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The House on Thursday passed a short-term extension of government funding, avoiding a shutdown that would have otherwise started Saturday. The spending measure then headed to the Senate, where it is about to be approved. The bill, known as a continuing resolution or CR, is the fourth stopgap spending measure passed for this fiscal year, which started last October. It would keep one group of federal agencies operating through March 8 and another through March 22, buying more time for appropriator

Since Republicans took control of the House following the 2022 midterms, the U.S. has faced a crisis of governance. Unable to quit their own petty infighting, caught up in ugly leadership squabbles, and unwilling to move without the blessing of Donald Trump, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson now com...

Why McCarthy needs Democrats, and why Democrats might help him stay speaker

Marge just cut a re-election commercial for President Biden. Really.

: House Republicans pass debt ceiling bill to the delight of the extremists - UPDATE: Wednesday, Apr 26, 2023 ? 9:52:49 PM +00:00 ? Joan McCarter All the supposed moderates among the House Republicans just capitulated, voting yes on what is the Freedom Caucus plan to destroy the economy. It passed 217-215, with four extreme hard right Republicans voting against it. On Monday, Barely Speaker Kevin McCarthy and team vowed there would be no changes to the debt ceiling and spending cuts package before it came to the floor this week. But in the very early hours of Wednesday, the Rul...