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Top House Republicans on the select China committee are pushing to secure billions more dollars for security initiatives and U.S. posture across the Indo-Pacific to counter the growing ambitions of Beijing. Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.), chair of the China select committee, led his GOP colleagues in a Sunday letter to House and Senate leadership asking…

Concern is rising for senators in both parties that funding for Ukraine might get left on the cutting room floor this year as Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) “laddered” stopgap spending bill will keep the government open through late January, depriving the supplemental of a potential vehicle. Lawmakers still say the Biden administration’s $105 billion supplemental…

A group of more than 100 U.S. mayors voiced support for a supplemental request with more immigration funding. In a Tuesday letter, mayors from all over the U.S. said President Biden’s $1.4 billion request to Congress to help at the state and local level in supplying shelter and services for migrants is not enough. They…

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell warned Democrats on Tuesday it will be hard to get President Joe Biden's supplemental funding request for Ukraine and other priorities across the chamber floor without including border restrictions sought by Republicans. "It will be difficult to get the package across the floor in the Senate without a credible border solution," McConnell told reporters at a press conference. The Kentucky Republican said he spoke...

Secretary Austin outlined U.S. production constraints and made the case to Congress for more funds to ramp up munitions production for Ukraine and Israel.

On his first full day on the job on Thursday, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) will be going to the White House for a briefing on President Joe Biden’s supplemental funding request.

House Republicans will embark on their third attempt to break the Speaker stalemate this week, heading back to square one as they huddle to pick a nominee for the top spot — and hope that their new candidate can muster enough support to win the gavel on the floor. The conference reset comes after a…

White House budget director warns Congress members: ‘The world is watching’

U.S. President Joe Biden's administration is considering $60 billion in assistance for Ukraine and $10 billion for Israel in a supplemental spending request he will send to Congress as soon as Friday, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Wednesday. Biden has been widely expected to ask Congress to pass a supplemental spending bill quickly, as Washington responds to the deadly Oct. 7 attack on Israel by Hamas militants while looking to continue to support Ukraine as it grapples...