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Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., paved the way for a bipartisan stopgap funding bill after shelving a push for an election security measure.

Finish line in sight

By David Lerman and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted September 23, 2024 at 2:14pm
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
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., leaves a news conference in the Capitol on Thursday.

Stopgap funding negotiations heat up after Johnson plan defeat

By David Lerman
Posted September 19, 2024 at 2:54pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks during the Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal ceremony in Emancipation Hall in the Capitol on Wednesday.

Johnson’s stopgap funding package goes down to defeat

By David Lerman
Posted September 18, 2024 at 6:48pm, Updated at 7:27pm
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
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
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 speaks on the last night of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on July 18.

Trump floats US sovereign wealth fund as part of economic pitch

By David Lerman
Posted September 5, 2024 at 4:17pm
Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, stands on stage with family after addressing the Republican National Convention on July 17.

VP nominee Vance a likely no-show for kid tax break vote

By David Lerman and Caitlin Reilly
Posted July 31, 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. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, arrives for a vote in the Capitol on Thursday.

Senators seek answers on dwindling fund for crime victims

By David Lerman
Posted July 26, 2024 at 11:30am
Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., left, is seen with former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows on the House floor before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to a joint meeting of Congress on Wednesday.

Interior-Environment spending bill passes House in late-night surprise

By Valerie Yurk and David Lerman
Posted July 25, 2024 at 5:33pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., talks with reporters after his weekly news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center on Tuesday.

House lawmakers to start summer break Thursday morning

By David Lerman and Valerie Yurk
Posted July 24, 2024 at 12:02pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., pulled two spending bills that had been slated for floor votes this week as the appropriations process slows to a crawl.

Appropriations derailed

By David Lerman and Peter Cohn
Posted July 22, 2024 at 3:27pm
Rep. David Valadao, R-Calif., in his first outing as an Appropriations subcommittee chair, saw the Legislative Branch spending bill defeated on the House floor Thursday.

Legislative Branch spending bill defeated in House

By David Lerman
Posted July 11, 2024 at 12:20pm, Updated at 1:13pm
President Joe Biden’s poor debate performance and sagging poll numbers could embolden Republicans on tax and spending policies.

GOP’s political edge

By David Lerman and Caitlin Reilly
Posted July 8, 2024 at 3:51pm
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., chair of the Senate Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations Subcommittee, is sure to oppose the Justice Department funding cuts sought by House Republicans.

Law enforcement funding battle

By David Lerman, Ryan Tarinelli and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted July 1, 2024 at 3:14pm
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., is seeking amendments that would gut foreign aid from spending bills the House plans to take up this week.

Border security and foreign aid fights

By David Lerman, Rachel Oswald and Michael Macagnone
Posted June 24, 2024 at 4:11pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., opened the door to renegotiating a budget caps deal but warned that nondefense spending must increase with defense.

Spending caps in peril

By David Lerman, Caitlin Reilly and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted June 17, 2024 at 3:15pm
Mississippi Sen. Roger Wicker, the top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, is pushing for a defense spending increase that would bust last year's budget caps agreement.

Defense spending schism

By David Lerman and Caroline Coudriet
Posted June 10, 2024 at 3:46pm
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
House Agriculture Chairman Glenn Thompson, R-Pa., is pushing to rein in food stamp costs and curb climate change funding.

Food stamps fight

By David Lerman and Olivia M. Bridges
Posted May 28, 2024 at 4:05pm
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
Senate Appropriations ranking member Susan Collins, R-Maine, criticized the Biden administration for not notifying her of a weapons freeze to Israel.

Weapons freeze backlash

By David Lerman and Peter Cohn
Posted May 13, 2024 at 2:43pm
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
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., has promised to hold up work on the FAA bill unless he wins an amendment vote on his bill to expand a compensation program for victims of radiation exposure.

Aviation bill dogfight

By David Lerman and Valerie Yurk
Posted May 6, 2024 at 3:03pm
Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., and Thomas Massie, R-Ky., hold a press conference Wednesday on their push to oust Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La.

Greene says she’ll trigger motion to vacate next week

By David Lerman
Posted May 1, 2024 at 11:00am
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
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., arrives for a news conference Capitol after Senate procedural votes on the foreign aid package on Tuesday.

Aid finally set to flow as Senate clears $95.3B emergency bill

By David Lerman
Posted April 23, 2024 at 9:26pm
Demonstrators supporting Ukraine funding are seen outside the Capitol before the House passed the foreign aid package on Saturday.

