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President Donald Trump expressed his skepticism that a DACA deal could be reached with Democrats. “DACA is probably dead because the Democrats don’t really want it,” Trump wrote on Twitter on Sunday.

The Senate approved a stop-gap funding bill on Thursday, sending the spending bill to President Donald Trump to sign.

Congress continues to scramble to pass a short-term spending bill to avoid a government shutdown on Friday.

A short-term House spending bill to fund the government until January 19 will include roughly $3 billion to fund the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).

During Friday’s Democratic Weekly Address, Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) stated that Democrats don’t want a shutdown and the ball is in Congressional Republicans’ court if they want a shutdown. Transcript (via FedNews) as Follows:  “Hi, I’m U.S. Senator Chris Coons,

“The Democrats are really looking at something that is very dangerous for our country,” Trump told reporters at the White House on Wednesday. “They are looking at shutting down. … They want to have illegal immigrants pouring into our country, bring with them crime, tremendous amounts of drugs.”

On Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “MTP Daily,” House Freedom Caucus member Representative Jim Jordan (R-OH) stated the Freedom Caucus is opposed to the two-week short-term continuing resolution. Jordan answered a question on Democrats wanting protection for DACA enrollees in a

On Tuesday’s broadcast of “MSNBC Live,” House Democratic Caucus Chairman Representative Joe Crowley (D-NY) stated that Democrats will work towards keeping the government open and believes that a common ground can be reached over DACA, but did not rule out

Wednesday on CNN’s “OutFront,” Rep. Steve King (R-IA) said he did not see a government shutdown being necessary for Congress to pass funding for President Donald Trump’s border wall. King made his remarks in reference to Trump’s speech a night

The counting of chickens yet to be hatched is the business of Wall Street. Hatched chickens, after all, are “past performance.” It’s the little ovals full of promises for future earnings that capture all the attention.

President Donald Trump demanded government funding for his promised wall on the Southern border, threatening a government shutdown if Congress didn’t include it in their funding.

Several New Jersey beachgoers created a giant sand sculpture depicting New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie sitting in a beach chair Tuesday.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said at a press conference on Capitol Hill on Tuesday that President Donald Trump “did not play much of a role” in the budget negotiations that led to a proposed appropriations bill that will fund the government through September.

Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney told the White House Press Corps that while a government shutdown is “not desirable” it could become a reality come September if the appropriations process is not repaired.

President Donald Trump responded to critics of the Republican budget agreement with Democrats, suggesting that he would be open to a government shutdown in September.

Good negotiators are guided always by this question: What, if any, is the ‘best alternative to no agreement?’ Sometimes, a negotiator walks away because he believes that the best possible agreement with the other side is worse than no agreement.

Bipartisan congressional negotiators agreed Sunday to fund Planned Parenthood through September in a $1.070 trillion package that would help Congress avoid a so-called “government shutdown.”

Monday on CNN’s “New Day,” Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), the vice chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, said that he foresees some conservatives coming out against a proposed government spending bill set to come out later this week.

Wednesday on Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) elaborated on his proposal to fund a border wall by using drug money from seized from El Chapo. Cruz argued opposition to the border wall and other initiatives from

On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s primetime edition of “The Lead,” OMB Director Mick Mulvaney said that President Trump is willing to sign a government spending bill that doesn’t include money for a border wall, and “We just thought that it would be a

Tuesday on his nationally syndicated radio show, conservative talker Rush Limbaugh expressed his frustration with what he perceived to be a “cave” by President Donald Trump on securing funding for his much-touted border wall. The Trump administration had proposed $1

Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) covered several topics with Breitbart News Radio SiriusXM host Alex Marlow on Tuesday, including the possibility of a government shutdown, the border wall, and how Trump has done in his first 100 days.

Monday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) downplayed the possibility of a government shutdown as the deadline to pass a measure to fund the federal government approaches. Cole told host Joe Scarborough with the 60-vote rule in the

Capitol Hill conservatives are preparing for a fight over funding the federal government after the current funding legislation expires Dec. 9, as President Barack Obama and Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D.-Nev.) take their last bite from the apple before both men return to private life.

The economist and college professor who defeated the House Majority Leader in the 2014 GOP primary told Breitbart News the Republican leadership needs to partner with House conservatives and reject the short-term budget fix that extends government funding until Dec. 9.

Rep. Dave Brat (R-VA) spoke to Breitbart News Daily Tuesday, offering a look ahead at the lame-duck budget battle, which could include another government shutdown drama.

Congressional leaders have averted a government shutdown and have set new policies, such as strengthening the visa waiver program, according to Reuters.

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan has now laid forth his agenda for the Republican Congress—and while his advocates have praised him as a forward-thinking, public relations-savvy replacement for predecessor Rep. John Boehner (R-OH), his speech on Thursday didn’t show it.

House Speaker Paul Ryan and other Republican leaders in Congress are putting the final touches on a massive omnibus spending bill that will fund the federal government until after the presidential election.

Pro-life leaders and members of Congress are focused on statements from House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy indicating that a government shutdown over defunding Planned Parenthood is unlikely.

White House press secretary Josh Earnest consistently vows that President Obama would veto a bill from House Republicans that fully defunds Planned Parenthood. But he remained open to the idea that Obama might sign a bill that partially defunds the abortion corporation.

Representative Daniel Webster (R-FL) stated that the decision on how to handle shutdowns would be “up to the members” if he was speaker on Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room.” Webster was asked, “If you become speaker of the House,

The author of the stand-alone Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2015 that the House approved, Rep. Diane Black was persistent in her message that a government shutdown would not be an effective strategy to defund the nation’s largest abortion provider in the wake of videos exposing its practices of selling the harvested body parts of aborted babies.

Conservative state lawmakers in Mississippi—who urged their congressional delegation in Washington D.C. to vote against a continuing resolution that would fund Planned Parenthood—found that their House members heeded them, but their U.S. Senators did not.

The continuing resolution keeps the government open at current funding levels through December 11, providing lawmakers more time to negotiate a final budget deal. Additionally, over the protestations of many conservative Republicans, the legislation funds Planned Parenthood. It averts a shutdown as the new fiscal year begins Thursday.

A group of conservative Mississippi state lawmakers are urging their congressional delegation in Washington to vote against any continuing resolution that includes funding for Planned Parenthood.