Senate Majority Leader John Thune admitted Wednesday that Republicans cannot muster the 50 votes needed to advance President Trump's budget resolution, a concession that stalls the GOP agenda just days before a five-week recess. Thune's blunt assessment landed hours after Trump took to Truth Social to demand action, calling on the Senate to adopt the […] The post Senate Republicans fall short on votes for Trump's budget resolution as August recess looms appeared first on American Almanac .
Senate Majority Leader John Thune admitted Wednesday that Republicans cannot muster the 50 votes needed to advance President Trump's budget resolution, a concession that stalls the GOP agenda just days before a five-week recess. Thune's blunt assessment landed hours after Trump took to Truth Social to demand action, calling on the Senate to adopt the House-approved budget framework before lawmakers leave Washington. The South Dakota Republican did not sugarcoat the math. "Right now, we don't have 50," Thune told reporters . The budget resolution would unlock the reconciliation process, letting Republicans push an emergency spending package through the chamber on a simple majority vote, bypassing the 60-vote filibuster threshold that has…Open
The House voted to approve a short-term bill to fund the entire DHS for eight weeks, sending the measure back to the Senate, where the top Democrat says it is "dead on arrival."
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D) will speak with reporters a day after President Trump signed legislation to end the partial government shutdown. The now-passed spending package includes a 2-week continuing resolution to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Democrats are seeking to rein in the agency after two U.S. citizens were shot and killed in Minnesota last month at the hands of federal immigration enforcement officials.
State of the Union: Twenty-one Democrats voted for the motion, while 21 Republicans voted against it. The post House Votes to End Partial Government Shutdown appeared first on The American Conservative .
The U.S. House on Tuesday passed a spending package totaling more than $1 trillion, ending the partial government shutdown which had begun on Saturday. The package passed as part of a deal to avoid a broader government shutdown. Under the package, the government’s largest departments, such as the Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Defense, will be funded through the end of the fiscal year in September. But the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees immigration enforcement, is only funded through February 13 . This may queue up a coming budgetary fight, with Democrats intending to force reforms onto immigration enforcement. Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD), a senior Democrat, urged his colleagues to vote for…Open
A total of 42 House lawmakers broke with their parties, with 21 Republicans voting against the spending package and 21 Democrats voting in favor. The funding package, which passed the Senate last week, passed in a 217-214 split.
AI:Following a period of intense legislative gridlock that led to a partial government shutdown, the House has finally passed a critical spending package with a narrow 217-214 vote. This decision was made possible by 42 lawmakers who defied their party leadership to break the stalemate: 21 Republicans and 21 Democrats voted against their respective parties' positions to secure the funding deal.Open
The House is set to take up a floor vote on the five-bill minibus and stopgap funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Tuesday afternoon, after lawmakers cleared a key procedural vote despite reservations from some within the GOP caucus. Conservative members were not happy with the Senate breaking up the funding package and only temporarily funding DHS. Democrats have raised concerns over the Trump administration’s tactics while implementing President Trump’s crackdown on immigration, primarily in Minnesota after two U.S. citizens were fatally shot by federal agents last month. The package is expected to easily pass with bipartisan support. Lawmakers will vote Tuesday afternoon following debate. Watch the live video above.
House Democrats have indicated privately that they do not plan to support the plan, leaving Republicans to go it alone.
AI:The House GOP is attempting to force through a critical spending package despite holding only a razor-thin majority and facing certain defeat from House Democrats. This legislative maneuver follows ongoing efforts by Democrats to stall funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in an attempt to extract massive structural reforms that would undermine border enforcement and ICE operations. With Democrats privately signaling they will not provide any support, Republicans are left to navigate a high-stakes battle to prevent a government shutdown caused by the left's refusal to fund essential security agencies.Open
