Mitchell Miller

House passed its Defense authorization bill, but there’s a long way to go

Members of Congress are back at work on the Hill, and lots of activity centers on the National Defense Authorization bill, which has passed the House.

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government shutdown, Congress, government funding

One side of House trying to finish 2025 appropriations package early

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Congress has gotten past the foreign aid argument, or at least its leader has

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Will Congress get a budget deal done with only days before the first shutdown deadline?

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Congress

Congress swings-and-misses at impeachment, foreign aid, federal telework

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Congress returns in full, as the clock begins to run out once again

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The upcoming congressional session is shaping up like the one just ended

Happy New Year. The government-shutdown deadline is just a couple of weeks away. Some things never change. For a deeper look at what a second session of…

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Hear those drumbeats? They’re predictions of a January government shutdown

They somehow cobbled together two consecutive continuing resolutions. Now members of Congress aren’t sure what will happen when the current one expires….

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Future budget resolution made tougher by present ‘laddered CR’

The government is open on this short holiday week – and it will stay that way through at least the first couple months of the new year. That is thanks to a continuing resolution Congress passed and the president signed late last week. But the way Congress went about it is going to make things complicated – and maybe harder to pass full appropriations bills for 2024. For more on this, Federal News Network Deputy Editor talked with Mitchell Miller, WTOP Capitol Hill correspondent.

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