With House Republicans in turmoil, colleagues implore GOP holdouts not to shut down government
1 year, 3 months ago

With House Republicans in turmoil, colleagues implore GOP holdouts not to shut down government

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Working furiously to take control of a House in disarray, allies of Speaker Kevin McCarthy implored their Republican colleagues Saturday to drop their hardline tactics and work together to approve a conservative spending plan to prevent a federal shutdown. In public overtures and private calls, Republican lieutenants of the embattled speaker pleaded with a handful of right-flank holdouts to resist further disruptions that have ground the House to a halt and back McCarthy’s latest plan to keep government open before next weekend’s Sept. 30 deadline for a shutdown. Asked if he was worried about a potential shutdown, Rosendale said: “Life is going to go on.” President Joe Biden on Saturday chided the “small group of extreme Republicans” who were threatening a shutdown in which “everyone in America could be forced to pay the price.” “If the government shuts down, that means members of the U.S. military are going to have to continue to work and not get paid,” he told a Congressional Black Caucus Foundation dinner. McCarthy said his message to the holdouts was: “You’ve got to stop that.” At issue is the House conservatives’ drive to undo the deal McCarthy reached with Biden earlier this year setting government funding levels. “Anyone who says that we’re going to finish all 12 appropriations bills between now and Saturday is absolutely hallucinating.” The other option is for McCarthy to work with Democrats to pass a continuing resolution with their votes, and the Senate is preparing such a bipartisan measure that could be sent to the House in a matter of days.

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US House Of Representatives Passes Legislation To Prevent Government Shutdown
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4 days ago

US House Of Representatives Passes Legislation To Prevent Government Shutdown

ABP News  

The Republican-controlled US House of Representatives passed legislation to prevent a midnight government shutdown on Friday, defying President-elect Donald Trump's call to approve trillions of dollars in new debt. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer posted on X that he is “confident” the Senate will vote to avert a shutdown and hopes “to get it passed as soon as possible.” The legislation …

Trump rejects bipartisan plan to prevent Christmas-time government shutdown
6 days, 8 hours ago

Trump rejects bipartisan plan to prevent Christmas-time government shutdown

India Today  

President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday disrupted bipartisan efforts to avert a government shutdown as he pressured his fellow Republicans in Congress to reject a stopgap bill to keep the government funded past the end of the week. Trump instead urged Congress to pass legislation that would tie up loose ends before he takes office next month by raising the government's …

After a chaotic Congress, lawmakers head home to ask voters: How about another term?
2 months, 3 weeks ago

After a chaotic Congress, lawmakers head home to ask voters: How about another term?

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Congress is off for the campaign season, as lawmakers from one of the most chaotic and unproductive legislative sessions in modern times try to persuade voters to keep them on the job. “The good thing is Congress didn’t allow much to go through law,” said Rep. Ryan Zinke, a former Trump administration Cabinet secretary who is now running …

House Republican leaders expected to bypass GOP opposition by relying heavily on Democrats to keep government open
3 months ago

House Republican leaders expected to bypass GOP opposition by relying heavily on Democrats to keep government open

CNN  

Washington CNN — House Republicans are expected to bypass mounting GOP opposition to a spending bill to keep the government running into December by using a procedural floor move that would rely heavily on Democrats to pass the legislation and avoid a government shutdown. That was my hope with a Republican majority, but we are going to finish the Republican …

U.S. Senate passes government funding bill, averting shutdown
9 months ago

U.S. Senate passes government funding bill, averting shutdown

Raw Story  

The U.S. Congress approved a funding bill Saturday in a rare show of cross-party unity, keeping federal agencies running through September and averting a damaging partial government shutdown. Senators missed a midnight deadline to pass the $1.2 trillion package to keep the lights on in several key government agencies but voted in the early hours to pass a resolution that …

Senate passes $1.2 trillion funding package in early morning vote, ending threat of partial shutdown
9 months ago

Senate passes $1.2 trillion funding package in early morning vote, ending threat of partial shutdown

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Senate passed a $1.2 trillion package of spending bills in the early morning hours Saturday, a long overdue action nearly six months into the budget year that will push any threats of a government shutdown to the fall. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., talks withreporters to discuss efforts to pass the final set of spending bills …

