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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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The big news in Congress this week? You already know it

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One side of House trying to finish 2025 appropriations package early

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Congress faces another countdown, this time FAA reauthorization

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

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There’s a lot to do, as Congress returns

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Roundup of what just happened in Congress for 2024

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

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Congress is gone until next week, but the budget questions drone on

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Budget talks for 2024 are rocking, raising talk of a government you-know-what

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What does the latest debt ceiling deal mean for federal agencies?

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A fresh legislative effort to get federal employees back into the office

Now there’s a Senate version of the Show-Up act, designed to get more federal employees to return to their offices to work. In fact, it’s getting a lot…

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At least Congress was able to keep the trains running on time

If they can avert a rail strike, can they get a federal budget? To get the answer to that big question, Federal Drive host Tom Temin spoke with WTOP Capitol…

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Now the question is what the lame duck Congress will be able to do

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Whether you think House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is leaving on a wave of glory or on a broomstick, things are shifting in Congress. In the meantime, she’s still speaker for the remainder of the 117th Congress, affectionately known as the lame duck.