ANAHEIM, California — Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy criticized a just-passed stopgap measure from the House of Representatives to keep the federal government funded after he finished speaking at the California GOP convention.
The Senate is in session after the House of Representatives voted Saturday to pass a 45-day stop-gap bill that would avert a government shutdown on Sunday.
Democratic leaders are taking a victory lap after the House passed a temporary spending bill to keep the government funded for 45 days, framing the legislation as a win for their party and taking credit for averting a government shutdown.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) was able to get a 45-day continuing resolution passed through the House of Representatives on Saturday in an effort to avoid a government shutdown on Sunday.
Former Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie slammed former President Donald Trump for saying the Republican National Committee should cancel the remaining Republican presidential debates.
Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) was caught by a security camera pulling a fire alarm in the Cannon House Office Building as Democrats were trying to stall a vote on the clean continuing resolution put on the floor by Republicans.
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), one of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's (R-CA) biggest Republican critics, said his speakership is on "tenuous grounds" as Congress attempts to avoid a government shutdown while the speaker dared him to bring a motion to oust him to the floor.
