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Rep. Andy Harris, the new leader of the House Freedom Caucus, says he will use his understanding of the appropriations process to push for the most conservative spending outcomes possible.

An unusual choice for House Freedom Caucus leader takes reins

By Aidan Quigley
Posted September 24, 2024 at 6:30am
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., background, greet Architect of the Capitol workers during the “first nail ceremony,” marking the start of construction of the inauguration platform on the West Front plaza of the Capitol on Wednesday.

December stopgap funding bill readied for House floor action

By Aidan Quigley
Posted September 22, 2024 at 5:11pm, Updated at 6:19pm
Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., arrives for a House Democratic Caucus meeting in the Capitol Visitor Center on July 23.

House eyes vote early next week on bipartisan CR

By Aidan Quigley, Paul M. Krawzak and David Lerman
Posted September 19, 2024 at 5:30pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., talks with reporters in the Capitol after last votes of the week on Thursday.

Johnson goes back to ‘Plan A’ on stopgap bill, for now

By Aidan Quigley
Posted September 17, 2024 at 11:43am, Updated at 3:45pm
House GOP leaders are struggling to settle on a strategy for passing a funding extension that could muster a majority vote.

Long wait for a funding plan

By Aidan Quigley, Peter Cohn and David Lerman
Posted September 16, 2024 at 3:52pm
Rep. Mike Garcia, R-Calif., walks down the House steps after the final vote of the week on Thursday.

Emergency veterans bill appears to be on a fast track

By Aidan Quigley
Posted September 16, 2024 at 1:54pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks during the Congressional Gold Medal ceremony for fallen servicemembers killed in the 2021 terrorist attack at the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, in the Capitol Rotunda on Tuesday.

Six-month stopgap funds bill yanked from House floor

By Aidan Quigley and David Lerman
Posted September 11, 2024 at 12:25pm, Updated at 5:02pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., conducts a news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center after a House Republican Conference meeting on Tuesday.

GOP leaders to roll the dice on doomed stopgap funds bill

By Aidan Quigley and David Lerman
Posted September 10, 2024 at 3:23pm
House Armed Services Chairman Mike D. Rogers, R-Ala., says the GOP leadership-drafted continuing resolution is "terrible for defense."

Johnson’s stopgap funds plan appears headed for defeat in House

By Aidan Quigley
Posted September 9, 2024 at 8:47pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is pushing a voting restriction measure opposed by Democrats as he struggles to pass a six-month funding extension.

Politics of stopgap spending

By David Lerman and Aidan Quigley
Posted September 9, 2024 at 2:22pm
Former President Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, talks with Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., on the third night of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on July 17.

Six-month stopgap funds bill with voting rider unveiled in House

By Aidan Quigley
Posted September 7, 2024 at 10:37am
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., talks with reporters after his weekly news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center on July 23.

Opening bid on stopgap funds package readied in House

By Aidan Quigley
Posted September 4, 2024 at 5:00am
Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., speaks during the final night of the 2024 Democratic National Convention.

Anti-Trump Republicans at DNC offer tips on approaching swing voters

By Aidan Quigley
Posted August 23, 2024 at 5:00am
John Legend, joined by Sheila E., perform Prince’s “Let’s Go Crazy” during day three of the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Sweet (temporary) home Chicago

By Jason Dick, Aidan Quigley and Daniela Altimari
Posted August 22, 2024 at 9:50am
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Democratic vice presidential nominee, and his wife Gwen, acknowledge the crowd after he spoke on the third night of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago, Ill., on Wednesday.

Walz-ing with Tim at the DNC

By Aidan Quigley
Posted August 22, 2024 at 12:27am
Minnesota Gov. and vice presidential nominee Tim Walz does a podium check Wednesday before the Democratic National Convention resumes in Chicago. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

As GOP attacks, Democrats urge Walz to lean into military record

By Aidan Quigley
Posted August 21, 2024 at 5:25pm
Former President Barack Obama speaks during day two of the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Tuesday.

