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fromFortune
1 week agoGovernment shutdown, CDC fight, Epstein probe, stock trading ban dominate agenda as Congress returns from recess
Congress faces a looming Sept. 30 government shutdown requiring bipartisan agreement or a workaround while managing spending fights, nominations, tariffs on Russia, and ongoing House investigations.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
4 days agoHouse Democrats Worry That Schumer Will Sh*t the Bed' in Upcoming Showdown With Trump: Report
House Democrats fear Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer will again support a short-term funding deal that avoids a shutdown but yields no concessions, angering colleagues.
fromAxios
4 days agoHouse Democrats fume in meeting that Schumer will "sh*t the bed" again on federal funding
"There was anticipatory anger rooted in what went down in March ... Schumer was named explicitly," one House Democrat told Axios on the condition of anonymity to offer details of the private meeting. "The overriding concern was that Senate Democrats will get cold feet. Schumer can't sh*t the bed." A spokesperson for Schumer did not respond to a request for comment.
US politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week agoCongress returns after recess as threat of government shutdown looms US politics live
As Labor Day rallies took place across the US, the Chicago mayor Brandon Johnson sharply denounced the Trump administration's threat to deploy federal troops to the city as part of an immigration crackdown. No federal troops in the city of Chicago, said Johnson on Monday to a gathered crowd at the Workers over Billionaires demonstration in Chicago's West Loop neighborhood. Johnson added: We're going to defend our democracy we're going to protect the humanity of every single person in the city of Chicago.
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