McCarthy’s Mess: What’s Next in the Shutdown Showdown
What a waste. With a looming September 30 deadline to prevent a government shutdown, the House has now squandered two weeks because of Republican...
Lawmakers Eye Plan to End Shutdowns Permanently
The looming threat of yet another government shutdown — which would be the 21st since 1977 — has sparked renewed interest in proposed legislation that...
Right-Wing Rebels Hand McCarthy Another Stunning Defeat
The House Republican chaos caucus dealt another stunning blow to Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Thursday, defeating their own party’s Pentagon funding bill...
White House Authorizes $600 Million for More Covid Tests
Amid a surge of new Covid-19 cases around the U.S. in recent weeks, the Biden administration is spending $600 million to produce another round of at...
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...