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Lawmakers are torn over the size and shape of a disaster relief package headed for a vote next month. CQ Roll Call’s Aidan Quigley and David Lerman discuss the latest on disaster aid, overdue appropriations, a new Senate defense budget writer and a House firebrand’s new role in curbing government…

The unforced exits of two intelligence community watchdogs has Democrats worried about the independence of inspectors general under Trump.

Democratic support evaporated for a bill to give the IRS greater authority to revoke tax-exempt status of nonprofits supporting terrorist organizations.

DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and FBI Director Christoper Wray declined to testify publicly at a Senate committee hearing Thursday.

Former Rep. Matt Gaetz dropped his bid to become President-elect Donald Trump’s next attorney general on Thursday.

In politics, as in life, a lot comes down to luck. And every two years, that plays out at the House’s office lottery.

If you’re paying attention to the Senate, you know they’re voting on a lot of judges, as happens during lame-duck Congresses. There are also a lot of partisan broadsides being fired about it all. How did we get to this point, and why? Show Notes:

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene will chair a new House subcommittee to work with President-elect Donald Trump’s new Department of Government Efficiency.

Republicans have employed a series of procedural tactics to slow confirmations of judicial nominees during the lame-duck session.