Via Chicago: Obamas look to deliver for Harris

By Aidan Quigley and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted August 21, 2024 at 12:25am
A former contender for the vice presidential nomination, Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., addressed a Democratic Party veterans council at the party's convention on Tuesday in Chicago. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Can toxic exposure law break GOP’s electoral edge with veterans?

By Aidan Quigley
Posted August 20, 2024 at 8:12pm
Crews prepare for the balloon drop inside the United Center on Thursday, August 15, as Chicago gears up for the Democratic National Convention. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

California delegates hope Harris surge helps House battles

By Aidan Quigley
Posted August 19, 2024 at 3:28pm
Rep. Ken Calvert would need a waiver to remain the top Republican on the House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee if he wins reelection. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Calvert wants to stay at Defense panel, if he survives November

By Aidan Quigley
Posted August 19, 2024 at 6:30am
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., talks with reporters in the Capitol on June 28.

Facing push from restless conservatives, speaker mulls March CR

By Aidan Quigley
Posted August 15, 2024 at 8:49am
The bill's sponsor, Ohio Democrat Sherrod Brown, is facing a tough reelection race this November in an increasingly red state.

Bipartisan Senate group offers bill to plug VA benefit shortfall

By Aidan Quigley
Posted July 30, 2024 at 5:00am
Senate Appropriations Chair Patty Murray, D-Wash., left, and ranking member Susan Collins, R-Maine, agreed to shelve the Homeland Security bill until the fall.

Spending bill punts

By David Lerman, Aidan Quigley and Valerie Yurk
Posted July 29, 2024 at 6:46pm
Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., speaks to reporters in the Capitol on July 9.

Homeland Security bill pulled from Senate Appropriations markup

By Aidan Quigley
Posted July 29, 2024 at 4:31pm
Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Jerry Moran, R-Kan., are seen in the Capitol on July 8.

Massive veterans budget gap rips hole in appropriations process

By Aidan Quigley
Posted July 26, 2024 at 9:18am
Speaker Mike Johnson holds the convention gavel during his podium check on stage at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee before the start of the Republican National Convention on July 15.

Sources: House may scrap votes next week, start recess early

By Aidan Quigley
Posted July 22, 2024 at 2:23pm
Sen. JD Vance appears on stage for a podium check at the Fiserv Forum before the start of the Tuesday session of the Republican National Convention.

Vance has diverse record on tax, spending

By Aidan Quigley and Caitlin Reilly
Posted July 17, 2024 at 12:30pm
Senate Appropriations Chair Patty Murray, D-Wash., left, speaks with ranking member Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, before a hearing on Nov. 8, 2023.

Senate appropriators ready emergency adds to spending bills

By Aidan Quigley and John M. Donnelly
Posted July 8, 2024 at 3:33pm, Updated at 7:13pm
Texas Republican Sen. John Cornyn speaks to a reporter in the Capitol on June 4.

Trump plan to eliminate tip tax garners Capitol Hill interest

By Caitlin Reilly and Aidan Quigley
Posted June 13, 2024 at 7:14pm
Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., talks on his phone before a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on Oct. 31, 2023.

Oregon casino battle works its way into appropriations process

By Aidan Quigley
Posted June 10, 2024 at 11:46am
House Appropriations Chairman Tom Cole, R-Okla., is spending millions of dollars to fend off a primary challenger with deep pockets.

Appropriations sprint begins

By David Lerman and Aidan Quigley
Posted June 3, 2024 at 4:20pm
“The guy who wins a bar fight isn’t the guy with the most money, it’s the guy with the most friends," Cole said of his primary challenge in Oklahoma.

Cole, taking no chances, readies for primary ‘bar fight’

By Aidan Quigley
Posted May 31, 2024 at 10:56am
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., speaks during a House GOP news conference in the Capitol on April 30.

Scalise lays out ambitious summer appropriations timetable

By Aidan Quigley
Posted May 22, 2024 at 2:03pm
House Appropriations Chairman Tom Cole, R-Okla., unveiled subcommittee allocations with deep cuts to nondefense spending that angered Democrats.

