Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle appeared caught off guard on Wednesday as President-elect Trump demanded that a debt ceiling hike be paired with a stopgap government funding bill, rejecting a sweeping bipartisan plan to avert a government shutdown this week. Trump said in a joint statement with Vice President-elect J.D. Vance said that while...
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) poked fun at President-elect Trump's encouragement for her to "keep trying" after the congresswoman lost the vote to be the top Democrat on the House Oversight and Accountability Committee in the upcoming Congress. "You know it’s bad when even Trump is feeling bad for me," Ocasio-Cortez wrote in a post on...
House Republican leaders were already struggling to cobble together Republican support for a bipartisan stopgap federal spending bill when President-elect Donald Trump weighed in hard against it on Wednesday, imploding the deal.
House Republicans blasted the Biden administration for targeting pro-life activists under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, making it clear Wednesday that they will seek to repeal the law once President-elect Donald Trump is sworn into office.
"We are reviewing the progress -- or lack thereof -- of the Coast Guard's Polar Security Cutter program and discussing strategies to ensure the successful completion of this vital acquisition effort. This issue is of paramount importance -- the United States must be able to operate effectively in the Arctic to safeguard our nation's security and strategic interests in this rapidly changing region," said Rep. Carlos Gimenez, Florida Republican.
President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect J.D. Vance called on House Speaker Mike Johnson Wednesday to scrap his proposed short-term spending deal and raise the nation's borrowing limit, dealing another blow to the funding patch with just two days until the deadline to prevent a partial government shutdown.
Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin, the first Senate Republican to meet with labor secretary nominee Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, predicted the congresswoman's support for a collective bargaining bill won't derail her confirmation.