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Tensions run high as Democrats and Republicans in Congress rush to approve a spending bill in order to avoid a looming government shutdown.

A memo sent to House GOP lawmakers by the Republican Study Committee calls on Speaker McCarthy to push conservative agenda items through with any short-term spending deal.

Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA) announced on Monday he would be introducing a pair of amendments to prohibit funding from being used in the prosecution of any major presidential candidate ahead of the 2024 election, with one restricting funds from going toward federal prosecutions and another to fund state prosecutions.

Do something about that prosecutor. to be able to get the answers to these questions, you would need an impeachment inquiry to compound to be able to get the answers at the american people deserve to know. ive had democrats tell me they are very concerned because they backed this president based on what he told america and with each turn we find that that is not true. >> does it become harder with this other issue that youve got , and that is the funding deadline. are you able to deepen this pro...

Tensions run high as Democrats and Republicans in Congress rush to approve a spending bill in order to avoid a looming government shutdown.

When Congress returns to Washington after its summer break, one of its top priorities needs to be resolving pending funding issues.

US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said on Wednesday that nobody in Congress wants a government shutdown due to lack of funding, amid opposition to a continuing resolution by the House Freedom Caucus.

Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Texas) said Tuesday that a threat to Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s (R) Speakership is “inevitable” if he does not meet conservative demands and requires help from Democrats to avert a government shutdown. “It’s going to be detrimental to leadership in the House, if they blow off the concerns of the people like myself…

With little more than a month left until the government is set to run out of funding, it appears increasingly likely that Congress will need to pass a stopgap spending measure to prevent a shutdown. But opposition from conservative House Republicans could stymie efforts to pass such legislation, known as a continuing resolution or C.R.Thanks to a divided Congress and an emboldened right flank in the House, lawmakers will likely face yet another round of procedural brinkmanship when they return t

The fight over government funding will be top of mind for Congress when lawmakers return to Washington next month, as the Sept. 30 shutdown deadline looms over Capitol Hill. Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) told members last week that the House will likely have to pass a continuing resolution to keep the government running past that deadline, but…