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REUTERS/Jonathan ErnstAs the U.S. once again hurtles toward a possible government shutdown, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is turning to Democrats to try and push a 45-day funding bill through the House.The proposal would require support from two-thirds of lawmakers, a rare vote of unity in the typically dysfunctional and splintered House chamber. It isn’t clear whether there would be sufficient bipartisan support for it to pass.McCarthy, who has been battling hard-liners within his own par...

House Democrats are panning a Republican-backed bill to prevent a government shutdown. Democrats are in a tough position in opposing the bill, which it set to come to floor. The party takes aim at the bill for not including Ukraine aid, which the Senate includes in its bipartisan stopgap bill. House Republicans are hopeful the new plan…

“They have they have incredible pay, they have easy hours, only a fourth of them are actually back working in the office right now. So we all have to, you know, sacrifice,” said Sen. Roger Marshall, a Kansas Republican.

Lawmakers approved a last-ditch effort to pass a short-term budget and avoid a shutdown that would've impacted millions of federal workers.

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“They have they have incredible pay, they have easy hours, only a fourth of them are actually back working in the office right now. So we all have to, you know, sacrifice,” said Sen. Roger Marshall, a Kansas Republican.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy rushed Friday into a last-ditch plan to keep the federal government temporarily open — but with steep spending cuts of nearly 30% to many agencies and severe border security provisions demanded by his hard-right flank though with almost no chance in the Democratic Senate. The package cleared a procedural vote Friday but final passage in the afternoon was uncertain, testing whether the embattled McCarthy has the support he needs from his slim Republican majori...

Most banks in the country do not service cannabis companies as marijuana remains illegal at the federal level despite several states legalizing its medicinal and recreational use. "Forcing legal businesses to operate in all-cash is dangerous for our communities ... passing the SAFER Banking Act through committee is a historic moment in this body."

The four were charged under a new law aimed against promoting hate speech. The law has also worried free-speech advocates.

WASHINGTON — With the House in chaos over its spending plans, senators of both parties were deep in negotiations on Monday over efforts to head off a government shutdown this weekend through a stopgap measure and whether to include additional aid to Ukraine in the legislation. Senators and senior staff members engaged in intense discussions over the past few days on how to proceed given the House impasse, officials said, with the Senate taking steps toward an emergency spending bill that ...