government funding
The president is touting an administration policy ahead of his State of the Union address, but Congress is kneecapping a key agency at the same time.
With a partial government shutdown looming and his conference divided, an embattled Mike Johnson is picking a side — again.
Republican lawmakers met behind closed doors early in the morning with hours to go before the midnight deadline needed to fund government operations or face a federal closure.
Both parties hope the short-term measure will be the last one needed as negotiators craft compromise bills financing agencies through Sept. 30.
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The former vice president and 2020 hopeful said the GOP-led efforts to limit abortion rights in several states had prompted his change of heart.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) interrupted Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) on the floor to announce that President Donald Trump intends to both sign the government funding bill and declare a national emergency over his border wall.
The president will also sign a spending bill that would avoid a second government shutdown.
Trump has agreed to sign a bill that will temporarily fund the government and end history's longest federal shutdown.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi criticized Trump for governing “by temper tantrum.”