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Republican leaders of the pragmatic House Main Street Caucus — which includes Utah Rep. John Curtis — and the hardline House Freedom Caucus negotiated a deal on Sunday in an attempt to avoid a government shutdown. The deal includes a small decrease in federal spending paired with new border security policies in return for 30 days of continued government funding beyond the Sept. 30 expiration. Such a stopgap funding measure is considered a necessary step to give House Republicans ...

This Week in Washington: House appropriations talks continue, Senate vote to advance mini omnibus fails; Lower Costs, More Transparency Act pulled from House consideration; House Budget...

Only five days stand between the American public and calamitous government shutdown.

Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Tuesday said it would be “very important” to meet with President Biden amid discussions over averting a government shutdown and addressing the situation at the southern border. “I think it would be very important to have a meeting with the president,” McCarthy told reporters at the Capitol. The comment came…

It’s unclear whether the Republican-controlled House would take up any legislation advanced by the Democratic-led Senate at this time

Rep. Burchett: Using Dem Votes Is Speaker Deal-Breaker

The weekend brought no signs of progress from Congress on passing a federal budget and avoiding a government shutdown at the end of the week, with hard-right lawmakers refusing to budge on their demands for sharp spending cuts and tougher border security. Republican hardliners in the House of Representatives remained opposed to both a short-term funding measure and sweeping budget legislation ...

Advocacy groups, including the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, have urged lawmakers to come to an agreement and keep the government open.

The House and Senate this week are staring down a Sept. 30 deadline to fund the government, with a shutdown becoming more and more likely as lawmakers remain unable to reach a deal on keeping the lights on in Washington beyond the end of the month. Congress has just five days to avert a shutdown…

WASHINGTON—Former Oval Office denizen Donald Trump, who shut down the government once, is ordering MAGA House Republicans to do it again. Government Employees (AFGE) President Everett Kelley wants to make sure it stays open.