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The rule allows for the House to debate passing a stop-gap spending bill to avert a government shutdown

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‘I’m disappointed. I am p***ed off,’ one Republican congressman says about the failure

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

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

Legislation passed to prioritize corporate growth over partisan political issues.

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House Republicans on Wednesday narrowly averted having to scrap consideration of what's typically the easiest spending bill to pass.

With help from two other ultraconservatives, the Texas Republican’s seat on the Rules Committee has let him press for red-meat priorities, even in traditionally bipartisan legislation.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — When Nikki Haley was first elected to the South Carolina State House, she didn’t have many friends. It was a consequence of her ousting a 30-year incumbent in the Republican primary.

WASHINGTON — House GOP leaders are discussing the possibility of putting a stopgap spending bill on the floor as soon as this month as a fail-safe option while they try to build support for passing fiscal 2024 appropriations bills that appear on shaky ground.