Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) said fellow New Yorker Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D) should “strongly consider” resigning if he pulled a fire alarm in the Cannon House Office Building Saturday. “That any member of Congress would think it's appropriate to pull a fire alarm to try and delay Congress from doing its business is shameful, it’s...
Entrepreneur and 2024 GOP presidential primary candidate Vivek Ramaswamy expressed his negative view of the recently passed stopgap funding bill to keep the government funded on Saturday. "My first reaction is the reaction it's been for the last several days, which is this whole debate is a farce. It's a deflection," Ramaswamy told reporters following...
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Saturday hailed Democratic efforts in passing a short-term bill to fund the government, calling it a "defeat" for "MAGA Republicans." "This spending bill was a complete and total victory for the American people. And a total defeat for the extreme MAGA Republicans," Jeffries said during a press conference. The...
The U.S. Senate is set to vote on a short-term spending bill that will fund the government for another 45 days. The House had passed the bill in an attempt to avert a shutdown.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy boasted about gaining enough support to pass a 45-day stopgap spending measure requiring Democrat votes to pass the lower chamber.