Senate looks to clear aid bill Tuesday night with no amendments

By David Lerman and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted April 23, 2024 at 5:15pm
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., has called for Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., to resign after taking up a Ukraine aid bill and is threatening to force a vote on ousting him.

Politics of Ukraine aid

By David Lerman and John M. Donnelly
Posted April 22, 2024 at 3:25pm
Saturday's vote marks a win for Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., who nonetheless faces an existential threat to his job.

House passes $95.3B aid package for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan

By John M. Donnelly and David Lerman
Posted April 20, 2024 at 2:04pm
House Rules ranking member Jim McGovern, D-Mass., left, and new Rules Chairman Michael C. Burgess, R-Texas, talk before a hearing in the Capitol on Monday.

Rule for emergency aid bill adopted with Democratic support

By David Lerman
Posted April 19, 2024 at 11:09am
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., navigates through reporters in the Capitol on Thursday.

Rule for debate on war supplemental heads to House floor

By David Lerman and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted April 19, 2024 at 12:14am
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
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
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is seen in the Capitol before the House voted to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act on Friday.

Piecemeal supplemental spending plan emerges in House

By Caitlin Reilly and David Lerman
Posted April 15, 2024 at 9:08pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., at center on the House floor Thursday, is trying to find a path for Ukraine and Israel aid as Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., at right, threatens to oust him.

Johnson’s conundrum

By David Lerman and Peter Cohn
Posted April 15, 2024 at 2:51pm
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testifies during a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing on his agency's fiscal 2025 budget request on Wednesday.

Mayorkas soldiers on through budget hearings, despite impeachment

By David Lerman and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted April 10, 2024 at 6:41pm
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
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
President Joe Biden delivers remarks at the National League of Cities Congressional City Conference in Washington on Monday.

Biden budget offers up election-year contrast with GOP foes

By David Lerman
Posted March 11, 2024 at 1:03pm, Updated at 2:46pm
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., 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
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., left, and Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., attend a Menorah lighting to celebrate Hanukkah in the Capitol on Dec. 12, 2023.

Biden, ‘Big Four’ to meet as spending talks sputter

By David Lerman
Posted February 25, 2024 at 8:37pm
Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, says FEMA shortfall is one of several that spending negotiators are trying to work out.

Another year, another disaster aid gap as funding deadline nears

By David Lerman
Posted February 21, 2024 at 10:30am
Rep. John B. Larson says there’s no need for a commission when lawmakers could fix Social Security by taxing the rich.

Democrats, unions ramp up pressure against fiscal commission

By David Lerman
Posted February 15, 2024 at 5:53pm
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is pushing for a war funding package that many in his conference have resisted.

War funding makes headway

By David Lerman and Peter Cohn
Posted February 12, 2024 at 4:50pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer hopes to assemble bipartisan support for swift passage of a border security and war funding package.

Border-war aid package on tortured path

By David Lerman, Mark Satter and Caitlin Reilly
Posted February 5, 2024 at 2:58pm
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
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., walks to his office from the Senate floor during votes on the stopgap funding bill on Thursday.

Palestinian aid emerges as sticking point in supplemental talks

By David Lerman
Posted January 23, 2024 at 12:21pm, Updated at 2:27pm
Senate Finance Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., is pushing to pass a tax deal by month's end.

Prospects for tax and border deals

By David Lerman, Caitlin Reilly and John M. Donnelly
Posted January 22, 2024 at 5:10pm
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
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., arrives for the last votes of the week on Friday.

March stopgap funding bill unveiled ahead of Friday deadline

By David Lerman
Posted January 14, 2024 at 8:36pm, Updated at 9:20pm
Rep. Bob Good, R-Va., chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, leaves a meeting in Speaker Mike Johnson’s office on Thursday.

Rule adopted on do-over vote after GOP rebels meet with speaker

By David Lerman
Posted January 11, 2024 at 2:56pm
Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., talks with reporters after a meeting of the House Republican Conference in on Wednesday.

Republicans defeat another rule in House over spending deal

By David Jordan and David Lerman
Posted January 10, 2024 at 4:38pm
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
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
Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., has held up an aviation extension as leverage to keep senators in town.

Senators to punt on border, fly home after FAA, nominations

By David Lerman
Posted December 19, 2023 at 12:42pm, Updated at 3:50pm
Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., expects a major workload next year on a variety of issues.

Border, supplemental aid deal looks likely to slip to January

By David Lerman
Posted December 18, 2023 at 8:35pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., delayed the holiday recess to try to reach a border security deal for a war funding package.

