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.
In a last-ditch effort to keep the government funded, the House passed a clean continuing resolution to keep the government funded at current spending levels for 45 days, advancing the legislation less than 10 hours before the government is set to shut down.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced on Saturday that Senate Republicans will deny Democrats the cloture votes needed to advance the chamber’s bipartisan continuing resolution while the House considers a clean CR.
House Democrats launched multiple efforts to delay a vote on House GOP's 45-day continuing resolution Saturday after Republicans pushed their plan to the floor for a vote.