Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Wednesday that an agreement on aid to Ukraine is imminent, setting the stage for the emergency funding to be combined with a larger government spending bill poised to get votes next week.
Top congressional lawmakers are working against the clock to clinch a bipartisan agreement on government spending before a Feb. 18 deadline, with pressure building on both sides to find common ground in the face of a rapidly closing window.
The Senate on Thursday night passed a short-term funding bill to avert a government shutdown after a dayslong fight over President Biden’s vaccine mandate threw the legislation into limbo.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday ripped into the Republican lawmakers threatening a government shutdown over President Biden's coronavirus vaccine mandate, accusing them of promoting a dual crisis of the economy and public he
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Thursday warned that Congress is facing a “Republican anti-vaccine shutdown” because “a few lone holdouts” are raising objections to a deal to fund the government until Feb. 18.