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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.

Congress, Joe Biden

Politico · 4h

White House asks Congress for $100B in aid for hurricanes, other disasters

Top lawmakers plan to spend the next few weeks finalizing a bipartisan bill that fulfills at least some of that request.

New York Post on MSN · 2h

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.

U.S. News & World Report · 2h

Biden Seeks Nearly $100 Billion in Emergency Disaster Aid After Hurricanes Helene and Milton

President Joe Biden is requesting nearly $100 billion in emergency disaster aid after Hurricanes Helene and Milton, and other natural disasters

ABC News on MSN1h

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

Congress must take some action to avert a government shutdown before Dec. 20, when current funding will expire. MORE: ...

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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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US government shutdown deadline date is nearing. Does Donald Trump have a role to play?

US House speaker Mike Johnson said Sunday he hopes lawmakers take temporary measures soon to avoid a government shutdown, ...

Biden to send Congress disaster relief funding package in coming days

President Biden will send Congress an extensive emergency funding request in the coming days, the White House said Monday, as ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

Fednet (Video) on MSN9h

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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