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Lawmakers concede a long-term CR would devastate agencies, though a bipartisan breakthrough to avoid a shutdown has proven elusive.

The topline is higher than either the HASC ($839 billion) or SASC ($847 billion) had sought in their initial versions of the language, and includes $816.7 billion for the Pentagon and $30.3 billion for nuclear activities in the Department of Energy.

As we approach the end of the year, which means the end of the 117th Congress, both the House and Senate are left with major pieces of legislative work incomplete.

Groups and frontline communities succeeded again in blocking Manchin from adding his so-called "permitting reform" into a must-pass bill.

In somewhat of a surprise, the HASC provision to force the Space Force to create a Space National Guard was stripped from the bill in the negotiations between the two sides of Capitol Hill.

Proposals for Democrats' omnibus spending bill to fund the government through 2023 would grant millions to left-wing organizations ...

Some of them with very procedural objections to kevin mccarthy and its not clear whether under intensifying pressure to get in line and vote for the speaker because they dont have many votes to spare, whether they will finally cave and vote for him on january 3rd. >> bret: brit, its processy but i was out at the reagan defense frum library not only a bunch of defense officials in the pentagon and elsewhere but businesses that do long-term planning based on what has been negotiated on this ndaa. ...

Exiting the current suboptimal path will certainly incur a short-term cost but will have enormous long-term benefits.

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) publicly called out his Republican counterpart Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) Monday for mulling a budget deal with Democrats.

Former House Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Biggs (R-AZ) said he will continue to run against House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) for speaker after challenging the California Republican during the House GOP’s internal conference vote in November.