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Biden signs a $1.2 trillion funding package, averting a partial government shutdown

The compromise funding package will keep the federal government running through the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30.

WEKU

U.S. Rep. Randy Weber kicked out of House Freedom Caucus

Weber, who has disagreed with the hard-right caucus’ tactics during the House Speaker election last year, said Caucus Chair Bob Good expelled him after missing some of the group’s weekly meetings.

The Texas Tribune

State of suspension: Lawmakers gripe about fast-tracked bills under Johnson - Roll Call

Staring down another spending deadline, Speaker Mike Johnson is facing a fresh round of criticism in the House over his go-to move to pass bills.

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Ultraconservatives criticize Turner over ‘threat’ statement - Roll Call

The intra-GOP argument was the latest sign of a split among competing subsets of the party on national security issues.

Roll Call

Congress to vote on Schumer-Johnson deal to avert government shutdown

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said he will put the Continuing Resolution on the Senate floor on Tuesday

The Independent UK

Rule adopted on do-over vote after GOP rebels meet with speaker - Roll Call

House conservatives allowed leadership's floor agenda to get back on track after they buttonholed Johnson to try to get him to renegotiate a spending deal.

Roll Call

Liars, expulsions and near-fistfights: Congress plumbs the depths in 2023

From removing a House speaker and expelling an indicted member, it was not a great year for America’s representatives

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Framework appropriations deal elusive as session winds down - Roll Call

Speaker Mike Johnson is taking a hard line in talks over final spending levels for fiscal 2024, imperiling odds of a deal in the next week.

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Relatively smooth sailing seen for stopgap bill in House - Roll Call

House Democrats appear likely to provide enough support for Speaker Mike Johnson’s stopgap spending bill needed to keep the government open.

Roll Call

Senate leaders give green light to Johnson stopgap funds plan - Roll Call

Senate leaders of both parties sent encouraging signals Monday for Speaker Mike Johnson’s bill to avoid a partial government shutdown.

Roll Call

MAGA women meet the GOP glass ceiling

GOP women are supposed to be sexy but chaste, aggressive but submissive. It is a conundrum that can't be beat

Salon

‘Firebrand’: What does US Republican rebel Matt Gaetz want?

Congressman Gaetz led a group of Republican dissenters to remove House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in a historic vote.

Al Jazeera

Thomas Massie: 'The Next Speaker Is Going To Go Back to the Old Testament'

The libertarian-adjacent Kentucky congressman says he's against the effort to depose Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

Reason

Top Democrat Mark Warner rips government shutdown: 'Nothing could be worse timing or more stupid than cutting off aid for Ukraine'

"I can't decide right now if we're seeing a playout of the Hunger Games or the battle of the Kens from the Barbie movie," Warner said about Congress.

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The Guardian - US

McCarthy worked with Democrats to pause the US shutdown. Now his job is at stake

House Republican speaker passed a bill extending government funding at the risk of alienating hard right party members

The Guardian - US

What does a US shutdown mean? Seven things you should know

Funding for federal agencies will run out on 30 September, a crisis fueled by ideological divisions among House Republicans

Roll Call

Partisan House GOP stopgap funds bill on halting comeback trail - Roll Call

House Republicans were starting to move closer together on a revised stopgap with deeper nondefense spending cuts than an earlier version.

The Independent UK

Speaker McCarthy faces an almost impossible task trying to unite House GOP and fund the government

Speaker Kevin McCarthy is trying to accomplish what at times seems impossible

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The Guardian - US

Republicans seem even further from resolution as US shutdown deadline nears

McCarthy faces uphill climb as far-right Republicans signal that even a resolution to temporarily delay a shutdown is out of reach

Roll Call

House GOP makes first move in stopgap funding fight - Roll Call

House Republicans unveiled a stopgap funding measure Sunday night that would avoid a partial government shutdown next month.

Salon

Where do Republicans get these worms?

There is a reason why they were put into positions of power by this Republican Party

The Independent UK

Marjorie Taylor Greene takes swipe at Freedom Caucus after far-right group kicked her out

Georgia congresswoman called the House Freedom Caucus the ‘burn-it-all-down caucus’ just two months after being voted out

Chicago Sun-Times

Speaker Kevin McCarthy challenges right-flank colleagues to try to oust him from his post

The embattled GOP leader is trying to balance a caucus split between traditional Republicans and hard-right supporters of former President Donald Trump.

Roll Call

House GOP starts to coalesce around stopgap funding plan - Roll Call

The seeds of a plan to avoid a partial government shutdown appeared to be germinating Thursday in the House.

WEKU

McCarthy's plans for impeachment don't appear to be tamping down shutdown threat

A group of hard-line House Republicans say House Speaker Kevin McCarthy cannot win their support on spending by launching an impeachment inquiry into President Biden.

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