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said Democrats will not pay a “ransom” to Republican demands to keep the government open. Congress was working to meet a November 17, 2023, gover…
989 viewsMinority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) held a news conference after the House passed a continuing resolution to temporarily fund the federal government through November 17. He said the bill …
3,184 viewsSpeaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) held a news conference after the House passed a continuing resolution (CR) to temporarily fund the federal government through November 17. He said, “Today wasn’…
2,282 viewsRep. Good (R-VA) talked about efforts to avoid a government shutdown at midnight eastern time.
37 viewsRep. Burchett (R-TN) spoke to reporters about negotiations to avoid a government shutdown.
76 viewsHouse Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) promised news on the government funding deadline “shortly.”
259 viewsRep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) spoke about efforts to the midnight deadline to avoid a government shutdown.
184 viewsRep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) spoke to reporters on the latest news on the government funding deadline coming that evening at midnight.
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