President Biden is expected to sign a bill that would allow the Senate to bypass the filibuster one time only in order to raise the debt ceiling ahead of a potential default. The bill passed in the Senate Thursday, after Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) got 14 Senate Republicans to break a filibuster and…

As former Republican Senator Bob Dole lay at the Capitol rotunda Thursday, President Joe Biden and congressional leaders paid tribute to the man who spent 36 years in Congress. He died Sunday at the age of 98. The video above shows clips from the event. In paying tribute to Dole, President Biden said, “America has…

Update (12/3/21): The U.S. Senate passed a bill to fund the government through mid-February late Thursday. The 69-28 vote averted the risk of a shutdown and leaves government funding at current levels through Feb. 18. The Senate acted just hours after the House of Representatives approved the measure, by a vote of 221-212, with the…

A vote on a bill that includes sweeping regulations on voting rights failed in the Senate Wednesday afternoon. This is the third time a voting bill has failed to pass in the Senate this year. On the Senate floor Wednesday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell called the voting bill, known as the Freedom to Vote…

Members of the House returned to Washington during recess Tuesday, where they passed a bill that would temporarily raise the debt ceiling and push the potential of default back to December. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen had said default could happen as early as Oct. 18. If signed by President Joe Biden, the bill would raise…

Shannon’s picks for Wednesday, October 6 include: The debt ceiling debacle could be coming to an end, now that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has proposed a solution. The procedural vote has been postponed while Democrats consider the offer. 10 Republican governors are heading to Texas to witness the crisis at the border themselves. It’s…

President Joe Biden addressed the debt ceiling Monday, two weeks ahead of an important deadline to either raise or not. The video above shows clips from President Biden’s address. That deadline is Oct. 18. Last week, the Treasury Department said that is the date the department “will likely exhaust its extraordinary measures”, leaving it “with…

The Senate has passed a continuing resolution, agreeing to fund the government through December 3. This was a bipartisan vote, with 65 Senators voting for the resolution and just 35 against it. I'm proud to have voted to avert a government shutdown today, but we're not in the clear yet. We'll continue to head toward…

WASHINGTON (AP) – As pressure builds, President Joe Biden remains focused on striking a deal and winning over two holdout Democratic senators whose support is necessary to pass a $3.5 trillion government overhaul. Republicans remain opposed to the $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill and Democrats cannot afford to lose any votes in the deadlocked Senate. Biden…

Star Parker is the founder and president of the Center for Urban Renewal and Education (CURE), a Washington D.C.-based Public Policy Institute that fights poverty and restores dignity through messages of faith, freedom, and personal responsibility. After consulting on federal welfare reform in the mid-90s, Ms. Parker founded CURE to bring new ideas to policy…