Congress passes first package of spending bills just hours before shutdown deadline for key agencies
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Congress passes first package of spending bills just hours before shutdown deadline for key agencies

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Senate on Friday approved a $460 billion package of spending bills in time to meet a midnight deadline for avoiding a shutdown of many key federal agencies, a vote that gets lawmakers about halfway home in wrapping up their appropriations work for the 2024 budget year. The White House said he would do so Saturday, and “agencies …

Congress passes bill to avert government shutdown
11 months, 1 week ago

Congress passes bill to avert government shutdown

LA Times  

The stopgap bill passed both the House and the Senate on Thursday. Congress sent President Biden a short-term spending bill on Thursday that would avert a looming partial government shutdown and fund federal agencies into March. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the president would sign the resolution and accused Republicans of wasting time on partisan spending bills. “House …

US House passes GOP funding bill to avert government shutdown
1 year, 1 month ago

US House passes GOP funding bill to avert government shutdown

Live Mint  

The House of Representatives has successfully passed a bill to prevent a government shutdown before the holiday season, securing broad bipartisan support with a vote of 336 to 95, Fox News reported. To avert a government shutdown during the pre-holiday period, the House initially extended government funding for fiscal year 2023 until November 17, providing additional time for Congress to …

House passes stop-gap bill to avert US government shutdown
1 year, 1 month ago

House passes stop-gap bill to avert US government shutdown

Al Jazeera  

Bill extending funding into early 2024 was passed with Democrat support and needs to be signed off by midnight on Friday. The United States’s House of Representatives has passed a temporary spending bill to avert a government shutdown that could have left as many as 1.5 million public workers without pay. The legislation, which would extend government funding until mid-January, …

House votes to prevent a government shutdown as GOP Speaker Johnson relies on Democrats for help
1 year, 1 month ago

House votes to prevent a government shutdown as GOP Speaker Johnson relies on Democrats for help

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The House voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to prevent a government shutdown after new Republican Speaker Mike Johnson was forced to reach across the aisle to Democrats when hard-right conservatives revolted against his plan. Johnson says the innovative approach would position House Republicans to “go into the fight” for deeper spending cuts in the new year, but many Republicans are …

House Of Representatives At Standstill As Leaderless Republicans Mull Speaker Options
1 year, 2 months ago

House Of Representatives At Standstill As Leaderless Republicans Mull Speaker Options

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — Republicans met Tuesday evening to hear from the two candidates to be the next speaker of the House, but afterward, it appeared doubtful either could win the near-unanimous Republican support needed to get the gavel. One potential deciding factor may be House Republicans’ appetite to take the White House back to the brink of, or …

After one week without a House speaker, Republicans appear no closer to choosing a new leader
1 year, 2 months ago

After one week without a House speaker, Republicans appear no closer to choosing a new leader

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The House Republican majority is stuck, one week after the ouster of Speaker Kevin McCarthy, with lawmakers unable to coalesce around a new leader in a stalemate that threatens to keep Congress partly shuttered indefinitely. Several lawmakers, including Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., who engineered McCarthy’s ouster said they would be willing to support either Scalise or Jordan. “I …

US Congress passes bill to fund govt for 45 days, averts shutdown
1 year, 2 months ago

US Congress passes bill to fund govt for 45 days, averts shutdown

Live Mint  

The US House has passed a stopgap funding bill to fund the government for the next 45 days, averting the shutdown, according to media reports. Kevin McCarthy, the top US House Republican could face an untimely end to his role as speaker if party hardliners oust him, for averting a costly government shutdown on Saturday with a stopgap bill that …

Shutdown Averted. Now What?
1 year, 2 months ago

Shutdown Averted. Now What?

