Speaker Johnson Delays Vote on Stopgap Bill Designed to Avert Shutdown

Hours before a scheduled floor vote, Johnson pulled the bill following rising opposition from Republicans. WASHINGTON—House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) pulled a scheduled vote on Sept. 11 on a six-month stopgap funding bill amid Republican opposition that would have likely defeated the bill. “No vote today because we’re in the consensus-building business here in Congress.

Former Sen. Doug Jones Shares His Secret to Bipartisan Success | NTD’s Profiles of Service

In this episode of NTD’s “Profiles of Service,” we sit down with Doug Jones, a former senator from Alabama who served from 2018 to 2021. Jones, a lawyer by trade, spent years in private practice and was also U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, 1997 to 2001, where he successfully prosecuted two Ku