Showdown on the border

By David Lerman, Aidan Quigley and John M. Donnelly
Posted December 15, 2023 at 2:46pm
Sen. Christopher S. Murphy, D-Conn., right, and Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., conduct a news conference after the Senate luncheons in the Capitol Tuesday.

Senate will be in next week as border talks pick up steam

By David Lerman
Posted December 14, 2023 at 3:35pm
Activists attend a news conference with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus outside the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.

Senators look ready to leave town as border talks inch along

By David Lerman
Posted December 13, 2023 at 5:46pm
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and President Joe Biden hold a news conference in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building Tuesday after Zelenskyy met with congressional leaders to make an in-person case for continued military aid.

No deal yet, but border negotiators report progress

By David Lerman and Niels Lesniewski
Posted December 12, 2023 at 8:21pm
Rep. Nanette Barragán, D-Calif., speaks during the Congressional Hispanic Caucus news conference at House Democrats' 2023 Issues Conference in Baltimore, Md., on March 2.

Hispanic Caucus warns Biden, Democrats on potential border deal

By David Lerman
Posted December 11, 2023 at 1:38pm, Updated at 5:57pm
Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, arrives for Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s meeting with senators in the Capitol on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023.

Senators leave town with no deal on border, war supplemental

By David Lerman
Posted December 7, 2023 at 6:19pm
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks during a news conference in the Capitol on Tuesday.

War supplemental stymied in Senate over border holdup

By David Lerman
Posted December 6, 2023 at 6:05pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., says Republican immigration demands are holding up aid to Israel and Ukraine.

Hard slog on war funds and appropriations

By David Lerman, Aidan Quigley and John M. Donnelly
Posted December 1, 2023 at 2:26pm
Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, a leader of the rebellious Freedom Caucus, helped derail fiscal 2024 spending bills amid a battle over funding levels.

Stormy talks ahead

By David Lerman, Aidan Quigley and Peter Cohn
Posted November 17, 2023 at 3:22pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., and his leadership counterparts have their work cut out for them.

Senate votes to keep government open amid wide gulf on spending

By Aidan Quigley and David Lerman
Posted November 15, 2023 at 6:50pm, Updated at 11:18pm
President Joe Biden, seen during an event to celebrate the Vegas Golden Knights’ 2023 Stanley Cup victory on Monday, has been noncommittal about his position.

Senate leaders give green light to Johnson stopgap funds plan

By David Lerman, Aidan Quigley and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted November 13, 2023 at 7:49pm, Updated at 9:29pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is pushing for a two-tiered stopgap funding measure without spending cuts or emergency military aid.

Showdown week for stopgap funding

By David Lerman and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted November 13, 2023 at 1:45pm
Senate Appropriations Chair Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., left, and ranking member Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, take their seats before the start of a hearing on the president's supplemental request on Wednesday.

Border policy dominates Senate hearing on supplemental request

By David Lerman
Posted November 8, 2023 at 4:20pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., on Tuesday. He has said his chamber won't consider the House's stand-alone Israel aid bill.

Forecast for security spending remains cloudy

By John M. Donnelly, David Lerman and Aidan Quigley
Posted November 7, 2023 at 6:30pm
Speaker Mike Johnson arrives for the House Republican Conference meeting in the Capitol on Tuesday.

House GOP zeroing in on two-step stopgap bill or January CR

By Aidan Quigley and David Lerman
Posted November 7, 2023 at 1:26pm, Updated at 4:18pm
Senate Appropriations Chair Patty Murray, D-Wash., is pushing for domestic spending as part of an emergency foreign aid package.

Funding mess ahead

By David Lerman, Caitlin Reilly and John M. Donnelly
Posted November 6, 2023 at 3:08pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., takes questions during a news conference in the Capitol on Thursday.

Johnson: House GOP looking at new twist to stopgap funds fight

By David Lerman and Aidan Quigley
Posted November 2, 2023 at 3:59pm
Newly elected Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., has three weeks to broker a stopgap funding measure before the government runs out of money.

New speaker’s agenda

By David Lerman, Aidan Quigley and Peter Cohn
Posted October 27, 2023 at 2:04pm
House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., is one of nine Republicans competing to win the GOP nomination for speaker.

Scramble for speakership

By David Lerman, Laura Weiss and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted October 23, 2023 at 1:18pm
Speaker Pro Tempore Patrick T. McHenry, R-N.C., is seen after a House Republican Conference meeting in the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023.

