Rep. Brittany Pettersen (D-CO) says she had to return to Washington with her one-month-old son to vote against the Republican budget proposal. House Speaker Mike Johnson was able to flip several Republican votes,
By Margot Sanger-Katz and Alicia Parlapiano Reporting from Washington The House passed a budget resolution Tuesday night after Speaker Mike Johnson persuaded several Republican lawmakers, including those who have expressed reservations about possible Medicaid cuts,
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Mike Johnson claims ‘paid protesters’ are disrupting GOP town halls — then backtracks when asked for proof - ‘You can’t argue they were all paid protestors, though, Mr. Speaker,’ CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins pushed back,
Republican leaders on Capitol Hill are struggling with a key question as they stare down a fast-approaching deadline to fund the government: How do they fund federal agencies that President Donald Trump and Elon Musk want to dismantle?
Negotiations to avoid a federal government shutdown in two weeks have not been going well. Lawmakers have yet to agree on spending topline numbers even though the current budget year began in October.
President Donald Trump had said earlier this week his administration was weighing sending 20% of savings by DOGE to taxpayers.
The government runs out of funding on March 14, and averting a shutdown will likely require bipartisan support in both the House and Senate.
Federal funding dries up at the end of the day on March 14. Lawmakers acknowledge that passing full appropriations bills are unlikely given the time crunch, and they are preparing a funding extension known as a continuing resolution, referred to in Washington as a CR, in the hopes of buying more time.