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Speaker’s office looks to review Capitol press credentialing process - Roll Call

Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s office has taken initial steps to form a working group to explore changes to media credentialing at the Capitol.

Roll Call

US Senate announces stopgap measure to avert impending government shutdown

Republicans and Democrats have agreed to a deal for six weeks of short-term funding, but it faces hurdles in the House.

Al Jazeera

Government shutdown threat shows GOP extremists have no interest in governing

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is unwilling to stand up to extremists in his caucus and risk losing his position, which he has thus far squandered by pandering to conspiracy theorists and cynical opportunists.

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Senate poised for compromise to avert government shutdown as House GOP infighting continues

It’s unclear whether the Republican-controlled House would take up any legislation advanced by the Democratic-led Senate at this time

The Independent UK

House gets gears moving for four fiscal 2024 spending bills - Roll Call

House Republicans finally paved the way for consideration of more fiscal 2024 appropriations bills after several unsuccessful attempts.

Roll Call

Bipartisan stopgap funds bill unveiled in Senate - Roll Call

Measure would extend current funds through Nov. 17 and provide scaled-down emergency aid to Ukraine and natural disaster victims.

Roll Call

Will US lawmakers avert looming government shutdown? All you need to know

Hardline Republicans urging deep spending cuts are bringing US gov’t to brink of shutdown as October 1 deadline looms.

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Senate votes to advance stopgap funding bill to avoid shutdown – as it happened

The 79-page stopgap spending bill would not include any border security measures, a major sticking point for House Republicans

The Guardian - US

What does a US shutdown mean? Seven things you should know

Funding for federal agencies will run out on 30 September, a crisis fueled by ideological divisions among House Republicans

The Guardian - US

Congressional Republicans are trapped in a dangerous absurdity of their own making

By abasing himself to Trump and the most hardline Republicans, Kevin McCarthy made himself a political hostage

The Guardian - US

Cassidy Hutchinson denies Matt Gaetz’s claim they dated: ‘I have much higher standards’

‘I have much higher standards in men, and Matt, frankly, is a very unserious politician,’ Ms Hutchinson told Rachel Maddow

The Independent UK

Washington prepares for the shutdown that was never supposed to happen

The Senate will vote today to start debate on a bipartisan stop-gap spending bill with funding for Ukraine and disaster relief. Even if the Senate is able to pass it, House action is unclear.

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How Anthony D’Esposito went from cop to GOP congressman in a Biden district - Roll Call

“The Republican Party of Nassau County and the Republican parties across this country are different Republican parties,” he says.

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The Independent UK

With a government shutdown just days away, Congress is moving into crisis mode

With five days to go before a government shutdown, Congress returns to work in crisis mode

The Independent UK

Matt Gaetz awkwardly debates Fox News host as she praises GOP wins

Far-right contingent is threatening Speaker McCarthy with removal if he cuts deal with Dems to avert shutdown

Roll Call

Senate readies stopgap as House tries again on full-year bills - Roll Call

Speaker Kevin McCarthy tries last-ditch attempt at House GOP spending unity while Senate leaders prep bipartisan push.

The Independent UK

White House warns nutrition assistance for 7m mothers and children would stop if GOP causes shutdown

White House is warning of the human cost of a potential government shutdown to draw attention to what they describe as the direct consequences of Republican rule

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The Independent UK

GOP lawmaker joins Trump in suggesting Gen Mark Milley should be executed as a ‘traitor’

Paul Gosar has previously posted a cartoon that showed him killing Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

The Conversation

Ukraine war: mixed signals among Kyiv's allies hint at growing conflict fatigue

It is now almost 600 days since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and the war that has followed has tested the resilience of both countries. But it has also tested those in the west that have supported Ukraine from the start.

The Independent UK

GOP congressman says Americans ‘sick and tired’ of government shutdowns as his party threatens one

Far-right conservatives offer McCarthy his greatest test as Speaker with shutdown budget demands

The Texas Tribune

Texans in U.S. House describe GOP in chaos ahead of likely government shutdown

Texas Democrats decry Republican infighting that has halted attempts to approve annual spending bills and avoid a federal government shutdown.

The Independent UK

With House Republicans in turmoil, colleagues implore GOP holdouts not to shut down government

Allies of Speaker Kevin McCarthy are working furiously to shore up support for the latest Republican plan to prevent a government shutdown

The Independent UK

Speaker McCarthy gives in to hard-line conservatives in hopes of solving government funding impasse

Speaker Kevin McCarthy has turned to a strategy that so far has preserved his tenuous hold on House leadership, but also marked his tenure by chaos

Roll Call

Four spending bills readied for House floor amid stopgap uncertainty - Roll Call

The House GOP set up debate on four full-year spending bills, but a stopgap is needed to keep the government fully operating past Sept. 30.

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