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House speaker kevin mccarthy last spring. these overall figures track very closely to the agreement that had been reached when they came to that debt limit deal last year. a deal that wrinkled a lot of house republicans. already, there has been some opposition expressed to the latest deal struck by congressional leaders. the house freedom caucus expressing frustration with the figures included that it does not include more spending cuts. they said in a post that it was quote a total failure. the...

Figures that are included that it does not include more spending cuts. they said in a post it was a total failure. theres also some concerns that conservatives could use this deadline as leverage to try to force more strict immigration and border policy changes. theres also real questions about whether lawmakers will be able to have the time to write these pieces of legislation, allocate the funding and get these bills passed with the first deadline on january 19th and a second deadline on febru...

Ukraine, and the white house has been working with the negotiators to reach some sort of agreement. and the white house is expressing optimism that the house leader mike johnson and the senate chuck schumer have reached an agreement, but it is still unclear if they will have to time and the will to get these funding bills passed before the january 19th and february 2nd deadlines and also whether the conservatives will try to use this to push forward stricker immigration and border policy changes...

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is considering trying to negotiate directly with the White House on border policy changes that have so far been confined to a bipartisan group of Senate negotiators. A source familiar confirmed that Johnson said on a Thursday call with first-term GOP lawmakers that he was weighing talking to the White House directly on border…

Transitions to a lower intensity phase of fighting. that is something that the u.s. has encouraged israel do. and a senior u.s. official said they believed that they were starting to see the beginning of that strategy, that tactic, when it announced that they would be withdrawing some of their troops from gaza as israel is preparing for a prolonged fight heading into 2024. now, secretary of state antony blinken will be traveling to israel later in the week as he is expected to start talking abou...

About whether the white house will be able to push through additional aid for ukraine as that debate is currently locked in the fight over those potential border policy changes. the white house of course has warned of what inaction could mean for ukraine on the battlefield. and then there is two major government funding fights looming. in the next five weeks, there are two deadlines that congress will need to try to reach to try to pass additional funding to prevent a government shutdown. of cou...

There remains a lot of daylight between Democrats and Republicans on border policy changes as the White House urges lawmakers to pass its national security supplemental request, according to multiple sources.

The Senate failed to pass a spending bill on Wednesday night after Republicans rejected it due to the lack of significant policy changes on the border and immigration.

President Joe Biden on Wednesday said it was “stunning” that Congress has not yet approved tens of billions of dollars in military and economic assistance for Ukraine, as his administration warned of dire consequences for Kyiv — and a “gift” to Russia's Vladimir Putin — if lawmakers don't act. Speaking at the White House, Biden said Republicans who are insisting on border policy changes as a condition for voting for the aid “are playing...

Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is going all-in on border issues as he takes a second shot this week at passing a GOP-only short-term funding bill that would pair an extension of government funding with a swath of border policy changes. McCarthy is racing against a competing continuing resolution (CR) unveiled in the Senate on Tuesday…