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Why 19 Democrats and 109 Republicans voted against the government funding deal

POLITICS, Roll Call
1 day ago

House Democrats were just two votes short Thursday night of being able to clear a fiscal 2019 appropriations package without Republican help, while less than half of the GOP conference voted for...

The dead earmarks society

POLITICS, Roll Call
1 day ago

From the outside, they looked like a collection of political misfits akin to the characters from “The Breakfast Club.” This peculiar little crew of lobbyists, ethics watchdogs and government spending hawks...

Most 2020 Democratic candidates opposed spending bill

POLITICS, Roll Call
1 day ago

Senate Democrats eyeing the White House split their vote Thursday on the compromise spending package that would avert another government shutdown, with nearly all the candidates who have already announced bids voting against...

House passes appropriations package to avert shutdown, sends to Trump

POLITICS, Roll Call
2 days ago

The House passed a spending package Thursday night, completing congressional action to avert a government shutdown with barely a day to spare. The final vote was 300-128. Nineteen Democrats voted against the measure while...

House may vote on resolution to disapprove of Trump’s national emergency

POLITICS, Roll Call
2 days ago

The House will vote on a resolution of disapproval that would push back on President Donald Trump’s decision to declare a national emergency to free up more funds for a wall...

Two protests in Hart end in Valentine’s Day arrests

POLITICS, Roll Call
2 days ago

Passion was in the air in the Hart Senate Office building on Valentine’s Day. Demonstrations for gun control and against a West Virginia factory project resulted in 19 arrests Thursday. A group called...

Legal fight expected for Trump’s national emergency declaration

POLITICS, Roll Call
2 days ago

President Donald Trump will declare a national emergency at the southern border to redirect military funds to his border wall project after lawmakers gave him $3.4 billion less than his $5.7 billion...

Senate leaders interrupt Grassley, announce Trump’s support for deal and national emergency

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2 days ago

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‘Rest in well-deserved Peace,’ Boehner’s full eulogy to John Dingell in 6 minutes

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2 days ago

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House progressives work on ‘Medicare-for-all’ as debate heats up

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2 days ago

House progressives are set to introduce a revised single-payer “Medicare-for-all” bill during the last week of this month, as Republicans sharpen their criticism of the policy and Democratic presidential hopefuls face...

Trump will sign spending bill, declare national emergency

POLITICS, Roll Call
2 days ago

The big bipartisan government funding deal is going to become law, but it will be far from the end of the battle between President Donald Trump and members of Congress over border...

Bill Clinton: John Dingell ‘was a world class doer’

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2 days ago

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Hoyer: John Dingell ‘raised up the institution of the House’

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2 days ago

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Congress pauses to remember its longest serving member, John Dingell

POLITICS, Roll Call
2 days ago

In the last 24 hours of his long life, John D. Dingell, 92, was visited by a few old friends and House colleagues. One of them was House Majority Leader Steny...

Ocasio-Cortez, other female progressive freshmen will vote against border deal

POLITICS, Roll Call
2 days ago

Democratic Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna S. Pressley and Rashida Tlaib will vote against the massive spending measure agreed to by a bipartisan conference committee because they oppose an increase in funding to the...

John Lewis’ full eulogy to John Dingell in 8 minutes

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2 days ago

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