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Congress drags on full year funding bills, risking second govt shutdown
House is not planning on advancing anything before its Christmas recess, with all of leadership’s focus
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Comer reminds Clintons to sit for depositions next week or face criminal contempt referrals
The two Democrats are currently scheduled to give depositions on their alleged ties to Epstein on Dec. 17 and Dec. 18, with the former president scheduled to testify first, and Hillary Clinton testifying the next day.
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House Oversight Democrats release 19 photos from Epstein estate of Trump, Clinton, ex-Prince Andrew
The released photos are from more than 95,000 that the House Oversight Committee received from the Epstein estate
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GOP-House panel continues with its all-nighter to try to get Trump's budget bill to final vote
The process has been further complicated by Democratic committee members complaining that they don't have a final bill on which to vote because GOP leadership continues to rewrite it as compromises are made.
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House GOP leadership reaches tentative agreement with SALT Republican holdouts: Report
The new agreement, proposed to Republican lawmakers in liberal states, would raise the cap on SALT deductions from the $10,000 currently in place to $40,000 a year instead.
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Nancy Mace displays nude still of herself during House hearing she claims was taken without consent
Mace shared the shot during a House Oversight Subcommittee hearing on "surveillance in private spaces," and claimed Bryant's actions and that of the other men's were "creepy" and "criminal."
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House Speaker predicts chamber will vote on Trump budget before Friday
Johnson has been negotiating with GOP holdouts over the past week, but said recent progress could put the House on track to pass a rule governing the bill on Wednesday and a final vote no later than Thursday.
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Supreme Court rules Maine House must temporarily return voting power to censured state lawmaker
The order restores voting rights to GOP Maine Rep. Laurel Libby, who was censured on a party-line vote for refusing House Speaker Ryan Fecteau's demand to remove a post criticizing transgender athletes’ participation in girls’ sports.
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Illinois GOP Rep. Mary Miller says SALT deduction is a 'handout' to rich donors
SALT is a tax break that allows taxpayers to deduct part or all of what they paid in state and local taxes from their federal tax return.
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Senate unanimously passes bill eliminating federal taxes on tips
The legislation will now go to the House, where it is expected to pass as either part of a large reconciliation package or as a separate stand-alone bill.
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Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn introduces bill to end birthright tourism
Blackburn said that birthright tourism is an industry and is pushed by Russia and China.
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You Vote: Are you satisfied with the 'Big Beautiful Bill' including what it does with the deficit?
The mega-bill, named the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, calls for cutting at least $1.5 trillion in spending over ten years, down considerably from the original $2 trillion target in one year necessary to balance the budget.
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Marco Rubio testifies in front of Senate panel, warns Syria could be 'weeks' away from collapse
"It is our assessment that, frankly, the transitional authority, given the challenges they're facing, is maybe weeks, not many months, away from potential collapse and a full-scale civil war of epic proportions, basically the country splitting up," Rubio said.