Interim speaker plan on ice despite Jordan’s backing

By Aidan Quigley, Laura Weiss and David Lerman
Posted October 19, 2023 at 11:53am, Updated at 3:27pm
Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., gives the nominating speech for Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, for speaker on the House floor on Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023.

Jordan loses ground on second speaker ballot

By Aidan Quigley, David Lerman and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted October 18, 2023 at 1:19pm
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, is seen in a House Republican Conference speaker election meeting after he was voted the party’s nominee for speaker Friday.

Race for the gavel

By David Lerman, Laura Weiss and Aidan Quigley
Posted October 16, 2023 at 5:44pm
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., talks with reporters after a conference meeting in the Capitol on Thursday.

Scalise bows out of speaker race

By Laura Weiss and David Lerman
Posted October 12, 2023 at 8:08pm, Updated at 9:45pm
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., leaves a House Republican meeting in the Capitol on Thursday. Luna said she'd back Majority Leader Steve Scalise as speaker on Wednesday but reversed herself a day later.

House GOP grasps for answers to speaker vacuum

By David Lerman, Laura Weiss and Aidan Quigley
Posted October 12, 2023 at 5:15pm
Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, says he'll keep an open mind but is "not in a positive place right now" about Louisiana Republican Steve Scalise's speaker bid.

Scalise working to lock down speaker votes as pessimism grows

By Aidan Quigley and David Lerman
Posted October 12, 2023 at 1:11pm
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise speaks to reporters as he leaves House Republicans’ speaker candidate forum in the Longworth House Office Building on Tuesday.

House GOP prepares for potentially long slog to elect speaker

By Laura Weiss, Aidan Quigley and David Lerman
Posted October 10, 2023 at 9:19pm
Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., made an 11th-hour bipartisan push to avoid a government shutdown.

Bipartisan truce

By David Lerman and Peter Cohn
Posted October 2, 2023 at 4:06pm
Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., is seen in the Capitol Friday.

Shutdown averted as Biden signs seven-week spending bill

By Laura Weiss and David Lerman
Posted September 30, 2023 at 2:03pm, Updated at 9:02pm
Rep. Dan Bishop, R-N.C., leaves a House Republican Conference meeting in the Capitol on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023.

House GOP looks ahead to Plan B after doomed stopgap vote

By Aidan Quigley and David Lerman
Posted September 29, 2023 at 1:08pm, Updated at 2:05pm
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, is escorted by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, left, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to a meeting with senators on Sept. 21.

Bipartisan stopgap funds bill unveiled in Senate

By David Lerman
Posted September 26, 2023 at 6:02pm, Updated at 7:55pm
Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., says the House speaker's job may be on the line if he cuts a deal with Democrats.

Senate readies stopgap as House tries again on full-year bills

By Aidan Quigley, Paul M. Krawzak and David Lerman
Posted September 25, 2023 at 8:11pm
Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., is walking a tightrope in trying to find a stopgap funding formula that would unite his fractious conference. Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., is walking a tightrope in trying to find a stopgap funding formula that would unite his fractious conference.

Stopgap funding troubles

By David Lerman, Aidan Quigley and John M. Donnelly
Posted September 22, 2023 at 2:55pm
Speaker Kevin McCarthy has struggled to find something his conference can agree on.

House GOP leaders scrap spending bill votes amid infighting

By Aidan Quigley and David Lerman
Posted September 21, 2023 at 4:15pm, Updated at 6:55pm
Rep. Cory Mills, R-Fla., detects a "softening" of GOP opposition, but not his own — Mills says he's still a "no."

Progress seen in House GOP spending talks

By Aidan Quigley and David Lerman
Posted September 20, 2023 at 7:26pm
Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., stops to speak to reporters as he leaves the House Republican Conference meeting in the Capitol on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023.

Rule vote for stopgap scrapped as GOP leaders weigh more cuts

By David Lerman and Aidan Quigley
Posted September 19, 2023 at 12:10pm
Rep. Jodey C. Arrington, R-Texas, leaves a House GOP meeting at the Capitol Hill Club in Washington on Wednesday, May 10, 2023.

Balanced-budget plan unveiled by House Republicans

By Paul M. Krawzak and David Lerman
Posted September 19, 2023 at 10:15am
Sen. Ron Johnson blocked consideration of a three-bill spending package on the floor.

Appropriations on the skids

By David Lerman, Peter Cohn and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted September 15, 2023 at 2:43pm