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House to hold separate votes on Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan aid
The chamber will hold three separate votes on Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan aid bills that mirror legislation the Senate has already passed.
‘Bring it on,’ McCarthy says of bid to oust him as House speaker
Rep. Matt Gaetz said Sunday he will try to remove House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, a fellow Republican, from his leadership position.
Biden says there’s ‘not much time’ to keep aid flowing to Ukraine
President Joe Biden spoke Sunday after Congress passed a short-term funding package that dropped assistance for Ukraine in the fight against Russia.
Congress avoids government shutdown, drops Ukraine aid
Congress passed a bipartisan short-term funding bill at the last minute after removing $6 billion in Ukraine assistance.
McCarthy’s last-ditch bid to keep government open fails; shutdown near
The bill’s failure a day before Saturday’s deadline to fund the government leaves few options left to prevent a shutdown.
By Lisa Mascaro and Kevin Freking
Ukraine funds to backfill US stocks will expire amid GOP opposition
House GOP opposition to additional Ukraine aid threatens to deprive the Pentagon of funds it needs to backfill weapons it has given Kyiv from U.S. stocks.
Exemption given for Navy to build nuclear sub in stopgap funding bill
The stopgap funding bill allows construction to begin on a second Columbia-class submarine as it threatens to fall behind schedule while a shutdown looms.
As Senate pushes to avert government shutdown, McCarthy starting over
He set up a test vote Friday, one day before Saturday’s shutdown deadline, on a far-right bill that would slash federal spending by 8% at many agencies.
By Lisa Mascaro
House and Senate are moving further apart as government shutdown nears
Late Tuesday, the Senate advanced a temporary measure, called a continuing resolution, or CR, to keep government running through Nov. 17.
By Lisa Mascaro