Funding allocations trouble

By David Lerman, Aidan Quigley and John M. Donnelly
Posted May 20, 2024 at 3:39pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., on Wednesday.

Greene’s ouster attempt of Johnson is tabled

By Aidan Quigley
Posted May 8, 2024 at 6:35pm
Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., and Thomas Massie, R-Ky., talk with reporters before a meeting with Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., in the Capitol on Tuesday.

Greene’s ‘vacate’ push on hold amid ongoing talks with speaker

By David Lerman and Aidan Quigley
Posted May 7, 2024 at 4:47pm
Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., and Thomas Massie, R-Ky., are seen after a meeting with Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., in the Capitol on Monday.

Greene won’t move against Johnson just yet

By David Lerman and Aidan Quigley
Posted May 6, 2024 at 7:23pm
Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., leaves a House Republican Conference meeting in the Capitol on April 16.

Cole extends earmark request deadlines after pushback

By Aidan Quigley
Posted May 1, 2024 at 11:00am
Rep. Mike Garcia, R-Calif., says new rule on HUD projects "kind of pisses me off."

Lawmakers chafe at nonprofit earmark ban, tight request deadline

By Aidan Quigley
Posted May 1, 2024 at 9:08am
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., right, and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., attend a ceremony in the Capitol rotunda on Monday.

Democratic leaders to back Johnson in potential motion to vacate

By Aidan Quigley
Posted April 30, 2024 at 10:54am, Updated at 11:26am
House Appropriations Chairman Tom Cole, R-Okla., at left, issued new restrictions on House earmarks that angered Democrats and nonprofit groups.

Earmarks culture war

By David Lerman and Aidan Quigley
Posted April 29, 2024 at 2:42pm
House Appropriations Chairman Tom Cole, R-Okla., at left, placed a new restriction on earmarks for nonprofits amid GOP concerns about LGBTQ programs. Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call

Nonprofits take a hit in House earmark rules

By Aidan Quigley
Posted April 25, 2024 at 11:08am, Updated at 1:36pm
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., talks with reporters in the Capitol on Thursday.

Democrats prepare to ride to Johnson’s rescue, gingerly

By Caitlin Reilly, Aidan Quigley and David Lerman
Posted April 18, 2024 at 1:29pm
House Appropriations Chairman Tom Cole, R-Okla., arrives for a Defense Appropriations Subcommittee hearing in the Rayburn building on Wednesday.

Cole eyes axing HUD earmarks for nonprofit organizations

By Aidan Quigley
Posted April 18, 2024 at 6:00am
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., arrives for an interview with CNN in the Will Rogers corridor in the Capitol on Wednesday.

Foreign aid supplemental unveiled in House; Biden supports

By David Lerman and Aidan Quigley
Posted April 17, 2024 at 11:58am, Updated at 6:39pm
From left, House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., and Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., participate in a news conference following a House Republican Conference meeting in the Capitol on Tuesday.

Lifeline for foreign aid package, speaker’s job up to Democrats

By Aidan Quigley and David Lerman
Posted April 16, 2024 at 12:29pm
Cole arrives for the House Rules Committee hearing on the impeachment inquiry of President Joe Biden in the Capitol on Dec. 12, 2023.

Rep. Tom Cole seeks to limit earmark-driven political headaches

By Aidan Quigley
Posted April 15, 2024 at 3:53pm
Rep. Andy Harris, R-Md., leaves a House Republican Conference meeting on Oct. 24, 2023.

Harris sticks with Agriculture spending, Amodei likely to head DHS panel

By Aidan Quigley and Caitlin Reilly
Posted April 12, 2024 at 2:53pm
Reps. David Joyce, R-Ohio, left, and Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, conduct a House Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee budget hearing on Wednesday with DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

New House Appropriations cardinals slate starts to take shape

By Aidan Quigley
Posted April 11, 2024 at 5:35pm, Updated at 6:51pm
Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., has become the new chairman of the powerful House Appropriations Committee. He will give up his chairmanship of the Transportation-HUD Appropriations Subcommittee and the House Rules Committee.

