ABCNEWS (ABC News: Top Stories) - House passes funding bill, avoiding shutdown ahead of midterm elections
The House passed a continuing resolution that funds the government through Dec. 11.
HUFFPOST - AOC Says Bill Targeting Sexual Abusers And Deepfakes Is Struggling Because Her Name Is On It
“We should not allow pedophiles and sexual abusers to run amok because you just don’t like a girl,” the representative said.
“We should not allow pedophiles and sexual abusers to run amok because you just don’t like a girl,” the representative said.Open
NYTIMES (Catie Edmondson) - House Narrowly Passes Stopgap Spending Bill, but Shutdown Fight Looms
Republicans managed to push through legislation to fund the government through Dec. 4. But with Democrats opposed, the stage is set for a broader battle.
NPR (Eric McDaniel) - House votes to extend government funding, aiming to avoid an election year shutdown
Lawmakers are hoping to avoid a third shutdown since last September. The stopgap funding measure now heads to the Senate, where it faces an uncertain future.
Lawmakers are hoping to avoid a third shutdown since last September. The stopgap funding measure now heads to the Senate, where it faces an uncertain future.Open
AXIOS (Kate Santaliz) - House GOP's reconciliation 3.0 push hits early road bumps
House Speaker Mike Johnson is in an uncomfortably familiar spot: under pressure from President Trump , under fire from members and under the gun to advance a reconciliation bill in just a few days. Why it matters: Johnson (R-La.) is trying to tee up a final party-line legislative package before the midterms, but Republicans remain divided over the contents of the bill and the strategy behind it. - GOP leaders are assembling a narrow framework that would include roughly $67 billion for defense, $20 billion for agriculture and farm aid, and elements of the SAVE America Act . - The prospect of no offsets for billions of dollars in defense funding is not sitting well with conservatives. "No, I'm not," Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) said when…
House Speaker Mike Johnson is in an uncomfortably familiar spot: under pressure from President Trump , under fire from members and under the gun to advance a reconciliation bill in just a few days. Why it matters: Johnson (R-La.) is trying to tee up a final party-line legislative package before the midterms, but Republicans remain divided over the contents of the bill and the strategy behind it. - GOP leaders are assembling a narrow framework that would include roughly $67 billion for defense, $20 billion for agriculture and farm aid, and elements of the SAVE America Act . - The prospect of no offsets for billions of dollars in defense funding is not sitting well with conservatives. "No, I'm not," Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) said when…Open
NYTIMES (Michael Gold) - Trump Says He Won’t Sign Housing Bill, in Protest Over Stalled Voting Measure
The president did not say he would veto the housing legislation, so it would still become law unless he does. But his pronouncement reflects a growing rift between him and Senate Republicans.
AXIOS (Kate Santaliz) - Inside Mike Johnson's déjà vu cycle of failed rule votes
Speaker Mike Johnson will face the same problem next week that he faced last week: a bloc of Republicans willing to shut down the House floor over the GOP's signature election bill, the SAVE Act . Why it matters: It's difficult to see how Johnson (R-La.) will overcome the paralysis that has overtaken the House floor — and Republicans across the conference are increasingly frustrated. - Johnson presided over the ninth failed rule vote of his less-than-three-year-long speakership last week, this one tanked by 13 of his members. - Frustration in the conference with a small band of conservatives who keep using procedural rule votes — once a rubber stamp for the majority — as leverage to force action on unrelated priorities extends…
Speaker Mike Johnson will face the same problem next week that he faced last week: a bloc of Republicans willing to shut down the House floor over the GOP's signature election bill, the SAVE Act . Why it matters: It's difficult to see how Johnson (R-La.) will overcome the paralysis that has overtaken the House floor — and Republicans across the conference are increasingly frustrated. - Johnson presided over the ninth failed rule vote of his less-than-three-year-long speakership last week, this one tanked by 13 of his members. - Frustration in the conference with a small band of conservatives who keep using procedural rule votes — once a rubber stamp for the majority — as leverage to force action on unrelated priorities extends…Open
NPR (Brittney Melton) - GOP senators delay immigration funding. And, what to expect this hurricane season
Congressional Republicans left for recess without passing Trump's top immigration enforcement package. And, forecasters are predicting fewer storms than average for the 2026 hurricane season.
Congressional Republicans left for recess without passing Trump's top immigration enforcement package. And, forecasters are predicting fewer storms than average for the 2026 hurricane season.Open
AXIOS (Justin Green) - Trump's "anti-weaponization fund" torpedoes ICE funding deal
$72 billion in funding for ICE and Border Patrol is now in limbo after GOP senators revolted against President Trump's $1.776B "anti-weaponization fund " on Thursday. Why it matters: The fund was dropped like "a bomb in the middle of a pretty well planned out reconciliation bill," Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) told reporters. - The package for ICE and Border Patrol funding was on track to pass by the weekend. - But senators left town without voting on Thursday after a heated two-hour meeting with acting Attorney General Todd Blanche. - "Somebody described it as a galactic blunder, and I think that's probably true," Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) told CNN . The bottom line: I'm not sure the fund should exist," said Sen. Bill Cassidy, who…
$72 billion in funding for ICE and Border Patrol is now in limbo after GOP senators revolted against President Trump's $1.776B "anti-weaponization fund " on Thursday. Why it matters: The fund was dropped like "a bomb in the middle of a pretty well planned out reconciliation bill," Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) told reporters. - The package for ICE and Border Patrol funding was on track to pass by the weekend. - But senators left town without voting on Thursday after a heated two-hour meeting with acting Attorney General Todd Blanche. - "Somebody described it as a galactic blunder, and I think that's probably true," Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) told CNN . The bottom line: I'm not sure the fund should exist," said Sen. Bill Cassidy, who…Open
NYTIMES (Carl Hulse) - Congressional Republicans Struggle to Do the Basics as Chambers Clash
House Republicans toiled to pass major measures as lawmakers scramble to fund homeland security, extend spy powers and deliver a farm bill.