The 8 House Republicans who voted against Trump’s border wall
The House on Thursday passed a stopgap government funding bill by a 217-185 vote that would stave off a partial government shutdown.Its inclusion of $5.7 billion in border wall funding, however, likely...
View ArticleGOP takes victory lap around Pelosi after passing border wall bill
House Republicans are taking a victory lap around Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) after GOP lawmakers passed a funding bill that would provide $5 billion for President Trump's proposed border...
View ArticleRetiring GOP lawmaker blasts party for 'toddler logic' that...
Retiring Rep. Ryan Costello (R-Pa.) blasted his own party on Friday for “toddler logic” that suggested a partial government shutdown would end up putting pressure on Democrats.Democrats will take...
View ArticleInside the Trump-Congress Christmas meltdown
Don Young had had enough.House lawmakers were in the midst of a marathon voting session on Thursday — a 35-vote slog demanded by a single lawmaker — when the cantankerous Alaska Republican stormed down...
View ArticleHouse adjourns without clear path to avert shutdown
The House adjourned on Friday evening without a clear path forward on a deal to avert a partial government shutdown, as lawmakers continue to wrestle over funding for President Trump's border...
View ArticleShutdown begins as lawmakers wrestle over Trump's border wall
Congress failed to avert a partial government shutdown on Friday and doesn’t appear to have a clear path forward as lawmakers continue to squabble over funding for President Trump’s border wall.Senate...
View ArticleSchumer, Pelosi: Trump got 'what he wanted' with shutdown
Democratic congressional leaders hammered President Trump early Saturday as large swaths of the federal government shut down after Congress failed to reach a deal over funding for Trump's border...
View ArticleOutgoing GOP lawmaker blasts shutdown: ‘Things are not well in the USA’
Outgoing Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R-Fla.) on Saturday lamented the "instability & chaos" in Washington heading into the latest government shutdown, noting that the last few days have been more...
View ArticleCongress starts first day of shutdown with modest hope
Lawmakers are returning to the Capitol on Saturday in the hopes of finding a deal to end the partial government shutdown that began at midnight, but major differences remain over funding for President...
View ArticleTop Republican predicts any deal will move without calling members back to DC
A top House Republican said Saturday that he’s hopeful “cooler heads will prevail” to open up the government before Christmas, predicting the vote would happen by unanimous consent without calling...
View ArticleOcasio-Cortez calls for congressional salaries to be furloughed during next...
Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Saturday called for congressional salaries to be furloughed during the next government shutdown.Roughly a quarter of federal agencies closed when...
View ArticleGOP discord on wall prolongs shutdown fight
The government shutdown fight is increasingly shaping up as a battle among Republicans for the president’s ear.President Trump summoned a group of Republicans to lunch at the White House Saturday...
View ArticleLawmakers shrug off shutdown drama
Call it the tranquil shutdown.As the government careened toward a partial closure Friday night, lawmakers in both parties did a peculiar thing: they started heading home.The absence of urgency — and...
View ArticleWashington braces for lengthy shutdown
Washington is preparing for a lengthy partial shutdown as a deal to fully reopen the government remains elusive.Though only in its second day after Congress missed the midnight deadline Friday,...
View ArticleSchiff: Trump conversations with acting attorney general 'wrong at every...
Incoming House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) on Sunday said it’s “wrong on every level” for President Trump to discuss the federal investigation and prosecution of his former...
View ArticleSchiff: Democrats will subpoena Mueller report if Trump tries to hide it
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), the incoming chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, says Democrats will subpoena special counsel Robert Mueller’s report if President Trump tries to invoke executive...
View ArticleDem lawmaker on Trump forcing Mattis out early: ‘PETTY, WEAK, JUVENILE’
Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) blasted President Trump for forcing Defense Secretary James Mattis out two months earlier than his planned departure.“How to describe this?” Lieu, a frequent Trump critic,...
View ArticleO’Rourke warns of threat from Trump: 'What's happening now is part...
Rep. Beto O'Rourke (D-Texas) on Sunday warned of a threat posed by President Trump, saying that the current government shutdown is "part of a larger threat to us all."O'Rourke, writing in a post on...
View ArticleDem calls for closing lawmaker gym, sauna during shutdown
Rep. Bill Foster (D-Ill.) is calling for the gym and sauna used by lawmakers to be closed while the government is shut down.Foster introduced legislation on Sunday that would close the gym and sauna...
View ArticleHouse lawmakers look to reassure Australia after Mattis resignation
A bipartisan group of House lawmakers is reaching out to Australia to reassure the U.S. ally following the announced resignation of Defense Secretary James Mattis.In a letter spearheaded by Reps. Joe...
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