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Congress is racing to fund the government by Friday’s partial shutdown deadline, a heavy task that is bound to get weightier as Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) navigates growing anger in his conference over his handling of spending matters. The mad dash comes after congressional leaders rolled out a bipartisan deal to avert a shutdown over…

The Senate is set to vote on a bipartisan continuing resolution proposed by Senate Majority Leader Schumer and House Speaker Johnson to avoid a government shutdown this week.

On to New Hampshire. Former President Donald Trump was the runaway winner of the Iowa Republican caucuses yesterday evening, demonstrating he maintains a strong hold on Republicans in that state and in rural areas particularly. 

 

The House canceled votes Tuesday because of inclement weather as wintry conditions hit Washington, D.C., and areas across the country, shortening the chamber’s week as it races to avert a government shutdown by Friday’s deadline. The office of House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) announced Tuesday morning that the first votes of the week would…

The Senate is taking the first procedural vote on a short-term spending measure as the government faces a Friday deadline to avert a partial shutdown.

Facing a potential shutdown at the end of the week, Congress aims to push the deadlines into early March.

Kent Nishimura/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The snowstorms pummeling much of the country -- including D.C. -- will keep the majority of the federal government at home Tuesday, but not the Senate, whose members are expected to brave the weather to cast t...

Congressional leaders rolled out a two-step plan to stave off a partial government shutdown this week, kicking the funding threat into early March to buy more time for spending talks. The legislation, unveiled Sunday evening, would fund some areas of the federal government through March 1, while extending funding for the remaining agencies through March 8. It would…

Just five days remain until a key government funding deadline, and even after congressional leaders announced a deal to avert a shutdown until March, the schedule leaves little room for error.