Speaker Mike Johnson and others argue new budget won't cut Medicaid, but some lawmakers disagree
The budget requires the House Energy and Commerce Committee to cut $880 billion over the next 10 years. The committee ...
DOGE cuts complicate government funding talks and raise shutdown fears
Republican leaders on Capitol Hill are struggling with a key question as they stare down a fast-approaching deadline to fund ...
Speaker Johnson hesitates to back 'DOGE stimulus checks' idea: 'We have a giant deficit'
President Donald Trump had said earlier this week his administration was weighing sending 20% of savings by DOGE to taxpayers ...
Where things stand as Congress tries to avoid a partial government shutdown in two weeks
Negotiations to avoid a federal government shutdown in two weeks have not been going well. Lawmakers have yet to agree on ...
Congress barrels toward shutdown deadline with few signs of progress on funding bill
The government runs out of funding on March 14, and averting a shutdown will likely require bipartisan support in both the ...
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Mike Johnson muscles Trump’s budget bill through the House in roller-coaster vote
The House adopted its GOP budget resolution after leadership briefly pulled it from the floor Tuesday night, a dramatic win for Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) after hard-line conservatives seemed ...