Budget Battles
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Border Battle Pushes Congress Toward a Shutdown
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Biden to Congress: Pass the Foreign Aid Bill ASAP
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Republicans Eye Frozen Russian Assets to Fund Ukraine
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Shutdown Threat Rises Again as GOP Demands Border Changes
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House Dems Try to Force a Vote on Ukraine Aid
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Biden Proposes a $7.3 Trillion Budget for 2025
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Senate Averts Midnight Shutdown, but Not Without Drama
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Border Battle Pushes Congress Toward a Shutdown
Congressional lawmakers have until midnight Friday to pass a package of spending bills needed to keep large portions of the government from shutting down, but a lengthy dispute over funding for the...
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Biden Calls on Congress to Pass Ukraine Aid
By Michael RaineyAt an early St. Patrick’s Day event with the Irish prime minister and officials including House Speaker Mike Johnson, President Joe Biden called on Congress to pass the foreign aid package that would...
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Republicans Consider Seizing Russian Assets to Pay for Ukraine Aid
By Michael RaineyPressure is rising on House Speaker Mike Johnson to figure out a way to provide military aid to Ukraine and Israel. Johnson told Politico’s Olivia Beavers Thursday that aid packages for Ukraine and...
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Shutdown Threat Rises Again as Republicans Push Hardline Policies
The package of spending bills that needs to be passed by March 22 was always going to be more contentious than the first batch of bills approved by Congress last week. The upcoming tranche includes...
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House Dems Try to Force Floor Vote on Ukraine Aid
With billions of dollars in additional aid for Ukraine stuck in congressional limbo given Speaker Mike Johnson’s refusal to allow a vote on a Senate-passed bill, lawmakers on Tuesday formally...
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Biden Proposes a $7.3 Trillion Budget for 2025
President Biden on Monday proposed a $7.3 trillion budget for fiscal year 2025 that seeks to lower the costs of prescription drugs, child care and housing while also cutting the deficit by $3...
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Senate Passes $459 Billion Spending Package to Avoid Midnight Shutdown
With a midnight deadline looming, the Senate voted tonight to avert a government shutdown by passing the $459 billion, six-bill spending package approved by the House earlier this week. The vote was...
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House Republicans Advance a 2025 Budget Plan
Even as Congress tries to wrap up the drawn-out appropriations process for the 2024 fiscal year, which started back in October, lawmakers are also eager to turn the page to the 2025 budget. That...
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House Passes $460 Billion Funding Bill Ahead of Shutdown Deadline
By Michael RaineyIt looks like Congress will squeak past yet another shutdown deadline this year. The House on Wednesday approved a package of six bills that will fund parts of the federal government that could shut...
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Congress Unveils $460 Billion Funding Package: What's Inside?
By Yuval Rosenberg and Michael RaineyThe drawn-out drama of funding the government for the fiscal year that started more than five months ago is nearing its final act. With apologies to Samuel Beckett, you could call it “Waiting for the...
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Congress Passes Stopgap Bill to Avert Weekend Shutdown
The House and Senate on Thursday passed a short-term extension of government funding, avoiding a shutdown that would have otherwise started Saturday. The bill, known as a continuing resolution or CR...
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Congressional Leaders Strike Funding Deal Setting New Shutdown Deadlines
Congressional leaders struck a deal Wednesday on half of the 12 required annual spending bills along with a stopgap measure to avoid a partial government shutdown that was set to begin Friday night...
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'Intense' White House Meeting Yields Progress on Shutdown, Impasse on Ukraine
By Michael RaineyJust days away from a partial government shutdown, President Joe Biden met with congressional leaders at the White House Tuesday in an attempt to break a deadlock over federal funding and to discuss...
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With Shutdown Looming, Biden Summons Johnson and Other Congressional Leaders
With funding for portions of the U.S. government set to run out Friday at midnight, President Joe Biden has summoned Speaker Mike Johnson and the three other top congressional leaders to meet...
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Dems Warn GOP: No Poison Pills in Spending Bills
Congress will return to Washington next week with just days to go before the first of two deadlines to fund the government and keep agencies operating. As the March 1 and March 8 deadlines draw near...