Bloomberg  

The first thing to know about the 11th-hour decision by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to agree to a deal to keep the government running through Nov. 17, is that it’s the most ordinary thing possible. That Republicans flailed around for weeks trying to do something else only revealed that sometimes, the obvious path is obvious for a reason. That complicated …

US Congress approves ‘stopgap funding bill’ to avert govt shutdown
1 year, 2 months ago

US Congress approves ‘stopgap funding bill’ to avert govt shutdown

Live Mint  

The US Congress on Saturday approved a ‘stopgap funding bill’ in a rare show of cross-party unity to keep federal agencies running for another 45 days and avert a damaging government shutdown, according to AFP reports. Kevin McCarthy, the top US House Republican could face an untimely end to his role as speaker if party hardliners oust him, for averting …

US government to avoid shutdown with 45-day stopgap bill approved by Congress hours before funding expires
1 year, 2 months ago

US government to avoid shutdown with 45-day stopgap bill approved by Congress hours before funding expires

ABC  

The US Congress has passed a stopgap funding bill with overwhelming Democratic support after Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy backed down from an earlier demand by his party's hardliners for a partisan bill. Key points: The US government has avoided a shutdown — for at least 45 days An 11th-hour passing of the bill aimed to ensure funding would remain …

Threat of government shutdown ends as U.S. Congress passes a temporary funding plan and sends it to Biden
1 year, 2 months ago

Threat of government shutdown ends as U.S. Congress passes a temporary funding plan and sends it to Biden

The Hindu  

The threat of a federal government shutdown ended late Saturday, hours before a midnight deadline, as Congress approved a temporary funding bill to keep agencies open and sent the measure to President Joe Biden to sign. And we’re going to keep government open.” With no deal in place before Sunday, federal workers will face furloughs, more than 2 million active-duty …

Biden says it’s ‘good news’ the shutdown was averted but blames House GOP for ‘manufactured crisis’
1 year, 2 months ago

Biden says it’s ‘good news’ the shutdown was averted but blames House GOP for ‘manufactured crisis’

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Staring down a possible government shutdown, the White House wanted to make sure any blame would fall at the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue — specifically on House Republicans. Asked on Friday if Biden should bear any responsibility for the potential shutdown, White House budget director Shalanda Young said “absolutely not” and accused Republicans of being cavalier with …

News Analysis: Kevin McCarthy avoided a government shutdown. But the fiasco shows he’s weaker than ever
1 year, 2 months ago

News Analysis: Kevin McCarthy avoided a government shutdown. But the fiasco shows he’s weaker than ever

LA Times  

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, talking to reporters Tuesday, had to rely on Democratic votes to pass Saturday’s bill that prevented a government shutdown. In a floor speech ahead of the Senate vote Saturday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said that his caucus will “remain committed to help our friends on the front line,” and that he was “confident the Senate …

Congress passes spending stopgap, averting a shutdown hours before midnight deadline
1 year, 2 months ago

Congress passes spending stopgap, averting a shutdown hours before midnight deadline

NPR  

Congress passes spending stopgap, averting a shutdown hours before midnight deadline Enlarge this image toggle caption Nathan Howard/Getty Images Nathan Howard/Getty Images The Senate voted 88-9 to approve a stopgap spending bill to fund the federal government through Nov. 17, narrowly averting a shutdown by a midnight deadline. "I think it's really important for us to send a message that …

Hard-Right Republicans Reject McCarthy's Last-Ditch Effort To Avert US Govt Shutdown
1 year, 2 months ago

Hard-Right Republicans Reject McCarthy's Last-Ditch Effort To Avert US Govt Shutdown

ABP News  

US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's eleventh-hour attempt to temporarily avert a federal government shutdown collapsed on Friday, with hard-right Republican holdouts rejecting the proposed package. The proposal, which included deep spending cuts of nearly 30% for numerous agencies and stringent border security provisions, was deemed inadequate by the hard-right faction, as per AP's report. With just one day left before …

As McCarthy’s plan to keep the government open collapsed and time ran down, a shutdown looked all but certain
1 year, 2 months ago

As McCarthy’s plan to keep the government open collapsed and time ran down, a shutdown looked all but certain

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s last-ditch plan to keep the federal government temporarily open collapsed in dramatic fashion Friday as a robust faction of hard-right holdouts rejected the package, making a shutdown almost certain. Asked if he had the votes, McCarthy said, “We’ll see.” But as soon as the floor debate began, McCarthy’s chief Republican critic, Rep. Matt Gaetz …

US shutdown almost certain as Republican spending plan fails House vote I What's next for Biden?
1 year, 2 months ago

US shutdown almost certain as Republican spending plan fails House vote I What's next for Biden?

