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Far-right congressman says he will move to oust Kevin McCarthy as speaker over deal to avert shutdown to ‘rip the Bandaid off’Simmering hostility between Republicans over the bipartisan deal that averted a government shutdown descended into open politi…
House Republican speaker passed a bill extending government funding at the risk of alienating hard right party membersIn more normal political times, the successful prevention of a government shutdown might be cause for celebration. For Kevin McCarthy,…
Alarm prompted building evacuation and triggered outcry from Republicans, who vow to prosecute himThe New York Democratic congressman Jamaal Bowman denied that he pulled a fire alarm in a Capitol office building to delay a vote on the stopgap measure t…
President signed the bill hours after it was approved in a bipartisan vote, but admonished Republicans for the delayJoe Biden signed a bill on Saturday to extend government funding for 45 days, averting a federal shutdown with just an hour to spare.Bid…
Speaker’s proposed measure tanked by hard-right Republicans with less than 48 hours before government funding lapsesThe House Republican speaker, Kevin McCarthy, suffered another embarrassing defeat on Friday, after hard-right lawmakers tanked his stop…
Senate set for 1pm ET vote after McCarthy suffers another blog when lawmakers reject short-term funding bill by 232 to 198 voteFull story: House rejects stopgap funding billTrump ally Scott Hall first to plead guilty in Georgia caseJoe Biden is out wit…
Republican House speaker says he will not take up Senate bill to keep government running despite his party’s lack of an alternativeA government shutdown appeared all but inevitable as the House speaker, Kevin McCarthy, dug in on Thursday, vowing he wil…
Members of Sunrise Movement refused to vacate House speaker’s office entrance until he pledged to avert US shutdownScores of young activists with the Sunrise Movement, a youth-led climate organization, protested in the office of the House speaker, Kevi…
The 79-page stopgap spending bill would not include any border security measures, a major sticking point for House RepublicansIn a major blow to Bob Menendez’s support, Cory Booker, his fellow Democratic senator from New Jersey, says he should resign f…
Stopgap deal reached Tuesday is a big step forward, but hard-right House Republicans still show little sign of relenting on budgetThe Senate took a significant step on Tuesday to extend government funding beyond the end of the month, with just days lef…