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The House approves a short-term extension to avoid a shutdown. Senators are up next to vote

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The House passed another short-term spending measure Thursday that would keep one set of federal agencies operating through March 8 and another set through March 22, avoiding a shutdown for parts of the federal government that would otherwise kick in Saturday. The Senate is expected to vote on the bill later in the day. The short-term extension is the fourth in recent months, and many lawmakers expect it to be the last for the current fiscal year, including House Speaker Mike Johnson, who said that negotiators had…

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Congress has a lot to cram in this week before the House goes on recess.

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Immigration and what to do about the Southern border will occupy Congress this week. Lawmakers hope to actually read the purported bill and maybe get the issue off the dime. For a look ahead on Capitol Hill, the Federal Drive with Tom Temin spoke with Bloomberg Government Deputy News Director Loren Duggan. Interview Transcript:   Tom Temin  Is it going to be immigration, immigration, immigration this week because the House is on recess after this week? Fair to say? Loren Duggan Well, I think that’s going to be one of the…

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MoveOn Statement on New No Labels Super PAC That Will Only Lead to Trump Back In White House

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Washington, D.C. – Following the news that a super PAC has been launched to back the eventual No Labels candidates – which new reporting has revealed may be a so-called all-Republican “unity ticket” – MoveOn Political Action Executive Director Rahna Epting released the following statement: “No one should be surprised that Republican strategists are creating another revenue stream to line their pockets and funnel millions of dollars towards No Labels’ dangerous operation that will only lead to Donald Trump back in the White House. Voters deserve to know who is behind this effort and where every…

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The House Republicans Who Have Had Enough

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House Republicans didn’t exactly have a banner year in 2023. They made history for all the wrong reasons. Last January, they presided over the most protracted election for speaker in a century, and nine months later, for good measure, lawmakers ejected their leader, Kevin McCarthy, for the first time ever. Last month, the House expelled one of its own, George Santos, for only the sixth time. The rest of the year wasn’t any more productive. Thanks in part to Republican discord, the House passed fewer bills that became laws than…

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