With deadline looming, Senate races to approve $1.2 trillion government spending package

With deadline looming, Senate races to approve $1.2 trillion government spending package – CBS News Watch CBS News Amid a divided Congress, the House Friday approved a $1.2 trillion government spending package, sending it to the Senate ahead of a midnight deadline in an effort to avoid a partial government shutdown. Scott MacFarlane has the

Former Rep. George Santos says he’s leaving the Republican Party

Santos says he’ll challenge LaLota for New York’s First Congressional District Santos says he’ll challenge LaLota for New York’s First Congressional District 02:03 NEW YORK – Former Rep. George Santos said Friday he’s leaving the Republican Party.  His announcement comes after the House passed a massive $1.2 trillion spending package that funds the government through

Rep. Mike Gallagher resigning early, leaving razor-thin GOP majority

Marjorie Taylor Greene moves to oust Johnson Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene moves to oust Speaker Mike Johnson 09:06 Washington — Rep. Mike Gallagher of Wisconsin announced Friday he will step down in April, shrinking the already-thin Republican majority in the House even further. Gallagher, who represents Wisconsin’s 8th Congressional District, said he would leave Congress

Trump invitation to big donors prioritizes his legal bills over RNC

Former President Donald Trump’s new joint fundraising agreement with the Republican National Committee is directing donations to his campaign and a political action committee that has been paying Trump’s legal bills before the RNC receives a cut, according to a fundraising invitation obtained by The Associated Press. The unorthodox diversion of funds to the Save America

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene files motion to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson

Washington — Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia on Friday laid the groundwork for an eventual vote to strip House Speaker Mike Johnson of the gavel as lawmakers approved a $1.2 trillion spending package to avert a partial government shutdown. Greene opposed the sweeping package, which encompassed six spending bills, and urged Johnson not