Debt Ceiling Fight Tests Republicans’ Resolve
A legislative fight to raise the debt ceiling could test Republicans’ resolve as Congress heads towards a packed legislative schedule ahead of the new year.
A legislative fight to raise the debt ceiling could test Republicans’ resolve as Congress heads towards a packed legislative schedule ahead of the new year.
Major Democrat donors along with a Nord Stream 2 lobbyist reportedly gave the maximum amount of campaign contributions to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and other vulnerable Senate Democrats.
Democrat Senators on Thursday have complained about Majority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) Senate dysfunction.
Congressional leaders struck a deal Thursday to fund the government through February, which serves as a victory for Republicans.
President Joe Biden reflected on his age at a Hanukkah menorah lighting ceremony at the White House on Wednesday, recalling speaking to some younger people on his staff before the event about his many trips to Israel.
House and Senate conservatives lead the way to defund President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate through a government spending bill.
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) will reportedly jam the $1.9 trillion reconciliation package through the Senate in mid-December.
Sen. Joe Manchin has pushed Senate Democrats to take responsibility for solving the debt ceiling crisis, throwing the onus on the Democrat-controlled Senate to act before default.
Senate Republicans blocked consideration of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) on Monday as Democrats prevented the chamber from considering Republican amendments to the defense bill.
The federal government will run out of money in three days while a legislative pileup has continued to plague Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), who failed on Monday to pass a routine defense bill to clear legislative calendar days to pass the $1.9 trillion reconciliation package.
Democrats thought it prudent to pass a $1.7 trillion Build Back Better Act while Americans grapple with rising food costs ahead of Thanksgiving.
Rep. Stephanie Murphy (D-FL) on Friday broke her promise and voted for the reconciliation package that adds $750 billion to the deficit over five years.
Top U.S. House conservatives are circulating a memo warning that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is attempting to lace the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) with a radical bill that includes dozens of Critical Race Theory (CRT) provisions contained within his plan that purports to but does not actually counter the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
Monday on Fox Business Network’s “Mornings with Maria,” Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) tore into the Democrats for their “wasteful spending” as they negotiate an even larger spending bill than the $1.2 trillion package that was just passed.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) called on President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to cancel student debt — a priority that has seemingly fallen to the wayside in the first year of Biden’s presidency.
The federal government will run out of money in 21 days from Friday.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) partied maskless this week, popping into a reelection fundraiser for a fellow Democrat.
Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) has pledged if the Republicans gain control of Congress next year, anti-boycott laws against Israel could pass on the federal level.
House Democrats announced Friday that they will delay for the second time this week a vote on their $1.75 trillion Build Back Better Act.
Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) led a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Wednesday pressing them to cut amnesty for illegal aliens from the so-called “Build Back Better” multi-trillion-dollar President Joe Biden spending plan currently before Congress.
The former president spoke about Youngkin in glowing terms, calling him a great leader who would lead the commonwealth into prosperity after decades of Democrat governors.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) punted on Thursday on a planned vote for the $1.2 trillion so-called bipartisan infrastructure bill.
President Joe Biden hosted breakfast for Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on Sunday but emerged with no deal to help pay for his nearly two trillion entitlement spending plan.
Democrats on Thursday continued to struggle to seal President Biden’s far-left reconciliation package despite the endless optimism some Democrats are publicly displaying.
President Joe Biden will likely eliminate a proposal to raise the state and local tax deduction (SALT) deduction in the Demcorats’ infrastructure bill, according to a report Wednesday.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi set the Halloween deadline for Congress to act on Biden’s agenda after blowing a September deadline for a vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill in the House of Representatives.
House Republican support for the so-called bipartisan infrastructure bill has continued to weaken as the chamber moves closer to Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) self-imposed Halloween deadline to pass the bill.
Congress passed a short-term raising of the debt ceiling to December on Tuesday, averting a looming government shutdown.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) gave President Joe Biden a debt limit threat in a letter Friday after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) “childish behavior” toward Republicans upon increasing the debt limit Thursday.
Eleven Senate Republicans voted Thursday to advance the debt ceiling increase as Senate Republicans caved to Democrats.
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) was reportedly chewed out by Senate Republicans and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) after the debt ceiling vote Thursday night.
Senate leaders struck a deal Thursday that would avoid a government shutdown, extending the debt ceiling into December.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has been rated the least popular leader in Congress, a Rasmussen Reports survey released Wednesday found.
Senate Democrats plan to accept Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) offer to raise the debt ceiling into December, according to reports.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday told Democrats he would allow an emergency debt limit extension into December, edging back from a perilous standoff by offering a potential path to avoid a federal default.
President Joe Biden floated the proposal Tuesday of getting rid of the filibuster rules in the Senate to raise the debt limit.
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) contradicted Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) on Tuesday by suggesting the debt ceiling “can’t” be raised with the reconciliation tactic.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) planned a cloture vote on a debt-ceiling increase as Senate Republicans stand firm against Democrat efforts to skyrocket the debt.
A group of Republican senators led by Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) and Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) introduced a bill in the Senate that would establish a bipartisan Joint Select Committee on Afghanistan to investigate and compile a joint report on President Joe Biden’s botched withdrawal which resulted in the death of 13 U.S. servicemembers.
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) said Monday evening he is open to using debt limit reconciliation to raise the debt ceiling by October 18, undercutting Sen. Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) signals that the tactic “cannot” be used.