India TV News  

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's last-ditch plan to keep the federal government temporarily open collapsed on Friday as hard-right holdouts rejected the package, making a shutdown almost certain. McCarthy's right-flank Republicans refused to support the bill despite its steep spending cuts of nearly 30 per cent to many agencies and severe border security provisions, calling it insufficient. Asked if he had …

McCarthy’s last-ditch plan to keep the government open collapses, making a shutdown almost certain
1 year, 2 months ago

McCarthy’s last-ditch plan to keep the government open collapses, making a shutdown almost certain

LA Times  

Speaker Kevin McCarthy speaks to the media about efforts to avert a looming government shutdown at the Capitol on Friday. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy‘s last-ditch plan to keep the federal government temporarily open collapsed in dramatic fashion Friday as a robust faction of hard-right holdouts rejected the package, making a shutdown almost certain. Asked if he had the votes, McCarthy …

McCarthy rejects Senate spending bill while scrambling for a House plan that averts a shutdown
1 year, 2 months ago

McCarthy rejects Senate spending bill while scrambling for a House plan that averts a shutdown

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A government shutdown appeared all but inevitable as House Speaker Kevin McCarthy dug in Thursday, vowing he will not take up Senate legislation designed to keep the federal government fully running despite House Republicans’ struggle to unite around an alternative. I’ve got time to do other things,” McCarthy told reporters Thursday evening at the Capitol, adding, “At the …

Column: The GOP’s suicidal shutdown plan will murder America’s safety net
1 year, 2 months ago

Column: The GOP’s suicidal shutdown plan will murder America’s safety net

LA Times  

It’s all well and good to treat the House Republicans’ careening toward a government shutdown as a cabaret farce staged for our amusement. Even if the Republicans don’t provoke the shutdown currently likely to begin at 12:01 a.m. Sunday, the budget cuts House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has said he would support to meet the demands of his caucus’ far-right wing …

House Speaker McCarthy is back to square one as the Senate pushes ahead to avert a federal shutdown
1 year, 2 months ago

House Speaker McCarthy is back to square one as the Senate pushes ahead to avert a federal shutdown

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — As the Senate marches ahead with a bipartisan approach to prevent a government shutdown, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is back to square one — asking his hard-right Republicans to do what they have said they would never do: approve their own temporary House measure to keep the government open. On the other side of the Capitol, Senate Majority …

Congress says it wants to avoid a shutdown. But the House and Senate are moving even further apart
1 year, 2 months ago

Congress says it wants to avoid a shutdown. But the House and Senate are moving even further apart

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Congress is starkly divided over very different paths to preventing a federal shutdown — the Senate charging ahead with a bipartisan package to temporarily fund the government but the House slogging through a longshot effort with no real chance of finishing by Saturday’s deadline. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print …

Congress is moving into crisis mode as Senate unveils bipartisan bill to avoid a government shutdown
1 year, 2 months ago

Congress is moving into crisis mode as Senate unveils bipartisan bill to avoid a government shutdown

LA Times  

Congress rushed headlong into crisis mode Tuesday with a government shutdown days away, as House Speaker Kevin McCarthy faces an insurgency from hard-right Republicans eager to slash spending even if it means halting pay for the military and curtailing federal services for millions of Americans. Ahead of a test vote Tuesday evening, Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer called the …

Column: What the Republicans forcing a government shutdown have in common with 1960s radicals
1 year, 2 months ago

Column: What the Republicans forcing a government shutdown have in common with 1960s radicals

LA Times  

This week, yet another government shutdown appears inevitable because a sizable chunk of the House Freedom Caucus believes, in the words of Tim Matheson in “Animal House,” that “this situation absolutely requires a really futile and stupid gesture be done on somebody’s part.” What situation? When you’ve convinced yourself that the “system,” “establishment” or “regime” is irretrievably corrupt or some …

As government shutdown deadline looms, US House panel approves 4 funding bills
1 year, 3 months ago

