The U.S. Congress approved a funding bill Saturday in a rare show of cross-party unity, keeping federal agencies running through September and averting a damaging partial government shutdown.Senators missed a midnight deadline to pass the $1.2 trillion package to keep the lights on in several key government agencies but voted in the early hours to pass a resolution that had already advanced from the House."It wasn't easy, but tonight our persistence has been worth it," Democratic Majority Leader...
Sen. Bill Hagerty told Breitbart News that Democrats blocked a bill that would have stopped taxpayer dollars from flying in illegals.
Manchin said of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, 'He knows I've already made my decision. I'm happy with my decision.' '
(The Center Square) — The Georgia Senate approved a measure Wednesday to lower the state's income tax to 5.39% from 5.49%. The state Senate voted 40-12 in favor of House Bill 1015, sending the measure to Republican Gov. Brian Kemp, who is expected to sign it. Kemp signed HB 1437 into law in April 2022, setting the state's tax level at a flat 5.49% rate for the tax year starting Jan. 1, 2024. At the time, Kemp called it "the largest tax cut in Georgia history." ...
WASHINGTON — The federal government entered a partial shutdown early Saturday after Congress failed to pass legislation in time to keep a swath of departments and agencies open. The shutdown is expected to be brief and have little impact, however, as Senate leaders announced they have a deal to vote on a funding package in the early hours of Saturday morning. The House voted Friday morning to pass a $1.2 trillion spending bill funding the departments of State, Defense, Labor, Health and Human...
The Biden administration has agreed to ban LGBTQ+ Pride flags from flying at U.S. embassies in order to fund numerous health initiatives, including the AIDS relief plan. The Biden administration […]
The bill, introduced by leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, prohibits data brokers from selling certain data overseas.
Larry Hogan is sitting in the catbird seat in the Maryland Senate race, according to a new survey showing the former governor’s brand of Republicanism is a good fit in the deep-blue state and underscores the challenges Democrats face defending the upper chamber this fall.
Tax documents for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation and for a major foundation funded by leftist billionaire George Soros show the organization that purports to represent the U.S. business community has turned hard left in recent years.
A bipartisan coalition of senators is proposing legislation that would stop the U.S. government’s leading foreign aid group from wasting hundreds of millions in taxpayer funds on costly items such as luxury hotels and airfares, the Washington Free Beacon has learned.
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Monday passed a non-binding resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
The U.S. notably abstained, making it possible for a ceasefire resolution to pass after four failed attempts.