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.
Senate Republicans are abandoning a plan to attach a border amendment to their continuing resolution after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) pivoted to a new plan to put a clean funding stop-gap bill on the floor to keep the government open for 45 days.
Former Vice President Mike Pence described former President Donald Trump's comments about newly-retired Gen. Mark Milley, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, as "inexcusable."
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) disregarded the threat from some within his own party to remove him on Saturday while the House of Representatives continues to try and prevent a government shutdown.
The House of Representatives will be taking up a 45-day continuing resolution which would include disaster relief funds but no funding to aid Ukraine, as a potential government shutdown looms.
