Democrats bail out Johnson, pass bill that could avert government shutdown

The House of Representatives voted to keep the government afloat until mid-March on Friday evening after GOP infighting brought the country within hours of a lapse in federal funding. The bill passed ... Read More

Democrats tell Johnson they won’t rescue him from far-right members again

Democrats tell Johnson they won’t rescue him from far-right members again - Democrats who voted to save the speaker in May now feel they can’t trust him after he reneged on deal to fund the government ... Read More

Brief government shutdown ushered in before Christmas as Senate works to advance House bill

The Senate is on track to pass a stopgap bill after its passage in the House earlier Friday. However, the upper chamber ran past the midnight deadline, meaning there will be a technical government ... Read More

House conservatives raised concerns about Johnson to Trump before spending fiasco

A handful of conservative House Republicans were voicing concerns about Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to President-elect Trump even before last week’s government funding fiasco, multiple sources on ... Read More

Trump-backed spending bill to avert government shutdown fails House vote

President-elect Donald Trump encouraged Republicans to block the massive stop-gap funding measure put forward by House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and instead support a streamlined package that would ... Read More

These House Democrats bucked the White House on judges bill

Over two dozen Democrats approved a House bill that would create new judge seats on Thursday despite Biden’s threat to veto the bill.  California’s delegation had the most House Democrats ... Read More

Johnson needs Dems to pass a stopgap spending bill. Here's what they want.

Lawmakers only have nine working days left to figure out government funding before the shutdown ... generally support stopgap spending bills, known as continuing resolutions, House Democrats ... Read More

House Passes Bill That Bans Transgender Care for Military Members' Kids - Rolling Stone

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Government funding plan collapses as Trump makes new demands days before shutdown

Trump abruptly rejected a bipartisan plan to prevent a government shutdown, instead telling House Speaker Mike Johnson and Republicans to essentially renegotiate. Read More

House passes defense bill with controversial provision on transgender healthcare

Last month, House Speaker Mike Johnson ... coming out of votes expressed support for the provision and were confident the bill would pass the Senate. “We shouldn't be doing that with taxpayer ... Read More