As government shutdown deadline looms, US House panel approves 4 funding bills

India Today  

The US House of Representatives' Rules Committee on Saturday voted, 9-2, to tee up four appropriations bills for debate on the full House floor, the latest move in Republicans' last-ditch bid to prevent government shutdowns after a Sept. 30 deadline. It was unclear whether enough Republicans will vote on the House floor for the rules, which must be established before …

White House preparing for government shutdown as House Republicans lack a viable endgame for funding
1 year, 3 months ago

White House preparing for government shutdown as House Republicans lack a viable endgame for funding

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The White House on Friday directed federal agencies to get ready for a shutdown after House Republicans left town for the weekend with no viable plan to keep the government funded and avert politically and economically costly disruption of federal services. The standoff with House Republicans over government funding puts at risk a range of activities — including …

White House preparing for government shutdown as House Republicans lack a viable endgame for funding
1 year, 3 months ago

White House preparing for government shutdown as House Republicans lack a viable endgame for funding

LA Times  

The White House was preparing Friday to direct federal agencies to get ready for a shutdown after House Republicans left town for the weekend with no viable plan to keep the government funded and avert a politically and economically costly disruption of federal services. A federal shutdown after Sept. 30 seems all but certain unless House Speaker Kevin McCarthy can …

Hard-right Republicans push closer to a disruptive federal shutdown
1 year, 3 months ago

Hard-right Republicans push closer to a disruptive federal shutdown

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — With House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s latest funding plan in ruins and lawmakers leaving town for the weekend, there’s no endgame in sight as hard-right Republicans push dangerously closer to a disruptive federal shutdown. “We need the extreme MAGA Republicans to get their act together,” said House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York, referring to Trump’s “Make America …

McCarthy says there’s still time to prevent a government shutdown as others look at options
1 year, 3 months ago

McCarthy says there’s still time to prevent a government shutdown as others look at options

LA Times  

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy leaves the chamber. With no clear strategy, no sure support and not much time left to prevent a government shutdown, Speaker Kevin McCarthy nevertheless vowed on Wednesday he would not give up trying to convince his colleagues to pass a temporary funding bill through the House. The hard-right bill, with steep 8% cuts to …

Why Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s House vote margin matters
1 year, 3 months ago

Why Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s House vote margin matters

CNN  

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is overseeing one of the narrowest congressional majorities in decades – tied with two other time periods for the fifth-smallest majority in US history, according to the Pew Research Center. However, in an increasingly polarized Washington, McCarthy’s majority has been marked by multiple high-profile votes where the far right of his party has blocked key efforts …

Speaker McCarthy faces an almost impossible task trying to unite House GOP and fund the government
1 year, 3 months ago

Speaker McCarthy faces an almost impossible task trying to unite House GOP and fund the government

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Facing fresh challenges to his leadership, Speaker Kevin McCarthy is trying to accomplish what at times seems impossible — working furiously to convince House Republicans to come together and pass a conservative bill to keep the federal government open. Rep. Stephanie Bice, R-Okla., one of the negotiators for the Main Street group, urged her colleagues later to not …

Speaker McCarthy is running out of options to stop a shutdown as conservatives balk at a new plan
1 year, 3 months ago

Speaker McCarthy is running out of options to stop a shutdown as conservatives balk at a new plan

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Speaker Kevin McCarthy was running out of options Monday as he pushed ahead with a plan to keep the federal government from shutting down, but even including hardline border security provisions wasn’t enough to appease the far-right flank in his Republican House majority. Leadership, as well as members of some of the so-called “five families” — the various …

Group of House conservatives unveils demands to support spending bill and avoid shutdown
1 year, 4 months ago

Group of House conservatives unveils demands to support spending bill and avoid shutdown

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — House conservatives in a group known as the Freedom Caucus have unveiled a list of demands that they want included in a stopgap spending measure to keep the federal government running after the end of September. Historically, members of the Freedom Caucus rarely support short-term spending bills to keep the government open, but with Republicans holding just a …

McCarthy floats stopgap funding to prevent a government shutdown at the end of next month
1 year, 4 months ago

McCarthy floats stopgap funding to prevent a government shutdown at the end of next month