Cole secures Appropriations gavel ahead of fraught budget cycle

By Aidan Quigley
Posted April 10, 2024 at 9:54am
Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., nominates Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, for speaker on Oct. 18, 2023. Jordan's unsuccessful bid led to Speaker Mike Johnson's election the following week.

Cole gets Steering Committee nod for House Appropriations gavel

By Aidan Quigley
Posted April 9, 2024 at 8:16pm, Updated at 8:57pm
Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., has pushed for Energy Department funding to clean up a decommissioned nuclear site in her state.

Murray keeps Energy-Water panel, gives up Military Construction-VA

By Aidan Quigley
Posted April 9, 2024 at 7:44pm
Rep. Robert B. Aderholt, R-Ala., had been coy about his plans since Rep. Kay Granger, R-Texas, announced she was stepping down.

Aderholt won’t challenge Cole for top Appropriations slot

By Aidan Quigley
Posted April 9, 2024 at 2:26pm
Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., arrives for a vote in the Capitol on Nov. 2, 2023.

Senate Democrats weigh Feinstein’s Energy-Water panel successor

By Aidan Quigley and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted April 8, 2024 at 1:06pm, Updated at 5:54pm
Rep. Steve Womack, R-Ark., gives a tour in the Capitol Rotunda before the House passed the final fiscal 2024 spending package on March 22.

Cardinals shuffle likely under House Appropriations shake-up

By Aidan Quigley
Posted April 5, 2024 at 5:00am
Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., is seen outside a House Republican Conference meeting in the Capitol on Dec. 5, 2023.

Cole: No time to waste electing new House Appropriations chair

By Aidan Quigley
Posted April 4, 2024 at 5:00am
Rep. Robert B. Aderholt, R-Ala., is seen after a House Republican Conference meeting at the Capitol Hill Club on July 19, 2022.

Aderholt wants to delay vote for new Appropriations chair

By Aidan Quigley
Posted April 3, 2024 at 10:50am
Senate Appropriations Chair Patty Murray, D-Wash., rejected attempts by House Republicans to seek lower spending limits.

Tumultuous appropriations cycle

By David Lerman and Aidan Quigley
Posted March 29, 2024 at 6:04pm
House Rules Committee Chairman Tom Cole, R-Okla., attends the panel's hearing on the impeachment inquiry of President Joe Biden in the Capitol on Dec. 12, 2023.

Cole considered early favorite to win House Appropriations gavel

By Aidan Quigley
Posted March 28, 2024 at 5:00am
President Joe Biden, left, and Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., right, face an election-year clash over the president's fiscal 2025 budget.

Biden’s budget dissected

By David Lerman, Aidan Quigley, Caitlin Reilly and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted March 25, 2024 at 2:54pm
Rep. Kay Granger, R-Texas, leaves a House Republican Conference meeting at the Capitol Hill Club on Jan. 30.

Granger to hand off House Appropriations gavel early

By Aidan Quigley
Posted March 22, 2024 at 2:56pm, Updated at 3:57pm
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., speaks to reporters on the House steps after filing her motion to oust Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., on Friday.

Greene sets up potential effort to remove Johnson as speaker

By Aidan Quigley and Daniel Hillburn
Posted March 22, 2024 at 2:23pm
House Freedom Caucus member Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, speaks during a news conference on the omnibus bill on Friday.

House passes sweeping fiscal 2024 spending package

By Aidan Quigley
Posted March 22, 2024 at 11:51am
Sen. Susan Collins is hopeful the final appropriations package can be wrapped up Friday.

Lawmakers hold out hope of Friday night spending finale

By Aidan Quigley
Posted March 21, 2024 at 6:03pm
Peak bloom cherry blossoms frame the U.S. Capitol dome on the first full day of spring Wednesday morning.

Final spending package unveiled, countdown to recess begins

By Aidan Quigley
Posted March 21, 2024 at 5:27am
Rep. Mark Amodei, R-Nev., arrives for a House Republican Conference meeting on Feb. 29.

