'Johnson blew it': Republicans revolt against speaker -- again (Second column, 4th story, link) Related stories:MAGA TURNS ON MIKEMARGIN DROPS TO 1 VOTEDEMS VOTE THROUGH SPENDING BILL
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene filed a motion to oust Speaker Mike Johnson over a $1.2 trillion bill that advances zero Republican voter priorities.
The House successfully passed the second and final tranche of government
Congress faces a government funding deadline at 11:59 p.m. on March 22. Speaker Mike Johnson was able to get enough votes to pass a massive government spending bill nearly 12 hours before funding expired. Conservative Republicans were not afraid of forcing a shutdown and almost tanked the vote saying it was not fiscally responsible
Scathing letter from White House counsel tells Republican Mike Johnson ‘it is clear the House Republican impeachment is over’The White House’s top lawyer has told House Republicans to give up on their impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden, calling the investigation a “charade”.The White House counsel, Ed Siskel, told the House speaker, Mike Johnson that “it is clear the House Republican impeachment is over” in a scathing letter sent on Friday morning. Continue reading
The bill calls for a 9.3% rise in spending from fiscal 2023, with a budget deficit to 693 billion baht, down 0.3% from the previous year.Its passage followed a three-day debate, with 298 lawmakers in favour and 166 against, with one abstention and one absent.Pending Senate approval and royal endorsement next week, long-awaited disbursement of state investment funds is expected to begin in early April.Rapid disbursement in the remaining months of the fiscal year is seen as crucial to efforts of...
Single-family neighborhoods in Hawaii could become much more dense under two heavily debated bills pending at the state Legislature.
Tallahassee - Florida’s agriculture industry hopes a newly passed bill that would limit local regulations on farmworker housing will bolster efforts to bring in more non-immigrant foreign workers.
Noem's record as governor showcases an executive more eager to please corporate constituents than Republican voters.
The House approved a $1.2 trillion government funding bill Friday, sending the sprawling package to the Senate hours before the deadline and officially capping off the fiscal 2024 appropriations process in the lower chamber. The legislation — which includes six funding bills — cleared the House in an 286-134 vote, hours before a slew of agencies and []
A bill to provide a next-of-kin notification database is now headed to Governor Brad Little for a signature.