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Trump, Congress

Congress Will Likely Avert Shutdown This Year—But Give GOP And Trump Control Over 2025 Spending, Johnson Says

La., said he expects Congress to extend the existing government budget into early next year to avert a shutdown in December—setting the stage for Republicans to have full control over the budget process when the new GOP-controlled Congress and President-elect Donald Trump take office in January.

Bloomberg on MSN · 1d

Johnson Says Congress Will ‘Do the Math’ on Key Trump Tax Pledge

House Speaker Mike Johnson said Donald Trump’s plan to end income tax on tips would have to be paid for, injecting a note of caution into one of the president-elect’s key campaign pledges.

Washington Examiner · 1d

Johnson puts renewing Trump tax cuts at the top of Congress’s agenda

Johnson said that renewing Trump's tax cuts would be at the top of Congress's agenda after Trump takes office in January.

Biden, Congress

The Hill · 15h

Biden to send disaster relief funding package to Congress in coming days

President Biden will send Congress an extensive emergency funding request in the coming days, the White House said Monday, as administration officials called on Congress to approve more money

New York Post on MSN · 8h

Biden begs Congress for about $100B in replenished disaster relief aid after FEMA controversies

President Biden sent a formal request to Congress for roughly $100 billion in replenished disaster relief funds to help Americans reeling from Hurricanes Helene and Milton.

USA Today · 8h

Biden asks Congress for $100 billion to aid recovery from hurricanes, other disasters

Joe Biden wants nearly $100 billion in emergency funding to help respond to a series of disasters that have stretched government resources thin.

5hon MSN

Republicans look to push government funding fight into Trump's term in early 2025

Facing a Dec. 20 government shutdown deadline, GOP leaders are eyeing a stopgap bill into early next year, which could ...

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Johnson's government funding timeline differs from other Republicans' plans

After weekend with Trump, House Speaker Mike Johnson laid out a tentative plan to keep the government funded that could tee ...

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Trump looms large as Congress faces shutdown threat and ‘dizzying’ to-do list

Donald Trump won’t arrive back in the White House until January. But he’ll have fingerprints over every piece of the lame ...

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Congress set to extend government shutdown deadline into Trump’s term

With Republicans on cusp of unified control of Washington, Congress appears primed to extend federal funding well into ...

US House Leader Says Temporary Step Could Avert Government Shutdown

US House speaker Mike Johnson said Sunday he hopes lawmakers take temporary measures soon to avoid a government shutdown, allowing them to adopt a full budget only after Donald Trump takes power in ...

6don MSN

Congress returns to Washington as GOP prepares to take control

Returning lawmakers will be choosing the leaders for the next Congress and finishing work on the remaining priorities of the ...

Courthouse News Service6d

Congress approves stopgap budget to fund government into March, avert shutdown

WASHINGTON (CN) — Both houses of Congress voted Thursday afternoon to approve a short-term budget that, if signed into law, will yet again sidestep the threat of a government shutdown. The House ...

Fednet (Video) on MSN15h

Senator McConnell calls 118th Congress unproductive at needed legislation

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell says at a weekly news conference a week before potential government shutdown as the ...

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