Member pay increase blocked in final spending package

By Aidan Quigley
Posted March 20, 2024 at 4:12pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., leaves the House Republican Conference meeting in the Capitol on Wednesday.

Scramble to finish spending bill text is on as details start trickling out

By Aidan Quigley
Posted March 20, 2024 at 1:09pm
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., put a little distance between his caucus and the Homeland Security funding deal.

House leaders mull Friday vote on final spending package

By Aidan Quigley
Posted March 19, 2024 at 8:07pm
Steve Ricchetti, one of President Joe Biden's top negotiators, attends the official White House portrait unveiling ceremony for President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama on Sept. 7, 2022.

Spending deal done, though final action could slip past deadline

By Aidan Quigley
Posted March 18, 2024 at 4:26pm, Updated at 9:42pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., and House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., discuss border security at a news conference after a House Republican Conference meeting on Jan. 30.

Final spending package back on track after flurry of DHS talks

By Aidan Quigley
Posted March 17, 2024 at 8:00pm
Sen. Christopher S. Murphy, D-Conn., speaks about Republicans abandoning the bipartisan border deal during a Feb. 6 press conference.

Homeland stopgap plan faces last-minute White House pushback

By Aidan Quigley
Posted March 17, 2024 at 3:35pm
Sens. Chris Coons, D-Del., right, and Christopher S. Murphy, D-Conn., attend a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Jan. 25.

DHS headed for yearlong stopgap as appropriations finale comes into focus

By Aidan Quigley
Posted March 14, 2024 at 5:19pm
Senate Appropriations Chair Patty Murray, D-Wash., is halfway to the finish line on this year's overdue spending bills.

First fiscal 2024 appropriations package heads to Biden’s desk

By Aidan Quigley
Posted March 8, 2024 at 7:29pm
Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., says he can understand why some in the House, where lawmakers are generally not as wealthy as their Senate counterparts, would like a pay raise.

Member COLA a sticking point in Legislative Branch bill talks

By Aidan Quigley
Posted March 7, 2024 at 5:00am
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., conducts a news conference with members of the House Republican Conference on Wednesday.

First batch of final spending bills passes House

By Aidan Quigley
Posted March 6, 2024 at 4:16pm
Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost, D-Fla., isn't sure if he'll support the package during Wednesday's vote.

Gun rider injects a bit of uncertainty into spending bill vote

By Aidan Quigley and Caitlin Reilly
Posted March 6, 2024 at 5:00am
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is pushing to pass final fiscal 2024 appropriations despite protests from his party's right flank.

Dueling claims on new spending package

By David Lerman, Aidan Quigley and Peter Cohn
Posted March 4, 2024 at 5:13pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., participates in a GOP news conference on Thursday.

Fiscal 2024 spending finale starts to take shape

By Aidan Quigley
Posted March 3, 2024 at 7:53pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., is seen in the Dirksen building on Thursday.

Senate clears stopgap bill, setting up final spending talks

By Aidan Quigley
Posted February 29, 2024 at 2:10pm, Updated at 8:15pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., right, and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., address the media at the White House after a meeting with President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on funding the government and avoiding a shutdown on Tuesday. Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., also attended the meeting.

Hill leaders announce deal to unlock final spending bills

By Aidan Quigley
Posted February 28, 2024 at 4:34pm, Updated at 6:47pm
Rep. Andy Harris, R-Md., the House's top Agriculture bill negotiator, has some demands.

Critical spending decisions await Tuesday White House meeting

By Aidan Quigley and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted February 26, 2024 at 7:57pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is facing stiff resistance from his party's right flank as he tries to negotiate spending bills.

Appropriations impasse

By David Lerman, Aidan Quigley and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted February 26, 2024 at 5:58pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., leaves a meeting of the House Republican Conference in the Capitol on Feb. 14.

