Biden set to sign debt ceiling deal, avert government shutdown
June 3, 2023
The bi-partisan deal was approved overwhelmingly by the House and Senate.
Pelosi & McConnell: Time to cut a deal?
April 28, 2019
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and top Senate Republican Mitch McConnell, Washington’s odd couple, have a limited set of mutual legislative interests in a capital beset
Trump set to declare ‘national emergency’ over border wall
February 15, 2019
Congress lopsidedly approved a border security compromise that would avert a second painful government shutdown. But a new confrontation has been ignited — this time
Congress, Trump head towards uneasy resolution
February 14, 2019
Congress is set to resolve its clattering brawl with President Donald Trump in uncommonly bipartisan fashion as lawmakers prepare to pass a border security compromise
Spending $330 billion to avoid government shutdown
February 14, 2019
It’s not just about President Donald Trump’s border wall. The border security issues that sparked a 35-day government shutdown are but one element of a
Trump not happy, but may live with budget deal
February 13, 2019
Under mounting pressure from his own party, President Donald Trump appeared to be grudgingly leaning toward accepting an agreement that would head off a threatened
Republicans proved they don’t really want Trump’s wall
February 13, 2019
Republicans in Congress never really wanted to build the wall. It wasn’t a priority like tax cuts, which are a raison d’être of Republican domestic
New budget deal: Both sides got less
February 13, 2019
The undisputed grand prize at stake for President Donald Trump in the border security talks was money for his proposed wall with Mexico. He flat
Deal, perhaps, reached to prevent shutdown
February 12, 2019
Congressional negotiators reached agreement to prevent a government shutdown and finance construction of new barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border, overcoming a late-stage hang-up over immigration
White House: Another government shutdown possible
February 10, 2019
The White House is not ruling out another government shutdown, as lawmakers continue to negotiate funding for President Donald Trump’s proposed border wall. In Sunday