Lawmakers are returning to Washington without a clear strategy to tackle a massive pile-up of unresolved issues that are threatening a government shutdown in just three weeks.
“It seems leadership is taking a wait-and-see approach to how everything is going to work itself out in January,” one skeptical GOP lawmaker observed.
Before leaving town for the holidays, Congress passed a stopgap spending bill to keep the government’s lights on until Jan. 19. But GOP leaders punted contentious fights over immigration, health care, national security and disaster funding into the New Year, meaning they’re once again facing a potential crisis of their own making.
With little time to spare, formal talks will resume this week.
Lawmakers are returning to Washington without a clear strategy to tackle a massive pile-up of unresolved issues that are threatening a government shutdown in just three weeks.
For AM View, Senate reporter Jordain Carney and transportation writer Melanie Zanona explain some of the hurdles lawmakers and President Trump face as they seek compromises on infrastructure, immigration and spending.
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul (R) praised President Trump on Monday for his tweet calling for an end to aid to Pakistan and offered to work with him on the issue.
Vice President Mike Pence said Monday that the U.S. will not repeat the "shameful mistake" of ignoring the "heroic resistance of the Iranian people" as the Trump administration vows to support Iranian protesters.
Australian officials are reportedly frustrated that one of the country's diplomats was revealed to be the source of information that may have sparked an FBI investigation into ties between the Trump campaign and Russia.
Democrat Doug Jones will be sworn in Wednesday as Alabama’s newest senator, bolstering his party’s moderate wing and raising the prospect of growing philosophical divides among Senate Democrats.
A recent poll found only 34 percent of Iowans saying they would back Republicans for Congress in 2018. Both parties are studying the change to see whether it’s an aberration or a sign of a greater political trend.
Pakistan summoned the U.S. ambassador in protest against U.S. President Donald Trump’s angry tweet about Pakistan’s “lies and deceit”, while Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif dismissed the outburst as a political stunt.
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With those few words, all the gates of hell open wide.
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