“If Speaker Johnson drives House Republicans down this highly partisan path,” said Democratic leaders, “the odds of a shutdown go way up.” Leading U.S. Senate Democrats on Friday accused House Republicans of “wasting precious time catering to the hard MAGA right” as House Speaker Mike Johnson unveiled a stopgap funding bill tied to a proposal that would […]
“It is embarrassing that MAGA House Republicans continue to let the petty sniping and infighting in their own party prevent them from working with the president,” President Joe Biden’s campaign said. In what could be the final nail in the coffin of Ohio GOP Congressman Jim Jordan’s speakership bid, U.S. House Republicans on Friday secretly […]
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer warned that “if the House decides to go in a partisan direction it will lead to a Republican-caused shutdown.” With Congress on August recess, the far-right House Freedom Caucus on Monday issued expected but unlikely-to-be-met demands for a stopgap funding bill that would avert an October government shutdown. Members of […]
“MAGA Republicans don’t give a damn about the deficit, and today’s estimate of the cost of kickbacks for their friends and donors is further proof,” said Senate Budget Committee Chair Sheldon Whitehouse. While congressional Republicans hold the global economy hostage by refusing to raise the U.S. debt ceiling without major spending cuts that would hurt the working […]