Associated Press  

Washington — Congressional leaders are pitching a stopgap government funding package to avoid a federal shutdown after next month, acknowledging the House and Senate are nowhere near agreement on spending levels to keep federal operations running. Conservatives, including many from the House Freedom Caucus, are usually loathe to get behind short-term funding measures as they push for steeper spending cuts, …

Members of Congress break for August with no clear path to avoiding a shutdown this fall
1 year, 4 months ago

Members of Congress break for August with no clear path to avoiding a shutdown this fall

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers broke for their August recess this week with work on funding the government largely incomplete, fueling worries about whether Congress will be able to avoid a partial government shutdown this fall. “We should not fear a government shutdown,” said Rep. Bob Good, R-Va. “Most of the American people won’t even miss if the government is shut down …

Members of Congress break for August with no clear path to avoiding a shutdown this fall
1 year, 4 months ago

Members of Congress break for August with no clear path to avoiding a shutdown this fall

LA Times  

Speaker Kevin McCarthy speaks at a news conference at the Capitol on Thursday as the House prepares to leave for its August recess. “Most of the American people won’t even miss if the government is shut down temporarily.” Many House Republicans disagree with that assessment. Shortly thereafter, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy argued the numbers he negotiated with the White House …

21 far-right Republicans demand Kevin McCarthy shutdown the government in budget negotiations
1 year, 5 months ago

21 far-right Republicans demand Kevin McCarthy shutdown the government in budget negotiations

Raw Story  

In a letter to Speaker Kevin McCarthy, 21 members of his own GOP caucus listed their demands to support any appropriations bill. According to the letter, “We plan to vote against any appropriations bills" that don't remove the debt ceiling "deal" that the House and the President agreed to earlier this year. Finally, they say, "Through continued conversations, we will …

GOP accused of breaking debt ceiling deal and 'threatening a government shutdown'
1 year, 6 months ago

GOP accused of breaking debt ceiling deal and 'threatening a government shutdown'

Raw Story  

The top Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee accused her Republican colleagues on Thursday of increasing the likelihood of a government shutdown by approving spending numbers below the levels set under the bipartisan debt ceiling agreement, which hasn't even been law for two weeks. In an appearance on CNN, Rep. Rosa DeLauro said House Republicans have already "walked away from …

Hard-line conservatives demand concessions from House Speaker McCarthy in debt-ceiling standoff
1 year, 6 months ago

Hard-line conservatives demand concessions from House Speaker McCarthy in debt-ceiling standoff

Hindustan Times  

Hard-line conservatives angered by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s debt-ceiling deal are demanding power-sharing and budget-cutting concessions from him in exchange for allowing legislation to move on the House floor. U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 8, 2023. REUTERS/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/ In agreeing Monday to temporarily lift a nearly week-long blockade of the …

GOP conservatives shutter House to protest McCarthy-Biden debt deal, setting up next budget brawl
1 year, 6 months ago

GOP conservatives shutter House to protest McCarthy-Biden debt deal, setting up next budget brawl

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — In fallout from the debt ceiling deal, Speaker Kevin McCarthy is suddenly confronting a new threat to his power as angry hard-right conservatives bring the House chamber to a halt, reviving their displeasure over the compromise struck with President Joe Biden and demanding deeper spending cuts ahead. It’s all setting the stage for a potentially disastrous showdown ahead, …

Biden, McCarthy to speak on debt limit; talks stalled as Republicans seek deep spending cuts
1 year, 7 months ago

Biden, McCarthy to speak on debt limit; talks stalled as Republicans seek deep spending cuts

Associated Press  

HIROSHIMA, Japan — President Joe Biden planned on Sunday to speak directly with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, hoping to salvage talks to raise the debt limit that have stalled in recent days while he was abroad at the Group of Seven summit. “We’re going to get a chance to talk later today,” Biden said of McCarthy, R-Calif., while the president …

Having elected House speaker, Republicans try governing
1 year, 11 months ago

Having elected House speaker, Republicans try governing

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Electing the House speaker may have been the easy part. Speaker Kevin McCarthy passed his first tests late Monday as the Republicans approved their rules package for governing House operations, typically a routine step on Day One that stretched into the second week of the new majority. House Republicans are expected to be lurching from one standoff to …

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