Senate Democrats abandoned months of brinkmanship and backed a bipartisan spending bill to keep the government open, a retreat that Senate Majority Leader John Thune says was driven by cold electoral math ahead of the midterm elections. The Senate advanced a continuing resolution on Saturday to avert yet another government shutdown, with Minority Leader Chuck […] The post Schumer backs down on shutdown threat, giving Senate Republicans a political win appeared first on American Almanac .
Senate Democrats abandoned months of brinkmanship and backed a bipartisan spending bill to keep the government open, a retreat that Senate Majority Leader John Thune says was driven by cold electoral math ahead of the midterm elections. The Senate advanced a continuing resolution on Saturday to avert yet another government shutdown, with Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and his caucus supporting the measure after weeks of resistance. The CR would fund federal agencies at current levels through December 11, pushing the next budget fight past Election Night and into a lame-duck session of Congress. Thune told Fox News Digital that Democrats made a political calculation, not a principled one. He said the minority party did not want to spend…Open
House lawmakers face a packed legislative agenda this week before departing for the monthlong August recess, with GOP leaders aiming to advance a stopgap funding bill, kick off work on a third reconciliation package, hold a long-awaited vote on a congressional stock trading ban and finally take up an annual defense policy bill. Republicans are expected to bring a short-term stopgap measure to the floor to keep federal agencies funded at existing levels beyond the Sept. 30 deadline, buying Congress more time to complete its annual spending bills and avoid a government shutdown. The House has passed just three of 12 appropriations bills, while the full Senate hasn’t passed any, leaving lawmakers behind schedule with only a handful of…
Senate Republicans are anxious to avoid giving Democrats another opening to force a government shutdown weeks before the midterm elections. Why it matters: The appropriations process is a slog, Sen. Mitch McConnell's absence adds a complication, and election season raises the stakes. Add to that the Senate is haunted by three shutdowns in the past year. - The annual, nuts-and-bolts funding process used to be more bipartisan, but it has become increasingly politicized. - It's only July, and senators are already talking about kicking the can down the road. What we're hearing: During multiple closed-door lunches before the Fourth of July break, senators raised fears about Democrats forcing another shutdown fight, multiple sources…
Major legislation is in limbo as lawmakers prepare to leave Washington for the July 4 recess. Several key measures, including the SAVE America Act, a bipartisan housing bill and defense spending legislation, will remain on hold for the next two weeks. NewsNation's Libbey Dean has the latest. Start your day with "Morning in America," NewsNation's live three-hour national morning newscast hosted by Markie Martin. Weekdays starting at 6a/5C. #MorningInAmerica NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans.
Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson joined “Wake Up America” to discuss the potential for a reconciliation bill to keep government operations running and slammed Democrats for their role in the current congressional climate.
Lawmakers are preparing for a series of major votes Thursday as the Senate is set to begin a “vote-a-rama.” At stake: Tens of billions of dollars for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol operations. Treveor Shirley reports the latest on "Morning in America." Start your day with "Morning in America," NewsNation's live three-hour national morning newscast hosted by Markie Martin. Weekdays starting at 6a/5C. #MorningInAmerica NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans.
The shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday has done little to bridge the gap between Democrats and Republicans in Congress on reopening the Department of Homeland Security. Why it matters: Republicans have focused their response to the incident on arguing that Democrats should drop their demands to reform immigration enforcement and fund the entire department. - But Democrats are pushing back: "I think that the idea of using any one incidence of violence for a political end is pretty sad and unfortunate," Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) told Axios. - The Senate passed a bill that would fund all of DHS except ICE and Customs and Border Protection, but House Republicans have refused to take it up and…
The nearly three week-long session will include conference committees meeting the first week with all senators returning to their districts after May 15 and coming back to Tallahassee after Memorial Day to vote on the conference report, according to the memo
