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March 12, 2024

House GOP exposes 'woke' items in Biden's $7.3 trillion budget

House Republicans are circulating a new memo highlighting "woke programs" President Biden is seeking to fund in his massive fiscal year 2025 budget proposal.

March 6, 2024

Jesse Watters: What's in the House's $460B spending bill?

Adam Adrezejewski, CEO of ‘Open the Books,‘ dissects what's in the multi-billion dollar spending package on 'Jesse Watters Primetime.' 

March 6, 2024

House passes $460 billion government funding bill blasted by GOP hardliners

The House of Representatives voted to advance a six-bill spending package on Wednesday, setting the federal government up to avoid a partial shutdown.

March 6, 2024

House GOP relents on LGBT center funding in $460B package as Dems cheer lack of 'poison pills'

Conservative lawmakers are complaining about the roughly $12 billion in earmarks for colleagues' home district projects in the $460 billion spending bill.

March 6, 2024

House to vote on $460 billion government funding package ahead of Friday shutdown deadline

The House of Representatives is set to vote on a package of six spending bills aimed at funding government agencies and departments whose money runs out on Friday.

March 4, 2024

Congress tries to avoid a shutdown—again

Chad Pergram shares his analysis on last week's congressional blunder: Congress could not work together to pass four spending bills and failed to advert a partial government shutdown.

February 26, 2024

Sen Hawley urges more compensation for radiation exposure as partial shutdown deadline looms

Sen. Hawley is urging Republicans to reauthorize the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) before its spring expiration date.

February 26, 2024

Republicans propose blocking SOTU speech if president doesn’t submit budget on time

Some Republicans in Congress want to hold Biden and future presidents accountable to the budget deadline with a simple penalty. No plans on time, no grand speech.

February 15, 2024

Senate voted in favor of $95 billion international spending bill, there may be another around the corner

As threats loom – a space weapon from Russia, the southern border, China, instability in the Middle East - Congress may need to work together to draft another international security bill.

February 11, 2024

Congress barrels toward government shutdown deadlines with little progress so far

The House and Senate have just two confirmed days left in session together before the first of two government spending deadlines March 1.