Senate fails to advance Ukraine and Israel package over border deal disputes
The Senate voted against Chuck Schumer (D-NY's) request of $111 billion for foreign spending, amid a standoff about a border […]
Tag: government spending
House Passes Funding Plan with Overwhelming Democrat Support
The House approved a continuing resolution on Tuesday that extends the spending levels of a lame duck legislative session in […]
Government shutdown fears ease as Dems signal support of Speaker Mike Johnson’s stopgap bill
The House Republicans' proposal for a two-step funding plan of the government met with nominal opposition from both sides on […]
Speaker Johnson Proposes ‘Two-Step’ Measure To Avert Government Shutdown
House Speaker Mike Johnson announced a two-step short-term expenditure measure to avoid a shutdown of the government.The plan would reportedly […]
Shutdown Looms as US Senate, House Advance Separate Spending Plans
The Democrat-led U.S. Senate forged ahead Thursday with a bipartisan stopgap funding bill aimed at averting a fourth partial government […]
Hardliners block defense spending bill as GOP civil war worsens
House GOP hardliners prevented debate on the party's defense budget bill on Tuesday. The Pentagon funding was thus the latest […]
Biden, McCarthy standoff over budget intensifies as deadline looms
Tensions flared this week between Kevin McCarthy, House Speaker, and the White House. Both refused to relent amid a deadlock […]
Democrats may have to bend on negotiations with GOP on debt ceiling
Both policy experts and strategists in each party believe that Democrats will need to be at the table soon to […]
House conservative leader rips media for ‘irrational’ debt ceiling coverage, vows ‘serious fiscal reform’
Republican Study Committee Chairman Kevin Hern (Republican from Oklahoma) criticized the national media for their hysterical coverage on the debt […]
Conservatives sharpen their spears for historic debt ceiling fight
On Thursday, the U.S. government was likely to reach its borrowing limit. This puts the new House Republican majority in […]
