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Funding extension clears House, avoiding shutdown threat

The House easily cleared a stopgap spending bill Tuesday that would keep federal agencies funded through Dec. 11, avoiding the risk of a partial government shutdown this fall. On a lopsided vote of 370-48, the House sent to President Donald Trump’s desk a short-term funding patch despite objections from hard-line…

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Rule for debate on mining, whales, socialism measures squeaks by

House GOP leaders on Tuesday narrowly gathered enough support to adopt a rule allowing their side’s bills to come to the floor, after concerns related to a stopgap spending bill to keep the government funded through the midterm elections nearly derailed the procedural resolution. After resounding passage of the stopgap…

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At the Races: Crossing lines

Welcome to At the Races! Each week we bring you news and analysis from the CQ Roll Call campaign team. Know someone who’d like to get this newsletter? They can subscribe here. By Daniela Altimari and Mary Ellen McIntire Poll after poll suggests Americans are deeply split along partisan lines on most…

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Maryland voters to decide ballot measure on whether state constitutional criteria for political boundaries apply to congressional districts

The Maryland General Assembly voted on Aug. 4 to send a ballot measure to voters in November that would provide that constitutional requirements for contiguity, compactness, substantially equal population, and consideration of natural and political subdivision boundaries apply only to state legislative districts, not congressional districts, and that the Maryland…

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Recess to start early in House after GOP frustration boils over

House Republican leaders are giving up on trying to put the pieces back together for a rule needed to take up a raft of pre-recess legislative priorities after a group of GOP rebels blocked the procedural measure earlier, largely over lack of movement on voter ID requirements. The decision to…

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House Bill Advances Up to 75% Cut to WIC Food Benefits, Threatens Millions of Children and Breastfeeding Mothers

Lawmakers narrowly passed a bill cutting £111 million from WIC, affecting benefits for vulnerable families amid rising grocery costs. The legislation faces Senate scrutiny as debates continue.

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MAGA lawmakers face uproar as far right accuses them of flooding states with foreign workers

Freedom Caucus chair battles the likes of Steve Bannon over temporary workers from other countries as far right warns of ‘mass amnesty’

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Mike Johnson faces a rocky path to funding DHS

"Could the Senate be any more lazy than to send to us a bill that doesn't do the job and then leave town?" Chip Roy said.

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House GOP rejects bipartisan Senate bill to end DHS shutdown

House Republicans — caught by surprise by the Senate’s early-morning deal on Department of Homeland Security spending — signaled they wouldn’t be jammed by the other chamber on their way out the door to a two-week recess, instead proposing a roughly eight-week stopgap measure to buy more time for negotiations. The…

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How the Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks explain the 2026 midterms

The Seattle Seahawks' roster reveals a neat overlay between hometowns and college towns and key battleground states and districts.

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Maryland Democrats advance new map that would eliminate sole GOP-held seat

The Maryland House approved a new congressional map that would favor Democrats, but the prospects in the state Senate remain unclear.

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Maryland governor announces formation of redistricting commission - Roll Call

Commission formed after Senate leader Bill Ferguson, a Democrat, said that his chamber would not move forward with mid-decade redistricting.

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After AI Trump drops poop on Americans in No Kings flyover video Mike Johnson makes bold claim about his prowess

House speaker says Trump was employing ‘satire’ when he posted a meme of himself wearing a crown and dumping a payload of apparent feces on protesters at the ‘No Kings’ rally

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These states could redraw their House maps before the 2026 elections - Roll Call

Here’s a rundown of the states that could redraw their congressional maps ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

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Republicans, appropriators dominate House earmarks - Roll Call

House Republicans have sprinkled their fiscal 2026 appropriations bills with more home-district projects than they did last year.

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Some Republicans push more visas despite hard line on immigration - Roll Call

Some Republican lawmakers seek to qualify their party's tough-on-immigration approach with an exception for agriculture, tourism.

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Crypto, Defense bills back on track after Oval Office talk - Roll Call

Three cryptocurrency bills and the Defense spending bill appeared ready for House floor action after stalling out for much of Tuesday.

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GOP spending bills run into intraparty friction in House - Roll Call

House Republican appropriators are facing intraparty headwinds as they try to move fiscal 2026 spending bills before the August break.

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Mammoth budget bill heads to Trump’s desk in time for July Fourth - Roll Call

House Republicans pushed their sweeping tax and spending package across the finish line Thursday, handing Trump a major legislative victory.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene Says Mike Johnson Doesn't Have The Votes To Pass Trump's 'Big, Beautiful' Bill: 'Whole Thing Is a S--tshow'

Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene claimed House Speaker Mike Johnson currently doesn't have the votes to pass President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful" bill in the chamber

The Independent UK

MTG calls pressure to meet Trump’s July 4 megabill deadline ‘a s***show’

Georgia populist tells Steve Bannon rush to vote through tax and spending legislation after multiple changes made in Senate ‘not realistic’ and ‘a dire situation’

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GOP weighs canceling recess to wrap up Trump’s budget bill - Roll Call

Republican leaders are stepping on the gas to get the giant budget package to President Donald Trump's desk before his July 4 deadline.

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Wealthy business-owning Trumpers are clashing with MAGA purists over who should get deported

President Donald Trump’s promise to deport a record number of people is running into economic reality: Many have critical jobs in the food chain.

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Nothing is certain except death and politics - Roll Call

ANALYSIS – Talking about death is hard, and talking about politics isn’t much easier. Tackling the two together can feel nearly impossible.

The Independent UK

Mike Johnson wins his toughest battle yet – and shows he’s here to stay

ANALYSIS: The House speaker proves that no one can do it like him, writes John Bowden

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