Flurry of House activity on 2025 federal spending, but not much bipartisanship

In the House, it’s one down and 11 to go for the appropriations bills that make up the federal budget for 2025. And lawmakers are set to make a lot of progress over the next several weeks, with an aggressive schedule of votes coming up. Loren Duggan is Deputy News Director at Bloomberg Government spoke with Federal News Network’s Jared Serbu on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin. Interview Transcript:  Loren Duggan This is the latest week that’s very spending focused in the House. As you mentioned, three of the…

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When Bipartisanship Risks Undermining Democracy

Looking like a human grease fire, and burning nearly as hot, the right-wing provocateur Steve Bannon spat vitriol as he emerged from federal court on Monday afternoon. “This is the misdemeanor from hell for Merrick Garland and Nancy Pelosi and Joe Biden,” Bannon, a former adviser to former President Donald Trump, insisted after appearing for the first time on contempt-of-Congress charges for his refusal to testify before the House committee investigating the January 6 insurrection. About an hour later, during the signing ceremony for the long-delayed bipartisan infrastructure bill, President…

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Biden Republicans show bipartisanship isn’t dead yet – CNN

Biden Republicans show bipartisanship isn’t dead yet  CNN Race for the Senate 2020: Experts’ views from the states  Brookings Institution Feature: Views of US Democrats, Republicans about media differ sharply before election – Xinhua | English.news.cn  Xinhua House Democrats poised to expand majority, as Republicans warn against AOC takeover  Fox News Senate election: GOP fights to keep power as 10 seats at risk  Chicago Tribune View Full Coverage on Google News “us republicans” – Google News

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Divided US Congress to Test Bipartisanship — Again – Voice of America

Voice of America Divided US Congress to Test Bipartisanship — AgainVoice of AmericaDespite numerous areas of potential conflict, a politically divided and ideologically polarized U.S. Congress may find limited areas of cooperation between the two chambers and President Donald Trump beginning in January, according to political observers. us congress – Google News

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