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US Senate GOP punts spending bill amid big split with Trump over settlement fund

WASHINGTON — A multibillion-dollar package to fund immigration enforcement for the rest of President Donald Trump’s term faced new delays Thursday as Senate Republicans showed a ra...

US Senate launches marathon session to pass nearly $70B for ICE, Border Patrol

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Republicans fended off an attempt Thursday to block the Department of Justice from using an “anti-weaponization” fund to pay people who feel they were wron...

Republicans in Congress struggle with internal squabbles as time runs out on 2026

WASHINGTON — Republicans are campaigning to keep control of Congress for another two years, but their message about being the “grown-ups” in the room keeps getting overshadowed by...

US Senate GOP punts immigration bill amid big split with Trump over settlement fund

WASHINGTON — A multibillion-dollar package to fund immigration enforcement for the rest of President Donald Trump’s term faced new delays Thursday as Senate Republicans showed a ra...

Could Trump become an early lame duck?

President Trump needs Congress to help him pass his agenda, but some of his more controversial moves may be getting in the way of his relationship with Republicans on Capitol Hill.

US Senate GOP punts immigration bill amid big split with Trump over settlement fund

WASHINGTON — A multibillion-dollar package to fund immigration enforcement for the rest of President Donald Trump’s term faced new delays Thursday as Senate Republicans showed a ra...

Lame Duck’s Legacy

Reconcilation Bill Funding Top Trump Priorities Can't Reach Floor, Thune Sends Senate on Early Recess

Senate Undergoes Vote-A-Rama to Pass Border Megabill

The Senate has kicked off the long, arduous process of debating amendments on a party-line budget bill to provide $70 billion to cover immigration enforcement for the rest of Presi...

Trump's limits are tested after some Republicans push back

The Senate is in the midst of voting on $72 billion of funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement as well as the Department of Homeland Security. The package has been held up...

Senate Leaves for Recess Early with SAVE America Act Still Unpassed

The Senate left early for their two-week recess Wednesday without a single member objecting or blocking the adjournment. The lawmakers left just one day after a heated lunch with P...

Senate Bolts For Memorial Day, Punts Bill Funding Immigration Enforcement Until June

by Nicole Silverio at CDN - The Senate will not send a Republican-led $72 billion reconciliation bill to fund federal immigration enforcement by President Donald Trump’s deadline....

House vote puts Section 702 on brink of lapse amid fight over acting spy chief

Trump taps Jay Clayton as ODNI, but Democrats want a promise that Bill Pulte won't even be acting spy chief.

Republicans cancel votes amid fight over Trump's ‘anti-weaponization' fund

Objections to the Trump administration’s controversial anti-weaponization fund prompted Senate Republican leaders on Thursday to punt a vote on a GOP package to fund ICE and Border...

US Senate GOP punts immigration bill amid big split with Trump over settlement fund

WASHINGTON — A multibillion-dollar package to fund immigration enforcement for the rest of President Donald Trump’s term faced new delays Thursday as Senate Republicans showed a ra...

Speaker: House to Pass SAVE Act 'One More Time' in a Reconciliation Bill

Lame-Duck Republicans Who Don’t Owe Trump Anything

Washington Post: “One by one, Trump is putting an end to the political careers of lawmakers in his party that he deems, for reasons more personal than policy-oriented, to be aposta...

The GOP’s Last-Ditch Effort Behind Closed Doors of Reconciliation 3.0 Meeting

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson on Wednesday called the House Budget Committee to his office for an impromptu closed-door meeting to plan the must-pass “Reconciliation 3.0.” With...

Illinois General Assembly Spring 2026 End of Session Tracking

As the Illinois General Assembly draws closer to concluding its 2026 spring legislative session, there are a number of outstanding bills likely to be considered that would have a s...

Backlash to Trump's $1.8B settlement fund delays GOP immigration bill

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans abruptly left Washington on Thursday without voting on a roughly $70 billion bill to fund immigration enforcement agencies, frustrated with the Whit...

New: Senate Vote-a-Rama Boosts Trump’s SAVE America Act

Backlash to Trump's $1.8B settlement fund delays GOP immigration bill

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans abruptly left Washington on Thursday without voting on a roughly $70 billion bill to fund immigration enforcement agencies, frustrated with the...

Albany lawmakers prepare for mad dash on Trump fund, redistricting as session wraps

Members of the state Assembly debated budget bills Tuesday night. The tardy budget has set the stage for a hectic week before legislators go home. [ more › ]

Senate in overnight session as Republicans debate limits on $1.8B Trump settlement

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is working overnight to pass legislation that would fund President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement agencies as Democrats and some Republicans ha...