Stories by Jessica Brady:
Sept. 25, 2011
Despite Democrats’ and Republicans’ best efforts to avoid a third spending fight this year, Congress is engaged in another government shutdown battle stemming from a disagreement over disaster funding, a move that is likely to keep both parties unpopular with voters.
Sept. 23, 2011
After a long day of debate and fierce Republican whipping efforts, the House passed a government funding measure that faces an uncertain future in the Democratic-led Senate.
Sept. 22, 2011
Next week’s Congressional recess could get nixed, as Senate Democrats and House Republicans remain at odds over disaster funding in a stopgap spending bill.
Sept. 22, 2011
The House cleared a procedural hurdle tonight on the path to passing a revised version of a short-term funding measure, adopting a rule for the bill and teeing up a final passage vote around midnight.
Sept. 22, 2011
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said today he is “cautiously optimistic” that Congress can pass stopgap spending legislation before the end of next week and avoid a government shutdown.
Sept. 22, 2011
As Republicans scrambled to draft a new government funding bill that could win a majority of votes on the floor, House Democrats promised to stand united against any offsets to pay for disaster aid and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) warned GOP leaders not to try to reduce overall spending in the continuing resolution.
Sept. 21, 2011
The House threw the appropriations process into chaos today, voting down a stopgap funding resolution that conservative Republicans and virtually all Democrats opposed. The vote increases the likelihood that both chambers will encroach on next week’s scheduled recess in order to avert a government shutdown.
Sept. 21, 2011
House Republicans today overcame their own party’s reservations about a stopgap funding measure, passing a procedural motion to move the bill closer to final passage this afternoon.
Sept. 21, 2011
A groundswell of defections from both parties against the short-term continuing resolution have put in question whether House Republicans have enough votes to pass the measure later today.
Sept. 20, 2011
Senate Democrats and House Republicans clashed today over who would be to blame if the two sides can’t agree on disaster aid funding in a stopgap spending bill and the government shuts down Oct. 1.
Sept. 18, 2011
Taking a page from their conservative counterparts, House liberals are ramping up their efforts to become a force both under the Dome and on the campaign trail.
Sept. 15, 2011
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi brushed off suggestions today that a pair of special election losses this week, including one in a strongly Democratic district, will impede her plans to take back the House next year.
Sept. 13, 2011
Congressional Democrats want to see more of the newly aggressive side of President Barack Obama that they've witnessed in the past week — even as some grumble about the details of his jobs plan and remain worried he will trade away their priorities in another high-stakes deal with the GOP.
Sept. 12, 2011
Senate Democrats are looking to put President Barack Obama’s $447 billion jobs bill on the floor quickly in an effort to capitalize on divisions among Republicans.
Sept. 12, 2011
President Barack Obama will send his plan aimed to boost the employment rate to Congress this morning.
Sept. 9, 2011
House Democrats today blasted proposals laid out in President Barack Obama’s Thursday jobs speech, expressing concern that their priorities would be negotiated away.
Sept. 8, 2011
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor today blamed hyper-partisanship in Washington, D.C., for the lagging unemployment rate and challenged President Barack Obama to temper his own rhetoric so the two sides can better work together.
Sept. 8, 2011
House Republican leaders geared up for President Barack Obama’s job speech tonight by continuing calls for civility, all the while still criticizing the administration for what they charge are its job-crushing regulations.
Sept. 7, 2011
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi announced Wednesday that policy adviser Lori Pepper was promoted to the position of deputy director of floor operations.
Sept. 7, 2011
A memo from Democratic staff outlining options for deep cuts to Medicare and Medicaid as well as tax increases on high earners raised eyebrows Wednesday ahead of the first meeting of the joint committee tasked with addressing the deficit.
Sept. 7, 2011
Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) is looking to form a bicameral coalition of Republicans and Democrats from states hit by Hurricane Irene that will help ensure federal disaster aid doesn’t become the latest battlefront in the debate over reducing the deficit.
Sept. 6, 2011
Disgruntled liberals are looking to the president to use his bully pulpit Thursday night to force Republicans' hand on spending programs to boost job growth.
Sept. 6, 2011
Eager to shift their focus to the economy, House Republicans on Wednesday will pass an obscure trade bill that is set to become the linchpin of the GOP's larger jobs message.
Sept. 2, 2011
Party leaders are giving the new super committee some space to build a bipartisan deficit plan, but they are staying close enough to the process to continue as the unseen hands behind the scenes.
Sept. 2, 2011
The bipartisan Joint Committee on Deficit Reduction will have an organizational meeting Thursday, wasting no time to get its work under way.
