Mitchell Miller

government shutdown, Congress, government funding

Progress on spending bills might have been an illusion all along

Progress on 2025 appropriations bills stalled in the House when members failed to pass a legislative appropriations bill.

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House passed its Defense authorization bill, but there’s a long way to go

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government shutdown, Congress, government funding

One side of House trying to finish 2025 appropriations package early

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Congress has gotten past the foreign aid argument, or at least its leader has

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Will Congress get a budget deal done with only days before the first shutdown deadline?

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Congress

Congress swings-and-misses at impeachment, foreign aid, federal telework

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Congress returns in full, as the clock begins to run out once again

The House and Senate are both in session this week. But the House is only around for this week and next, before taking another two-week recess. That schedule…

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Congress labors to keep the budget deal alive

The continuing resolution funding the government runs out Friday at 11:59 p.m. So far the spending limits Republicans and Democrats agreed to, a week or…

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The upcoming congressional session is shaping up like the one just ended

Happy New Year. The government-shutdown deadline is just a couple of weeks away. Some things never change. For a deeper look at what a second session of a troubled Congress is likely to do, the Federal Drive with Tom Temin spoke with WTOP Capitol Hill Correspondent Mitchell Miller. 

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