Republicans Scramble to Find a Path Forward
With intraparty tensions running high, House Republican lawmakers are searching for a path forward on a federal funding plan that would avoid a...
GOP Hardliners Hand McCarthy a Pair of Stinging Defeats
House Republican dysfunction was on full display Tuesday as conservatives forced leaders to pull a key vote on the party’s own proposed stopgap...
Republicans Release 2024 Budget Blueprint
House Republicans on Tuesday released a long-delayed budget resolution for fiscal year 2024, which the Budget Committee will start marking up this...
McCarthy Faces Grim Math on New GOP Plan to Avert Shutdown
With less than two weeks to go until the September 30 deadline to avert a partial government shutdown, two key House Republican groups have put forth...
Is Congress Stumbling Into a Shutdown?
Lawmakers left town late Thursday for an extended weekend, following a brief but chaotic workweek during which the odds of a government shutdown...
A Frustrated McCarthy Dares His Own Members to Oust Him
The growing frustrations of Speaker Kevin McCarthy and House Republicans have reached the point where the f-bombs start flying. With intraparty...
An Unusual Budget Surplus in August
The cancelation of President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan produced a rare budget surplus in August, the Treasury Department reported...
McCarthy Faces Conservative Mutiny Over Spending, Shutdown
With a looming September 30 deadline to avert a government shutdown, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is boxed in by his own conference, and Republican...
Poverty Rate Soared in 2022 as Pandemic Programs Came to an End
A key measure of poverty in the U.S. jumped by 4.6 percentage points in 2022, according to new data released Tuesday by the U.S. Census Bureau. The...
McCarthy Orders Biden Impeachment Inquiry as Shutdown Looms
Under pressure from hard-right members of his caucus, Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday directed House committees to open an impeachment inquiry into...