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House Republicans are still scrambling to find a path forward with less than two months until the government runs out of funding, as the right wing of the GOP conference is still insisting it needs to see more spending cuts in order to support a series of bills to avert a government shutdown.

Biden's request will pit him against House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and other Republicans who want to abide by a cap set during debt ceiling talks.

Staunch opponents to Ukraine aid in both chambers of Congress could make the spending fight contentious.

This week marks one year since the PACT Act, legislation expanding health and disability benefits for veterans, was signed into law.

Most Americans in a new poll said Congress should not authorize more funding for Ukraine, more than 18 months after Russia first invaded its neighboring country. The CNN poll found that 55 percent of Americans said lawmakers should not authorize additional funding to support Ukraine, while 45 percent said they should. Republicans were more likely…

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Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has no doubt that the White House's intention to finance military aid to Taiwan will not lead to a decrease in support for Ukraine. Source: Kuleba in a comment to Ukrinform, reported by European Pravda Details: Kuleba expressed his belief that US President Joe Biden will not do anything that would lead to a reduction in aid to Ukraine.

Over the past few weeks, legislation that is important to Indian Country passed the U.S. Senate, which is controlled by Democrats who have a slight majority. Two of the bills deal with housing for Native Americans, who often are homeless or live in overcrowded conditions both on and off reservations. In 2019, Native Americans represented about 1.5% of the general population of the United States, yet they make up more than 10% of the homeless population nationally according to a Department of H...

Major drug-pricing legislation to cap the cost of insulin is in danger of slipping to the fall, where it risks getting lost amid fights over appropriations bills, abortion and a potential government shutdown. The legislation is a priority for Democrats, and Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said earlier this month that he was hoping to…

Members of the House Freedom Caucus speak to reporters on July 14, 2023, hours before the House passed its version of the National Defense Authorization Act. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images News/Getty ImagesEach year for the past six decades, congressional representatives from both sides of the aisle have come together to pass the National Defense Authorization Act. Because the bill involves the military – a traditionally popular institution – it has historically received bipartisan s...