Senate Passes Temporary Plan to Avoid Government Shutdown Before Thanksgiving The Senate made a quick move to approve the plan to extend government funding through early next year, narrowly averting a government shutdown for the second time in recent months. The plan was approved 87-11, just a day after it passed in the House. The …
Back in 1876, the House passed the Holman Rule for the first time. After centuries of adjustments, the rule now enables legislators to decrease the pay of federal employees. This year, House Republicans have utilized the rule 36 times. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and House Republicans are working to revive an obscure House rule from …
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Republicans in control of the U.S. House of Representatives have announced that they do not anticipate moving forward with a stopgap funding measure to keep federal agencies open this week, despite the looming possibility of a government shutdown in just 10 days. Instead, House Speaker Mike Johnson is …
The battle for funding in Ukraine intensifies as the House hustles to pass funding bills. The funding was not included in the short-term government funding bill that prevented a shutdown over the weekend, and some House Republicans are already sounding the alarm about the impending fight. “Many of us care deeply about this, and it’s …
In a Tuesday morning event, Representative Linda Sánchez (D-Calif.) addressed the issue of the aging population in the United States and its potential impact on Medicare. Sánchez referred to the increasing number of Americans over 65 years old as a “gray tsunami” during The Hill’s event on Alzheimer’s care, sponsored by Otsuka. The Hill’s editor …
Following House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s announcement of a debt-ceiling deal with President Joe Biden, Republican leaders circulated a fact sheet praising McCarthy’s victories. The deal, known as the Fiscal Responsibility Act, includes spending cuts but also exempts critical veterans programs, national defense priorities, Social Security, and Medicare. Critics argue that the bill does not actually …