Jennifer Shutt, Missouri Independent President Joe Biden has signed the stopgap spending bill, giving his administration and Congress about two months to work out an agreement on the dozen annual spending bills. Those appropriations measures were supposed to become law by the start of the fiscal year on Oct. 1, …

The House Ethics Committee’s Republican chairman, Rep. Michael Guest of Mississippi, has taken a significant step by filing a resolution seeking the expulsion of GOP Rep. George Santos from Congress. This move follows the release of a scathing report by the Ethics Committee, accusing Santos of extensive wrongdoing. The resolution …

  A federal jury has convicted David DePape for the hammer attack on Paul Pelosi, husband of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, during a break-in at their San Francisco home last year. The jury found DePape guilty of attempted kidnapping of a federal official and assault on the immediate family …

Julia Conley, Common Dreams Progressives in Congress and Jewish advocates for Palestinian rights were among those applauding Thursday as U.S. Rep. Becca Balint became the first Jewish federal lawmaker—and the first representing Vermont—to support a cease-fire in Gaza. Balint (D-Vt.) reversed her earlier position, writing in the VTDigger that the …

Ashley Murray, Georgia Recorder The Democratic-led Senate Committee on Rules and Administration approved a resolution meant to bypass Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s blockade of hundreds of U.S. military nominees as he continues to protest a Pentagon abortion policy. The Rules Committee voted 9-7 along party lines to, in essence, temporarily change a Senate floor …

  Amidst the fallout of a damning report by the House Ethics Committee, Rep. George Santos from New York has announced that he will not seek reelection in 2024. The scathing report found “substantial evidence” that Santos “violated federal criminal laws,” including the misuse of campaign funds for personal purposes …

Ariana Figueroa, Arkansas Advocate U.S. Senate Republicans on Wednesday night failed to garner enough votes to block a new Biden administration rule on an income-driven repayment plan for federal student loans. The resolution did not pass, 49-50. Sen. Joe Manchin III of West Virginia was the sole Democrat who joined …

Jennifer Shutt, Georgia Recorder U.S. senators voted 87-11 to approve legislation Wednesday that would fund the government into next year, clearing the measure for President Joe Biden’s signature. The stopgap spending bill, sometimes called a continuing resolution or CR, would fund part of the government until mid-January and the rest …

Grace Panetta Originally published by The 19th The men of Congress are, by all appearances, not OK. On Tuesday, weeks of simmering tensions in a chaotic Congress appeared to boil over. A House committee chair called his colleague a “smurf,” a former House speaker faced accusations of kidney punching and …

A U.S. Senate hearing on corporate greed and labor organizing took a testy turn on Tuesday as Sen. Bernie Sanders stepped in to stop Republican lawmaker and former professional mixed martial arts fighter Markwayne Mullin from physically fighting Teamsters president Sean O’Brien. Mullin (R-Okla.)—a former undefeated mixed martial arts pro—and …

Nick Evans, Ohio Capital Journal Ohio House Speaker Jason Stephens threw cold water on a bid to thwart the recent abortion rights amendment Issue 1. Instead of attempting to deny the courts’ jurisdiction or rushing to the ballot with a repeal effort, Stephens argued lawmakers should focus on maternal and …

Jennifer Shutt, Georgia Recorder The U.S. House took a broadly bipartisan vote Tuesday to fund the government into the new year, though the measure must pass the Senate by the end of the week if Congress is going to avoid a partial government shutdown. The 336-95 House vote was the first major …

Jennifer Gerson Originally published by The 19th President Joe Biden on Monday announced the first-ever White House Initiative on Women’s Health Research, which will be led by First Lady Jill Biden and the White House Gender Policy Council. The new initiative will be chaired and coordinated by Dr. Carolyn Mazure, …

Ashley Murray, Iowa Capital Dispatch The U.S. Supreme Court adopted a new ethics code Monday, just days before the Democrat-led U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary again attempts to subpoena two high-profile GOP donors following revelations that justices accepted undisclosed luxury trips and engaged in other potential conflicts of interest. …

Jennifer Shutt, Arkansas Advocate Congress on Monday appeared to be on the edge of approving another short-term government funding bill this week, though several hurdles remain if lawmakers want to stave off a partial government shutdown when the current funding law expires at the end of the week. Democratic leaders …