Wednesday

22-10-2025 Vol 19

Category: Congress

GOP funding patch boosts defense and deportations, cuts other programs

Ahead of a Friday shutdown deadline, House GOP leaders are serving up a plan Democrats will despise.

House Dems invoke Medicaid cuts in warnings over government shutdown fight

The top three House Democrats stopped short on Friday of urging united opposition in their party to the funding plan Republicans are working to finalize — with just one...

Johnson defends Musk, says essential veteran jobs ‘will come back’

Speaker Mike Johnson is throwing his support behind Elon Musk following President Donald Trump’s tense closed-door meeting with his Cabinet, saying that the role of Musk’s Department of Government...

NRCC deletes post calling Espaillat an ‘illegal immigrant’

The House GOP's campaign arm deleted a post on X calling Rep. Adriano Espaillat of New York an "illegal immigrant," following a backlash on social media and strong condemnation...

Johnson ‘looking at’ taking Green off committee

Speaker Mike Johnson stopped short of supporting a hard-right push to remove Rep. Al Green from his committee assignment over the Texas Democrat's singing protest following his censure Thursday....

Capitol agenda: Senate Dems’ shutdown test

Senate Democrats are running out of time to decide whether fighting President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s funding freezes is worth forcing a government shutdown. Assuming House Republicans can...

Senate Democrats’ impending choice: Shutdown or surrender

House Democrats say they won't vote for the House GOP's spending plan. Democrats across the Capitol aren't so sure.

House GOP stopgap funding bill expected to avert pay cuts to doctors, extend telehealth access

A stopgap measure to keep the government funded through the end of September is expected to include measures to avert cuts in pay for doctors treating Medicare patients and...

Veterans cuts spark GOP backlash on Capitol Hill

"We don't need to be reading memos in the paper about 20 percent cut at the VA," Sen. Lindsey Graham said.

Chavez-DeRemer on verge of confirmation to run Labor Department

Lori Chavez-DeRemer’s bid to lead the Labor Department cleared a key procedural hurdle on Thursday — the last major step before a confirmation vote on the Senate floor. The...