House to return next week as GOP expects spending bills to pass

By Paul M. Krawzak and Aidan Quigley
Posted February 23, 2024 at 5:04pm, Updated at 9:19pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is under pressure to include the Freedom Caucus' conservative priorities in spending bills, which the Democrat-led Senate is likely to oppose.

Appropriations talks chug along; stopgap eyed as backup plan

By Aidan Quigley and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted February 23, 2024 at 5:49am
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., pictured at a news conference after Republicans' weekly conference meeting in the Capitol on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024.

Tall order for lawmakers to finish spending bills next week

By Aidan Quigley
Posted February 21, 2024 at 9:30am
NASA's Perseverance rover touching down safely on Mars on Feb.18, 2021, kicking off the agency's ninth mission on the red planet.

Mars samples project looms large in final spending talks

By Aidan Quigley
Posted February 16, 2024 at 5:30am
“The only way forward is for everyone to drop poison pill riders. Otherwise, you open up a can of worms,” said Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md. 

Huge gap on spending bill policy riders as time dwindles

By Aidan Quigley
Posted February 8, 2024 at 11:00am
Demonstrators attend the March on Washington for Gaza at Freedom Plaza to call for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war on Jan. 13.

New Israel supplemental readied in House, without offsets

By Aidan Quigley and Peter Cohn
Posted February 3, 2024 at 2:16pm
"Last time I checked, there's two chambers," Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., said.

Senate Republicans pump brakes on tax deal after big House win

By Caitlin Reilly and Aidan Quigley
Posted February 1, 2024 at 4:30pm
House Ways and Means chairman Jason Smith, center, faces blowback on his bipartisan tax package.

Appropriations breakthrough and tax bill uncertainty

By David Lerman, Aidan Quigley and Caitlin Reilly
Posted January 29, 2024 at 1:56pm
Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, speaks during a news conference in the Capitol on border security legislation on Wednesday. Sens. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., Rick Scott, R-Fla., and Ted Cruz, R-Texas, also appear.

DHS funding, tied up in border talks, stalls appropriations deal

By Aidan Quigley
Posted January 25, 2024 at 10:23am
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., addresses the media after a meeting on Wednesday with President Joe Biden and other congressional leaders at the White House about Ukraine funding and border security.

House clears stopgap funding extension into March

By Aidan Quigley
Posted January 18, 2024 at 2:35pm, Updated at 4:58pm
"If both sides continue to work in good faith, I’m hopeful that we can wrap up work on the CR no later than Thursday,” Sen. Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., said Tuesday.

First roadblock to March stopgap measure removed

By Aidan Quigley
Posted January 16, 2024 at 9:26pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, at left, and Speaker Mike Johnson, center, are trying to pass a short-term funding patch this week to head off a partial shutdown.

Under the gun

By David Lerman, Aidan Quigley and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted January 16, 2024 at 3:15pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks to reporters at the Capitol on Friday.

Johnson: Topline spending pact won’t be torn up

By Aidan Quigley
Posted January 12, 2024 at 1:40pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks to reporters in the Capitol on Dec. 6, 2023.

Sources: Speaker pushing lower DHS spending in ‘302(b)’ talks

By Aidan Quigley
Posted January 12, 2024 at 11:04am
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., arrives for the House Republican Conference meeting in the Capitol on Wednesday.

Both chambers near decisions on another stopgap spending bill

By Aidan Quigley and David Lerman
Posted January 10, 2024 at 4:21pm
Minority Whip John Thune is seen after the Senate luncheons in the Capitol on Tuesday.

Short-term stopgap bill appears likely as funding talks drag

By Aidan Quigley
Posted January 9, 2024 at 5:44pm
Speaker Mike Johnson faces blowback from his party's right flank over the new spending deal he negotiated.

Familiar spending deal

By David Lerman, Aidan Quigley and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted January 8, 2024 at 3:28pm
From left, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., and Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., attend a menorah lighting to celebrate Hanukkah in the Capitol on Dec. 12, 2023.

Congressional leaders announce topline deal on appropriations

By Aidan Quigley
Posted January 7, 2024 at 2:15pm, Updated at 4:29pm