Tue Oct 8, 2024 AT 10:06 AM EDT
Former President Donald Trump railed against the Biden-Harris administration, saying they “abandoned” Americans in North Carolina who still need help after Hurricane Helene ravaged the state.
“The GREAT people of North Carolina are being stood up by Harris and Biden, who are giving almost all of the FEMA money to Illegal Migrants in what is now considered to be the WORST rescue operation in the history of the U.S.,” Trump wrote on social media Monday.
“North Carolina has been virtually abandoned by Kamala!!! Drop her like she dropped you.” Read Full Story
Thu Sep 26, 2024 AT 9:59 AM EDT
Despite a wave of Republican opposition, the House on Wednesday passed a stopgap spending bill well ahead of the Oct. 1 government shutdown deadline.
The three-month spending patch then easily passed in the Democrat-run Senate, and the White House signaled its support for it.
Speaker Mike Johnson had to rely on Democrats to pass the bill as his option of last resort. He earlier failed to pass a more conservative stopgap that included the SAVE Act requiring people to provide proof of citizenship to register to vote. Read Full Story
Thu Sep 19, 2024 AT 10:11 AM EDT
The House handed Speaker Mike Johnson an expected defeat Wednesday, voting down his stopgap, six-month funding bill that requires proof of citizenship to vote.
“I’m already talking to colleagues about their many ideas. We have time to fix the situation,” Johnson said. Though most Republicans supported the push to again force Democrats to consider the SAVE Act, some were unwilling to test the politically dangerous waters of shuttering the government ahead of the election.
Congress has seven working days to avoid a partial government shutdown before the Oct. 1 deadline. Read Full Story