Top House Democrats on Friday bashed the GOP’s plan for keeping the government open but stopped short of rallying their party against the bill, underscoring the fine line they’re walking around the shutdown looming next week. In a letter to members, Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Minority Whip Katherine Clark and Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar […]
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The House GOP’s campaign arm deleted a post on X calling Rep. Adriano Espaillat of New York an “illegal immigrant,” following a backlash on social media and strong condemnation from Espaillat’s fellow Democrats. The Congressional Hispanic Caucus, which Espaillat chairs, said the quiet deletion wasn’t enough, writing on X: “You can’t sweep this under the […]
Speaker Mike Johnson is throwing his support behind Elon Musk following President Donald Trump’s tense closed-door meeting with his Cabinet, saying that the role of Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is going through a “recalibration” and that Musk will correct his mistakes along the way. “I think the president kind of did a recalibration yesterday. […]
Speaker Mike Johnson stopped short of supporting a hard-right push to remove Rep. Al Green from his committee assignment over the Texas Democrat’s singing protest following his censure Thursday. After the House voted to censure Green over his outburst during President Donald Trump’s address to Congress on Tuesday, Green and several other House Democrats sang […]
Senate Democrats are running out of time to decide whether fighting President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s funding freezes is worth forcing a government shutdown. Assuming House Republicans can successfully pass the six-month spending patch they plan to put on the floor next week, GOP senators will need help from at least eight Democrats to […]
Senate Democrats have a fast-approaching dilemma: Vote for a spending bill unilaterally drafted by House Republicans or engage in the kind of shutdown brinkmanship they’ve long opposed. It isn’t a decision they’ll be able to put off for much longer. House GOP leaders are poised early next week to send a bill to the floor […]
As President Donald Trump and Elon Musk lay waste to scores of federal programs and the careers of thousands of government workers, Republicans on Capitol Hill have mostly kept their objections to themselves — with one big exception. Military veterans have been disproportionately affected by the administration’s early cuts, and GOP lawmakers have unleashed a […]
A stopgap measure to keep the government funded through the end of September is expected to include measures to avert cuts in pay for doctors treating Medicare patients and extend eased Medicare telehealth rules, according to five industry lobbyists granted anonymity to share details of private negotiations. The health measures to be incorporated into the […]
Lori Chavez-DeRemer’s bid to lead the Labor Department cleared a key procedural hurdle on Thursday — the last major step before a confirmation vote on the Senate floor. The Senate voted 66-30 to end debate on the former GOP representative’s nomination to serve as President Donald Trump’s Labor secretary, one week after she advanced out […]
House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan sent a subpoena to Alphabet, the parent company of Google and YouTube, on Thursday, requesting communications between the company and the executive branch as well as internal company communications. The move to go after Alphabet is the next step in Jordan’s yearslong crusade to go after social media platforms for […]