Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is plowing full steam ahead on his plan to avert a partial government shutdown at the end of the month, despite growing uneasiness within the House GOP. Johnson’s plan involves a six-month extension of the current fiscal year’s government funding levels, known as a continuing resolution (CR), and combining it with...
FIRST ON FOX: A program is being rolled out and overseen by the House of Representatives this week that is aimed at boosting transparency in the high-profile fight for control of Congress. “We’re excited to really ramp the program up, roll it out, as we come into the final eight weeks before the election,” House...
FIRST ON FOX: American taxpayers lost more than $100 billion to fraud and improper payments as a result of temporary unemployment insurance programs created in response to COVID-19, the House Oversight Committee found. Fox News Digital obtained the House Oversight Committee’s report after its monthslong investigation examining fraud in pandemic unemployment relief programs. The report...
House GOP leaders’ plan to avert a partial government shutdown at the end of this month could be derailed by mounting opposition from fiscal hawks within their own party. Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., rolled out legislation late last week to extend the current year’s government funding levels through March via a continuing resolution (CR) to...
House Republicans’ plan to avert a partial government shutdown and crack down on election security surpassed a key hurdle Monday evening, though it’s headed for an uncertain fate in a chamber-wide vote this week. Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is aiming to pass legislation combining a six-month extension of fiscal year 2024’s federal funding levels, called...
The House Democrats on the Foreign Affairs Committee released their own memo on President Biden’s chaotic 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan after committee Republicans released a report criticizing the president for what went down at the time. Texas Rep. Mike McCaul, the Republican chair of the committee, released a GOP-led report disputing Biden’s claims that his...
FIRST ON FOX: Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., is writing to Attorney General Merrick Garland to question the legitimacy of special counsel Jack Smith’s continued probing of former President Donald Trump. Gaetz, one of Trump’s closest allies in Congress, asked Garland for “any written authorization” or other documentation regarding Smith’s continued efforts despite his case against...
The pundits predict the presidential election will be close. So should people prepare for contingencies? There’s truly only one contingency for this scenario. It’s called a contingent election. What’s that? Don’t feel badly if you’ve never heard of a contingent election. The term is not even mentioned in the Constitution. However, Article II, Section 3...
A seemingly unlikely duo is pushing for Congress to do something about ballooning college debt that’s plaguing millions of Americans. Reps. Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla., and Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., introduced a bill to cap federal student loan interest at 3% this week, and Luna told Fox News Digital that she’s already gearing up to lobby...
Some House Republicans are already privately worrying about how a partial government shutdown would affect their electoral chances in November. “If we shut down, we lose,” one lawmaker told Fox News Digital. Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., unveiled his plan to avoid a partial shutdown in a private call with House GOP lawmakers on Wednesday morning,...
