Mitchell Miller

Congress, government shutdown, CR

Roundup of what just happened in Congress for 2024

In voting last week, Congress managed to fund the half of government it had not already.

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WTOP/Dave DildineCongress, government shutdown

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

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Congress Speaker

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

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government

Future budget resolution made tougher by present ‘laddered CR’

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Government Shutdown Explainer

There’s only one question before Congress, at least this week

With the machinery already cranking up for a federal government shutdown, can Congress pull itself together to pass a continuing resolution? The situation…

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AP Poll Polarization

Congress is on vacation and FEMA is running out of money

Just because Congress is on recess, natural disasters don’t stop. Now FEMA is running out of money, thanks in part to the fire in Maui. Just add it to…

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(AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)The U.S. Capitol is seen in Washington, Tuesday, July 20, 2021. To enact President Joe Biden’s expansive domestic agenda this year, Democrats have mapped out a convoluted legislative maze. The party wants to push the new president's multitrillion-dollar plans for supercharging federal infrastructure, climate change and social programs through a Congress in which they have only paper-thin majorities. GOP opposition is certain to be solid. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

How the Ukraine War could gum up federal budget negotiations

Congress has passed just one of 12 bills needed to fund the government next fiscal year. When members return early next month, the question of further funding for Ukraine in its war with Russia will enter the funding debate.

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