Sidelined by Trump and Musk, Hill spending leaders fight for relevance
Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), senior appropriators, are seen during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing on Capitol Hill Feb. 19, 2025.
Chuck Schumer caves, won’t vote to block GOP plan to avert government shutdown in dramatic U-turn
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) took up consideration of a measure in 2022 to shift to a watered-down “talking ...
Trump signs stopgap spending measure, averting shutdown
A six-month stopgap funding bill cleared the Senate on Friday after enough Democrats crossed the aisle to vote to end debate.
Walz knocks Schumer over government funding blowup
Walz piled on the Senate minority leader during Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s most recent podcast episode.
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The filibuster once tore Democrats apart. They’re doing it all over again.
Democrats’ blowup over funding the government isn’t just triggering a fight about the future of the party. It is reopening ... a filibuster and advance the Republican-backed stopgap funding ...
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Trump signs stopgap spending measure, averting shutdown
30, cleared the Senate on Friday after enough Democrats crossed the aisle to vote to end debate, defying intense pressure from the left wing of their party ... support on the Republican side ...
Crockett Asks If Schumer Is ‘One to Lead’ Amid Dem Civil War
A Democrat congresswoman threw serious shade at her own party’s Senate chief after his controversial decision to cross the ...
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In Texas, private firms cash in on property tax late fees, piling debt onto struggling homeowners
Texans who fall behind on their property taxes face one of the most punitive systems in the nation, where private collection ...
Trump and recent gains give the California Republican Party hope
The California Republican Party made slight gains in California, attracting more new voters than the Democrats, but can that ...