Congress in recess, but negotiations continue on BBB, avoiding a February government shutdown

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi won a  Supreme court victory early Monday, when the Supreme Court turned away Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy’s bid to invalidate proxy voting, the system of voting …

Pelosi keeps nailing it on GOP extremism: It's Republicans who owe the country an explanation

As the country hurtles toward the potential of yet another GOP-led government shutdown, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi grew exasperated with reporters Thursday when they wondered how Democrats were …

Ted Cruz, Mike Lee, and ... Joe Manchin threaten government shutdown over vaccine mandates

House and Senate negotiators have moved closer to averting a government shutdown at midnight Friday—close enough that the House will vote Thursday on the continuing resolution. The agreement between …

McConnell and his maniacs are flirting with another government shutdown, because of course they are

It’s December and it’s three days before funding for the government runs out, so of course there’s a mad scramble by congressional Democrats to figure out how to avert that and of course there’s a …

Media offers Republicans a free pass as they try to dismantle the government and tank the economy

Republicans did not go all the way to the mat to try to cause a government shutdown this week, but that’s about the best you can say for them—and the media seems to be taking that for granted.

Senate …

Manchin throws a bomb filled with ego and dishonesty into negotiations over spending bill

The threat of a government shutdown has faded, with the Senate preparing a stand-alone bill extending funding into December and the House ready to vote on it quickly later Thursday. Everything else …

Pelosi sets infrastructure vote for Thursday, but Biden's agenda is stuck in Manchin/Sinema hell

The U.S. will be forced to default on its debts starting on October 18 if Congress does not suspend the debt limit before then, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in a …

Senate Republicans set to vote to shut down the government and default on debts

It’s going to be a bumpy ride in Congress this week as Democrats try to keep the government from shutting down on Oct. 1, keep the government from defaulting on its debts later in October, and move …

Senate Republicans are ready to force another government shutdown if it makes trouble for Democrats

Will the government shut down next week? Will the government default on its financial obligations a couple weeks later? All that and much more—like the medium-range future of U.S. infrastructure and a …

If Republicans block debt ceiling increase, 'No one would be spared' from economic disaster

Congress has one week to prevent a government shutdown, and Republicans are basically sitting back and saying, “Bring on the shutdown.” 

The House passed a bill on Tuesday to extend federal funding …

House votes to avert government shutdown and default. Senate Republicans are united in opposition

Here they go again: A government shutdown is coming after funding expires on September 30, unless Congress extends funding. House Democrats passed a bill Tuesday to do just that, and to suspend the …

Maybe Republican threats to put the nation in default will break Manchin and Sinema on filibuster

House committees are presumably hard at work now, trying to meet a Sept. 15 deadline for completing their parts of the budget reconciliation bill that will fund President Joe Biden’s Build Back …